Calculating your ideal body weight (IBW) can help you gain some insight into your possible risk for weight-related health conditions. However, this tool doesn’t always provide an accurate assessment.

This popular body-enhancement surgery can turn deadly. For women of color, the risks are made worse by intense beauty ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Body composition offers a clearer picture of health than ...

Though the ovary is often reduced to its role in reproduction, research shows it plays a surprisingly central role in a woman’s health throughout her body and lifetime. It is becoming more important ...

The Ideal Female Body Throughout History looks at how beauty standards have evolved across different cultures and time ...

Mathematicians have discovered that there is no exact formula for the “perfect” female body. A study recently published in Scientific Reports challenges long-standing assumptions about the most ...

A silent heart disease risk factor may explain why some women end up having heart attacks and strokes despite seeming like they are healthy, a new study suggests. The analysis of 30 years of data from ...

Researchers in Poland and the UK found that walking in the snow can have an unexpected effect on your mental health — and ...

This is the first post in a series. Quite often, body image is discussed as if it were an issue that resides in and belongs only to the individual person. And because it is often seen as a personal ...

For recovery after intense training and to promote health–ice baths have been trending for years. But do all people benefit ...

WNBA rookie Hailey Van Lith doesn’t do anything half-heartedly. The TCU alum literally started in more games and played more minutes in her college career than any other NCAA women’s basketball player ...