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Top 20 medical breakthroughs for women
This year’s biggest advances are changing the face and future of your health. From cancer and Alzheimer’s disease to eating disorders and obesity, Health magazine reveals breakthroughs you need to know about now.   Full Story
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  Birth Control
The Pill makes women pick bad mates
Urban teens misunderstand 'morning-after pill'
Not ready for a baby? Protect your fertility
Group wants FDA to pull birth control patch
Pill may treat gestational diabetes
  Pregnancy
New prenatal test may show inherited diseases
Some unaware of risks in delaying motherhood
'Pregnant man' is pregnant again
Britain faces sperm shortage, calls for donors
Stark disparities in states for preemie births
  Menopause
4 myths about osteoporosis
Acupuncture beats drugs to treat hot flashes
Yoga soothes worst symptoms of menopause
Menopause raises risk of metabolic syndrome
Drugmaker touts menopause drug’s safety
  Other women's health news
Pelvic disorders common among women
Newsweek: Why women get migraines more
Woman awakens from coma to marry
Smoking riskier for women's hearts than men's
Prophylactic mastectomies on the rise
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  Famous breast cancer survivors
Movie stars, athletes and a former first lady who've all beaten the disease share what inspired them to keep fighting.

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Women's health videos
Latinas learn to lower health risks
Dec. 1: Latina women in the U.S. are increasingly eager to confront their health risks, and recently they've started to see dramatic results. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.
Healthiest cities for women
Gender gap exists in liver transplant
New procedure eliminates periods
The truth about uterine fibroids
  msnbc.com special report
BabyQuest

Part 1: Have kids? Sure ... someday
Readers debate best age for baby-making

Part 2: Baby-making at a crossroads
U.S. women going abroad for fertility help
How far is too far? Readers weigh in

Part 3: 2-for-1 is no baby bargain
Media goes gaga for megamultiples
  Video: Parents manage joyful abundance
Readers weigh mixed blessings of multiples


Part 4: Are men becoming obsolete?
His biological clock is ticking, too
Should kids be conceived after a parent dies? 
Dads don't come from labs, readers say

Part 5: Not giving up hope for biological baby
Getting off the infertility-treatment treadmill
Readers share their own 'baby quests'

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  Women's health: Share your experiences
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Breast cancer, what happens next
Breast cancer survivor Debbie Horwitz and photographer Missy McLamb documented Debbie's recovery and breast reconstruction in the book, "Myself: Together Again." Click "Launch" to see the images and hear Debbie's story.

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