Mom delays cancer care to protect baby she says saved her

For Kim Vaillancourt, pregnant while staving off aggressive brain cancer, it comes down to this: "The baby saved me. Now it's my turn to save him"

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Breast cancer

Preventative mastectomies causing more harm than good: study

U.S. researchers found that there had been no change in survival rates when women surgically have their breasts removed as a preventative measure

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Cleveland Clinic says first uterus transplant in US fails

The first uterus transplant in the United States has failed, the Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday, saying doctors had removed the organ

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Uterus transplant patient grateful for chance ‘to experience pregnancy’

The woman must wait at least a year to ensure the new uterus is healthy enough to try getting pregnant through IVF, using embryos frozen ahead of the operation

This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host.The Public Health Agency of Canada is advising women who want to get pregnant to wait at least two months after visiting countries where the Zika virus is circulating - or could begin circulating - before trying to conceive. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP/James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP

Women advised to wait 2 months to get pregnant after travel to Zika hotspots

TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada is advising women who want to get pregnant to wait at least two months after visiting countries where the Zika virus is circulating — or could begin ...

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‘Womb detoxes are a definite no-no’

Not since Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina steam has a holistic feminine health treatment built up so much, well, steam

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In this photo taken Dec. 18, 2015, Marion Jones, who was treated for breast cancer, poses for picture beside her painting “Street in Provence” at her house in Silver Spring, Md. Lost in the arguing over whether women should begin mammograms at age 40 or 50 or somewhere in between is the issue they'll all eventually face: when to stop. It's an increasingly complex balancing act as older women are living even longer. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Complex issue of when to stop mammograms

Lost in the arguing over whether women should begin mammograms at age 40 or 50 or somewhere in between is the issue they'll all eventually face: when to stop.

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Feeling like a Grinch? At least it won’t shorten your life

There's good news for grumpy women: Being happy apparently has no effect on how long you might live.

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Closeup of hand scanning with ultrasound

Ontario becomes first province to create a strategy to combat pregnancy loss and still birth

'This has been a subject that we’re not supposed to talk about,' said MPP Mike Colle who tabled the bill seeking to break the taboo and improve care.

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Women with Stage 4 breast cancer survive longer with surgery, study shows

A new study suggests women with Stage 4 breast cancer who had surgery survived longer than those who didn't: a median of 28 months vs. 19 months.

Cleveland Clinic to perform first-ever uterus transplants in the U.S.

The technique is based on methods developed in Sweden, which has performed nine uterus transplants resulting in five pregnancies and four live births.

Heart drugs during breast cancer treatment may help women avoid cardiac problems

Many cancer treatments have a dark side: they can damage the heart. New research suggests this risk might be lowered in women with breast tumors if they take a heart drug as a preventive measure during...