Female patients’ sexual dysfunction should be  investigated to the same extent as men’s, experts say.

A low-fat diet has long been explored for its potential to reduce breast cancer risk. Now researchers have discovered that such an approach may benefit a specific subgroup of postmenopausal women—those who suffer hot flashes.

Oral contraceptives take twice as long in obese women to reach blood concentrations needed to prevent conception, leaving a window every month during which pregnancy could occur.

Women with endometriosis need special care during pregnancy to avoid risk of premature birth, Swedish researchers have found. Dr. Olof Stephansson and colleagues with the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm conducted a nationwide study involving 13,090 singleton births among 8,922 women diagnosed with endometriosis.

A mother’s pre-pregnancy weight and her gestational weight gain both affect her daughter’s risk of obesity decades later, according to research led by Dr. Alison Stuebe, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.