International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

The risk of obstetrical complications following fertility treatment via egg donation is not higher for women over 50 compared with those under the age of 42, a study has found.

A team led by Drs Mark Sauer and Daniel Kort conducted the largest single-centre analysis of this issue and their findings contradict previous epidemiological data.

A maternal and newborn health study conducted using a mouse model designed to imitate the human effects of multiparity has shown females who give birth four times or more suffer weight gain, as do their sons.

A scheme set up in two Latin American countries to provide HIV and syphilis screening to pregnant women has been successful, it has been claimed.

In many countries, improving women's health depends on the gender having equal status to men and one charity has questioned how much economic growth can help the situation of females across the world.

Women's health research has shown that the combined oral contraceptive (COC) pill appears to have an effect in reducing menstrual pain.

A study published in the Public Library of Science's Medicine section has made recommendations as to what improvements need to be made before HIV care in Zimbabwe meets international targets.

HIV vaccine combinations have been shown to be partially effective at preventing Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) infection among rhesus monkeys.

Researchers have suggested this makes the MVA, Ad26 and Ad35 vector-based immunisations good candidates for clinical trials.

Sexual and reproductive health researchers have developed a vaccine that helps to protect against the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1).

Treating people with both HIV/AIDS and a seizure disorder can be difficult due to interactions between the drugs to fight such diseases, but new sexual and reproductive health research has provi

Women's sexual and reproductive health may be at threat while they are ovulating, new research has suggested.