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Women's Health

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In Alabama, three maternity units will stop delivering babies — here's why it puts women at risk

The state has one of the country’s highest maternal mortality rates. Now, three hospitals plan to stop delivering babies, putting some pregnant women at even higher risk.
Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, Ala., on Oct. 7th, 2023.
Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, Ala., on Oct. 7th, 2023.

Woman who skydived at 104 years old shares simple tips for long life

Dorothy Hoffner discovered her love of skydiving at age 100.

OB-GYNs share 7 things they never do when it comes to vaginal health

Gynecologists share the most common mistakes people make around vaginal and reproductive health.
Unrecognizable patient in hospital gown waits for test results
Unrecognizable patient in hospital gown waits for test results

She decided to freeze her eggs at 34. The process revealed aggressive ovarian cancer

Morgan Bellock had an ultrasound to preserve her fertility when her doctors discovered the cyst. When they removed it, they found cancer lurking behind it.

Woman, 100, credits stock trading, poker playing for long life: 'It keeps me going'

“It’s like a lot of other things — you’ve got to be lucky," Shirley Bernstein says.

Woman’s heart attack symptoms dismissed as panic attack by paramedics: ‘No one had my back’

Katherine Fitzgerald felt like she was dying, but paramedics told her it was a panic attack. She soon learned she was right and wonders if her complications were from delayed care.
Katherine Fitzgerald
Katherine Fitzgerald

Mom with terminal cancer planned a farewell trip with her son. Then she was cured

Leslie Stone's cancer was aggressive and eventually was in so many places she thought she'd never be without it. A new treatment changed her future.

Sherri Shepherd opens up about secretly getting breast reduction: 'Not a vanity thing'

“This was not a vanity thing. I really needed to have this done because of the pain," she said.
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd

Why Shania Twain says menopause was a ‘very good thing’ for her

The Canadian country singer who shed all of her clothes earlier this year for the cover art of her new album said she enjoys her body “more now than ever.”
Shania Twain
Shania Twain

Mom survives colon cancer twice, shares symptoms doctors dismissed: 'I knew something was wrong'

Sherri Rollins describes how she became her own advocate, paid attention to her gut feeling and stayed positive.
Sherri Rollins / Sherri Rollins and family
Sherri Rollins / Sherri Rollins and family

Woman, 56, born with 'backwards' heart' gets new chance at life: 'I was living on borrowed time'

Doctors didn't think she'd make it into adulthood, so when years passed, "it was always in the back of my head that today could be my last day,” she says.
Sheri Johnson
Sheri Johnson