#Women

Chronic pain is common among people with HIV, but it may not drive opioid use disorder.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a brain pressure disorder that causes chronic headaches and vision problems.

Women with both conditions are more likely to die prematurely from almost every major cause of death.

Hormonal contraceptives, such as the pill, IUDs and vaginal rings, don’t cause depression in women with anxiety disorders.

Older women who lack social connections and live alone are more likely to develop hypertension than their male peers.

Until she was diagnosed with depression just 10 years ago, Michelle Williams couldn’t put a name to what she was feeling.

We all need social support. That’s why this year’s NBHAAD theme is “We’re in This Together.”

Individuals with any mental health disorder are 25% less likely to get screened.

When Black men tell their wives or fiancées about experiencing discrimination, this may help them but could harm the women’s health.

Women will account for nearly two thirds of people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias and bear most of the costs.

Women who experienced trauma and six to seven posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were more likely to develop ovarian cancer.

Pregnancy, estrogen and age at first menstruation are some factors that factor into woman’s risk for developing this progressive disease.

Being female is also linked to antidepressant-induced mania.

The Recess Resistance Toolkit by Positive Women’s Network–USA can help you “bird-dog” Congress members during the August break.

The group of largely middle-aged African-American women had suffered a high rate of trauma.

In the 26 states without expanded Medicaid programs, many poor people will be effectively shut out of health coverage from Obamacare.