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How does the pill affect your brain? We're finally getting answers

Millions of women and teenage girls use oral contraception, but we are only now getting an idea of what effect these drugs have on our brains

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Cervix-on-a-chip inspires potential new treatment for preterm birth

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The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

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The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less

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A woman eating a bowl of fruit while wearing exercise clothes

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Should your menstrual phase dictate what you eat and how you exercise?

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Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy

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Doctors need to listen to the evidence about bed rest in pregnancy

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Teenage girl listening to music and playing with push pop toy while lying down on sofa at home

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It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender gap

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A group of teen girls and their coach in a huddle, discussing game play

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A revolutionary new understanding of autism in girls

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Fake pills ease PMS symptoms even when you know they're placebos

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'Killer' cells explain differences in immunity between the sexes

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Neuroscientist finds her brain shrinks while taking birth control

A researcher who underwent dozens of brain scans discovered that the volume of her cerebral cortex was 1 per cent lower when she took hormonal contraceptives

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Stool test could provide a simpler way to diagnose endometriosis

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Most detailed map of uterine lining yields clues about endometriosis

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Menstrual pads that turn blood solid could reduce the risk of leaks

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Polycystic ovary syndrome could be treated with a malaria drug

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