November 10, 2025
(New York Times) – The benefits of hormone replacement have been underappreciated, Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, said on Monday. Critics described evidence for the change as insufficient. The Food and Drug Administration will remove the so-called black box … Read More
October 20, 2025
(WSJ) – Influencers tout the drugs, but many unsuspecting followers find the side effects take the fun out of life Many people have been helped by antidepressants, the most common of which are so-called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, … Read More
October 9, 2025
(The Guardian) – Researchers in Australia find 16 genetic variants linked to depression in women but only eight in men Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, a new study has found. Claiming to be the largest genetic study … Read More
October 7, 2025
(CT) – It’s only a short leap to see that if men and women are interchangeable, if we are defined more by our late-modern capitalistic output than by our sexed bodies, our common human limitations, and our social relationships, then … Read More
September 30, 2025
(STAT News) – The menopause market has proved so successful that companies are increasingly pushing products aimed at younger women too Strange things can start happening to women as they enter middle age. Lying in bed night after night, Andrea … Read More
September 26, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Health-tech companies are designing models that identify patients at risk of developing cancer, and who might need more screening or preventive care Researchers and companies are designing artificial-intelligence models to predict a woman’s near-future breast-cancer risk, … Read More
September 11, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Research about the effect on a fetus is sparse; pot has become more potent An analysis of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that cannabis use during pregnancy has risen in … Read More
September 10, 2025
(Forbes) – “I want to see women step into equal power and influence at every level of society, from their homes to their workplaces to our government and economy. But there is no path to that future if women are … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Wired) – When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate. More than a dozen big tech companies provide five-figure subsidies to any employee who needs or wants to outsource gestational labor. A … Read More
August 27, 2025
(ABC News) – The odds are stacked against pregnant women in Nigeria’s northeast like never before. The deadly Boko Haram militant group is making a resurgence. And hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid from the United States, once … Read More
August 26, 2025
(Longreads) – “Standard of Fear,” a project led by Lauren Caruba and Marin Wolf of The Dallas Morning News, details the consequences of recent laws restricting abortions in Texas, which now has “one of the country’s most strict and punitive … Read More
August 6, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – A couple with ties to China say they wanted a big family. Surrogates who carried the children say they were deceived. Local authorities removed the children from the homes, placed them in foster care, and called … Read More
July 29, 2025
(USA Today) – Jamie Lee Curtis is stirring controversy with her latest comments on plastic surgery. The “Freakier Friday” actress, 66, a longtime critic of cosmetic surgery, doubled down on her distaste in a new interview, likening it to genocide. … Read More
July 29, 2025
(New Medical) – People who are gestational carriers (or “surrogates”) appear more likely to be diagnosed with a new mental illness during and after pregnancy, according to new research from ICES, McGill University, and the Research Institute of the McGill … Read More
July 29, 2025
(NPR) – Chubb is a community organizer in a state with some of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality in the country. She says a birth center is badly needed here — Augusta, Ga., is surrounded by maternal … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NBC News) – Heavy drinkers are likelier to get alcohol-related liver disease compared with decades ago, a study found. That’s most likely because certain groups, including women, are drinking more. The risk that alcohol poses to women’s health has mounted … Read More
July 24, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Highly realistic baby dolls have become a global phenomenon, with collectors shelling out for luxury baby gear and doting on their ‘reborns’ as if they were human children When I told a dollmaker that I’ve never … Read More
July 22, 2025
(New York Times) – Clinical trials had found that the drug, zuranolone, marketed as Zurzuvae and taken daily for 14 days, can ease symptoms for some women in as little as three days, while general antidepressants can take weeks. For … Read More
July 18, 2025
(New York Post) – She did think it was a little strange that the organization said it had already chosen a Chinese couple to be the parents of the baby she would eventually sign up to carry. “I didn’t have … Read More
July 16, 2025
(Mother Jones) – “Are you sure you’re going to be able to do this?” a doctor asked Heather Watkins shortly after she gave birth to her daughter. Watkins, who has muscular dystrophy, had developed preeclampsia and had to be induced … Read More
July 14, 2025
(Wired) – Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies. For years, so-called “nudify” apps and websites have mushroomed online, allowing people to create … Read More
July 10, 2025
(New York Times) – After hearing the first season of “The Retrievals,” a podcast that explored how women’s pain is often minimized and dismissed, hundreds of listeners wrote to the host, Susan Burton, to share their own stories of inadequately … Read More
July 9, 2025
(NBC News) – Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 are now tied with white women for the highest breast cancer rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings and more. Since 2000, breast cancer incidence among Asian American and … Read More
July 8, 2025
(BBC) – In a rural village close to the Ukrainian front line, a group of women queue quietly outside a purple and white ambulance, waiting to be seen by a doctor with his shaved head dyed the blue and yellow … Read More
July 4, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 22, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
