A new policy will change a longtime policy in New York prisons.

New York City officials will now inform female inmates of their right to refuse gynecological exams without punishment

Researchers at the University of Bath found that women feel pain more than men do.

Ed Keogh and his team of researchers, examined 98 males and females whose arms were put in cold water. The results revealed women feel pain more often, in more areas, and for longer periods, than men

British researchers devise a simple formula, using the radiation dose and the age the woman receives it, reveals her remaining "window of fertility".

In a BBC health report, Drs. Tom Kelsey at St Andrews and Hamish Wallace at Edinburgh University say this will help physicians make reliable predictions when counseling women

Research reveals a plant chemical found in soya, tofu and legumes could damage sperm and affect male fertility.

In a Reuters report, Lynn Fraser, a researcher with King's College London has observed genistein affects sperm in mice. But, it seems to have an even stronger effect on human sperm

A report based on 1999 data collected by the Medical Research Council, the University of Cape Town and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, says that a woman is killed every six hours by their partner in South Africa.

Furthermore, the study found that less than 40 percent of the homicides lead to a conviction