Even if Zika sometimes causes pregnant mothers to have babies with microcephaly, this does not necessarily mean every infected mother would have an affected baby.

Zika has raised alarm bells worldwide, prompting the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration of

Some women have experienced relationship conflict or breakdown over how the STI that led to their PID was acquired.

This article is part of our series examining hidden women’s conditions. You can read about bacterial vaginosis, chronic thrush and other pieces

Those with learning or other disabilities need someone to back them up in the legal system to avoid injustices.

This article contains spoilers.


The most shocking moments of the true crime documentary Making a Murderer don’t involve its

For about 5% of women, the symptoms of thrush recur or never really go away.

This article is part of our series examining hidden women’s conditions. You can read about bacterial vaginosis and other pieces in the series here.

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which aims not only to increase charitable donations of time and money (and indeed more broadly to encourage leading a lifestyle which does good in the world), but also encourage the most effective use of

Human embryo at 5 weeks.

Primodos, an oral hormonal pregnancy test, was introduced to the UK in the late 1950s. A decade later, claims were made by some researchers that Primodos was linked to birth defects.

Isabel Gal, a

Trying to fall asleep can be a tricky, especially when we try too hard.

We devote around seven to eight hours to sleep each night in adulthood and ten to 12 hours in childhood. This amounts to around 200,000

Girls are socialised early and told normal functions of the female body must be spoken of, if at all, in strictest privacy, indirectly, and not to men.

This is the first in our series examining hidden women’s conditions. You can also

It’s important a woman has a good relationship with her general practitioner.

This article is part of our series examining hidden women’s conditions. You can also read today’s pieces on bacterial vaginosis and the need to empower women with

Probiotics are live microorganisms that have been delivering health benefits for thousands of years by helping to establish healthy gut microbiota.

The human gastrointestinal tract harbours trillions of microorganisms, consisting of up to 1,000 or so different bacterial species.

Zika is an enormous challenge for Pope Francis and the Catholic Church.

The relationship between the Zika virus and a sharp increase in the number of children born with microcephaly in Brazil seems probable but as yet unproven. However, it has

Guilherme Soares Amorim, who was born with microcephaly, has his head measured.

When the Zika virus was first discovered in Uganda in the 1940s, it was thought to be harmless. It caused a rash and, in some cases, a slightly elevated

Feeling squiffy? You’re not alone.

Top Gear has a new presenter. Former Friends star Matt LeBlanc is to join the new incarnation of the world famous motoring show.

But once the excitement subsides, he will face

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