(17-March-2005)  An international team of re-searchers said yesterday that they have cataloged all the genes on the female X chromosome, a feat expected to enable fresh insights into women's health and add a genetic component to the debate over differences between the sexes.

(15-March-2005/Healthday) It wasn't all that long ago that the moment a woman learned she was pregnant, exercise was out and pampering and rest were in.

(9-March-2005/Reuters)Mothers who smoke when they're pregnant may cause genetic damage in their babies, findings from a new study suggest. In fact, one common type of chromosome damage linked to maternal smoking is known to increase the risk of blood cancers.

(7 March 2005) Girls as young as six say they are unhappy with their bodies and want to be thinner, a study has suggested.

(7 March 2005)A booming business in backstreet abortions has pushed Iran's religious conservatives to consider changing the law, which was supposed to have protected the lives of mothers.

(6 March 2005)An elderly woman living in a small, wooden shack in rural southern Brazil could be the world’s oldest living woman, according to a Brazilian record-keeping organization.

(6 March 2005)Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have devised a mathematical tool that predicts how the frequency of mammograms affects the number of lives saved by detecting breast cancers at an earlier stage.

Obesity may raise a woman's chances of having fraternal twins.

More than 1,000 girls aged 14 and under are having abortions every year, according to official figures. The figure rose by eight per cent in only 12 months, and reinforces concerns that the Government is failing in its campaign to tackle the teenage pregnancy rate, which is the highest in Europe.

Young women with low libido had good sex more often after using a testosterone spray.