I'll be spending next Wednesday afternoon at the Fifth Annual Stanford Women's Health Forum, where the best thing about the event is also its most …
Category: Women’s Health
New preeclampsia toolkit will help prevent maternal deaths
California hospitals have a new tool to help reduce maternal deaths. Today, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative released a toolkit for the treatment of …
Speaking up about female sexual dysfunction
In case you haven't seen it, there's a terrific profile of gynecologist Leah Millheiser, MD, in today's San Francisco Chronicle. Millheiser directs Stanford's Female Sexual Medicine …
From womb to world: Stanford Medicine Magazine explores new work on having a baby
It's a hard knock life for a fetus - and sometimes the mom. Research and technologies have allowed us to see inside the womb, learn …
Large federal analysis: Hormone therapy shouldn't be used for chronic-disease prevention
For years, women were misled into believing that menopausal hormone therapy was a fountain of youth, a way to counter the chronic diseases of aging, …
Ask Stanford Med: Director of Female Sexual Medicine Program taking questions on sexual health
While sexual dysfunction affects both genders, it is more common in women than men, with past research showing that prevalence of sexual complaints among women is …
A reminder that prenatal care is key to a healthy pregnancy
Looking back on my two pregnancies, I feel fortunate to have had such great prenatal care, especially since I developed gestational diabetes the second time …
No long-term cognitive effects seen in younger post-menopausal women on hormone therapy
Some news affecting post-menopausal women who take hormone therapy: In a study involving 1,326 women who started conjugated equine estrogen-based hormone therapy when they were …
Breast cancer advocate Susan Love to deliver keynote at Stanford Women’s Health Forum
A founding mother of the breast cancer advocacy movement, Susan Love, MD, will kick off this year's Stanford Women's Health Forum with a talk, "A …
A call to advance research on women's health issues
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today discusses the need to include more females in scientific research and mentions efforts being taken at Stanford …
Exploring sex differences in the brain
Local readers, mark your calendar for a free, public event on the medical school campus on March 6. "seXX & seXY: A Dialogue on the Female …
Will more women begin opting for an IUD?
Last week, I wrote about efforts to boost IUD use in developing countries. This form of birth control, despite its benefits, isn't widely embraced here in the United …
Stanford ob-gyn Paul Blumenthal discusses advancing women’s health in developing countries
Stanford professor Paul Blumenthal, MD, MPH, is director of the the Stanford Program for International Reproductive Education and Services, which aims to advance women’s health in …
Study shows women may overestimate the effectiveness of common contraceptives
New research suggests women may not fully understand the effectiveness of the most popular forms of birth control: the Pill and condoms. The study found …
Stanford family planning fellow discusses universal contraceptive coverage
Public policy issues related to women's health care have garnered a considerable amount of media attention lately. Carrie Frederick, MD, MPH, who is working in …
Ancient objects shed light on how people once understood their bodies
A recent post on the Wellcome Collection blog examines how ancient artifacts, such as this Etruscan votive offering, can provide fascinating insights into cultures that existed …