women

From the first woman to win a Nobel Prize to the discoverer of jumping genes, here are some of the women who have made major contributions to science and mathematics.

Cardiovascular disease develops and presents differently in women and men. But medical guidelines are often based on studies that excluded women.

Physiological traits that help Tibetan women survive at high altitudes are being selected for within the population, meaning they may be becoming more common, new research hints.

An early screening test for endometrial cancer may be missing the disease in many Black patients.

Scientists estimate that a person needs tens of thousands of extra calories to support a pregnancy — but there's no one-size-fits-all answer.

Does a person's sex make a difference in how they react to temperature changes? Here's the science.

Scientists studying hunter-gatherer societies around the world discovered the stereotypes that men were hunters and women were gatherers was wrong.

A task force of experts recommended that female patients be screened for breast cancer starting at age 40.

Some ancient Egyptian mothers got tattoos that were likely meant to protect them during childbirth and during the postpartum period, an analysis of their mummies reveals.

Men and women's personalities are worlds apart, a new study says, but other researchers say it ain't so.