Tag: women health

Kimberly Bertrand, Boston University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Frequent and long-term use of lye-based hair...

Michael J. Poulin, University at Buffalo When Japanese chef Yoshihiro Murata travels, he brings water with him from Japan. He says this is the only...

Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News One evening in late March, a mom called 911. Her daughter, she said, was threatening to kill herself. EMTs...

Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital...

By Mark Canada, Indiana University Kokomo and Christian Chauret, Indiana University Kokomo Exactly 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow American colonists...

As told to Shannon Shelton Miller I was only 30 when I had an ischemic stroke that developed when blood clots traveled to my brain....

1. HealthyWomen Celebrates Women’s Health Week HealthyWomen was proud to support National Women’s Health Week (NWHW), held the week of May 9 to 15 and...

From the Desk of Beth Battaglino, RN, CEO, HealthyWomen Earlier this week, I was talking to our vice president of development, Rebecca Sager, about her...

Medically reviewed by Dr. Elizabeth Liotta When Elizabeth Falkner was in her early 30s, her career as a chef began to take off. Unfortunately, so...