Women's Health

As of October, the province’s primary care registry listed 145,000 Nova Scotians without a family doctor.

Experts offered advice at the Federation of Medical Women of Canada conference.

Quebec's obstetrics and gynecology association says the discrepancies are not medically based and worry they may prevent medical students from choosing the specialty.

False narratives continue to spread, especially in areas of contraception, vaccines and reproductive health.

Treatment could fall under the purview of general physicians, mental health experts or gynecologists.

Analysis of the dietary habits of young women revealed that the risk of dysmenorrhea was 24% higher among soft drink consumers.

The Yanae intra-uterine device, developed in France and distributed by the young Canadian pharmaceutical company 49Care, incorporates a flexible inserter for pain-free insertion.

Treatments that tackle vasomotor symptoms like hot flushes head-on, without hormones, are increasingly coming onto the market.