HPV type 16 or 18 in young women predicts risk of cervical cancer

Four out of five women of fertile age are infected at some time in their lives with HPV. Most of these infections clear on their own, but for some five per cent of the women, the infection turns chronic...

Study finds higher risk of breast cancer for women after giving birth

Breast cancer is second to only skin cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease in women...

Soaring temperatures are giving men 'summer penises': Doctors confirm Australian heatwave is having a positive effect on the size of male genitals

Doctors confirm 'summer penises' do exist...

Having a hysterectomy may cause short-term memory loss in a third of patients over 60

The rats were divided into four groups which had either the uterus and ovaries both removed, one or other, or none at all during a dummy procedure...

Women reveal the reasons they reject a preventive drug for breast cancer

Around 72% said they were worried about the long-term effects of tamoxifen and 57% believed that the drug would give them unpleasant side-effects...

New study supports mammography screening at 30 for some women

Mammography is the standard imaging exam for breast cancer screening...

Make-up artist, 33, nearly dies after developing toxic shock syndrome from an organic tampon

After being given blood-pressure medication and antibiotics at hospital...

Woman, 29, saw her mouth swell to TWICE its normal size and almost lost her top lip after having fillers at a 'Botox party'

The beautician mistakenly injected the filler into an artery...

Woman who was told by doctors she must be pregnant because of her giant belly had a FOUR STONE cyst

Women: Can’t sleep night? Get a dog, study suggests

Sleeping next to a furry dog may even make women feel more comfortable...