While it’s estimated that more than a third of women have had non-consensual sexual experiences in their lifetime, the way they define those experiences may influence their sexual well-being, according to psychology researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

It is well known that chronic sleep deprivation can affect cardiovascular health. But according to a new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, even mild sleep problems, such as having trouble falling asleep, can raise blood pressure in women.

If you're having a heart attack and you're a woman, hope a female doctor greets you in the emergency room.

Of all the risk factors associated with low birth weight, a mother’s teenage smoking habit is by far the strongest observed, according to a recent study led by Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine.