NEW YORK – U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) leadership addressed the topic of mandatory sex testing to protect women's sports from biological male trans athletes during a press conference ...

This at-home, nonprescription STI test has high positive accuracy rates in diagnosing chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis and has been FDA-approved for marketing. HealthDay News — The US Food and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever testing kit for sexually transmitted infections that can be taken at home without a prescription. But it's not for everyone. The ...

As 2026 approaches, doctors urge women not to neglect year-end health checks. Annual gynecological screening helps detect silent issues like cervical changes, breast lumps, thyroid disorders, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Nearly all female athletes have completed sex testing ahead of the athletics world championships this month in Japan. World Athletics said Tuesday that more than 95% percent of tests — a ...

A range of other assessments besides the bladder pressure test work just as well in guiding treatment of female incontinence, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet. Adobe stock/HealthDay A small ...

Research into the microbiome and how it affects our health has expanded rapidly in recent years. Unlike the gut microbiome, which has attracted widespread attention, the communities of bacteria, yeast ...

Women injured in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq died at higher rates than their male peers with the same injuries, often because medics were hesitating to treat them, medical researchers found. To end ...

TOKYO (AP) — Nearly all female athletes have completed sex testing ahead of the athletics world championships this month in Japan. Lowell’s Ty Chan hoping to soar at Fenway Park with UConn football ...