Forsyth County funds program to provide free breast and cervical cancer screenings
The county is funding mammograms, chest X-rays, and other diagnostic services for 120 low-income women.
Women's Health
A microbiome transplant could help people with bacterial vaginosis
Humans rely on our symbiotic relationship with good microbes—in the gut, the skin and ... the vagina. Fatima Aysha Hussain studies what makes a healthy vaginal microbiome. She talks to host Emily Kwong about her long-term transplant study that asks the question: Can one vagina help another through a microbe donation?
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Up to 80 percent of women will have a uterine fibroid by age 50
Fibroids are benign uterine tumors. So why does it matter that the majority of people with a uterus will have one before they are 50 years old? Physician Rachell Bervell, founder of the Black OBGYN Project, explains that when symptoms arise, they can be quite serious — from extreme menstrual bleeding to fertility problems. Plus, why they're very likely to affect you or a loved one.
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Domestic violence may leave telltale damage in the brain. Scientists want to find it
Traumatic brain injuries from intimate partner violence are common, and potentially more severe than those seen in sports.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine awarded grant to research birth outcome disparities
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine has received a major grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust for a project aimed at reducing disparities in birth outcomes.
North Carolina's birth rate has rebounded after a pandemic dip
North Carolina’s birth rate has rebounded after a significant dip during the pandemic.
Swain County women have the lowest life expectancy in NC, report says
Life expectancy for women in North Carolina varies significantly depending on county of residence.
U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here's who is most at risk
The rate at which women in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy related causes more than doubled in recent decades. A new study, published in JAMA shows Black women and Native Americans are most at risk.
New abortion laws changed their lives. 8 very personal stories
After the Supreme Court ruled a year ago to overturn Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states acted to outlaw abortion or severely restrict access. Here's how those laws affected the lives of residents.
From lead poisoning to 'miracle feet,' sample the winners of the WHO's film festival
From the harms of lead poisoning in Bangladesh to the stony resolve of COVID nurses in Brazil, we sample the award-winning films in the Health for All Film Festival from the World Health Organization.