The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a new medication to treat breast cancer.

Although they may at the time be cancer-free, some breast cancer patients have their lymph nodes removed to ensure the cancer doesn't come back and spread. That surgery, however, may not always be needed. Ultrasound may play a role in avoiding unnecessary lymph surgery.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and infertility have been well-known dance partners for many years. Now new evidence suggests that PCOS is also dancing with a lot of other chronic health issues.

Decorate the baby's room, buy baby clothes, plan for the baby's future. Planning for pregnancy can be hectic, but many women may want to ask their doctor about one more thing: thyroid screening.

Breast cancer can be a mind-boggling diagnosis. Patients are often faced with questions about therapy, medication and recovery options at each turn. What women know and tell their doctors about their cancer may make a difference in treatment.

Hormonal birth control methods are a routine part of many women's lives. And new evidence has tied them to a surprising condition.

Giving birth is hard enough, so why add a surgery to the mix? A surgery once common during childbirth may be going extinct for routine births.

Why have major surgery when a less intensive treatment option might do the trick? This complex question might be one women and their doctors need to discuss.

Hormones yes, hormones no — the recommendations for menopausal women have swung back and forth in the last 10 years.

Hot flashes and night sweats could be more than just unpleasant symptoms of menopause — they could be tied to bone health.