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Who's Most Likely to Binge Eat Amid Pandemic?
Why Adding on a Few Pounds as You Age Might Be Good for You
Why Are Sports-Linked Concussions Rising Among Girls?
Why COVID Infection Raises Risks in Pregnancy
Why Football Players Want a Lower Number on Their Jerseys
Why Is American Food So Unhealthy?
Why 'Night Owl' Women Might Be at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs
Why Stairs Might Be a Bigger Hazard for Young Women
Why Strokes Can Affect Women, Men Differently
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
Women Feel More Stigma From 'Spare Tire' Around Middle Than Men
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
Women's Menstrual Cycles Tied to Moon's Phases
Words Can Wound When Parents Talk to Kids About Obesity
Working Off Your Quarantine Weight Gain
Workplace Sexual Harassment Might Raise Suicide Risk: Study
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
You Don't Have to Be Obese for Belly Fat to Harm You, Heart Experts Warn
Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Young Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women