Deciding to start a family is a big decision for any couple, but it’s even more nerve-wracking when the mom-to-be has a ...

Women who live with Marfan syndrome find hope in a new technology to assess their hearts ahead of pregnancy. The Walk for Victory to benefit the Marfan Foundation is Sunday in Hollywood.

During a routine test, Johnny's middle school nurse discovered his severe scoliosis, a prevalent symptom of Marfan. This unexpectedly set his family on a path to uncover his underlying diagnosis at ...

There’s no denying it. Black women excel at nearly everything they do. From fashion to music to poetry, some of the greatest ...

After years of languishing in the bottom ten, Saudi Arabia has been inching up the ranks of the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Index, now coming 126th out of 146 countries in the 2024 report.

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — A mathematical modeling study suggests that ovarian cancer incidence could be reduced and healthcare savings boosted if women who have already completed their families were ...

In light of the effects that PP2A can exert on the mTOR pathway, we hypothesized that PP2A activation by small-molecule activators of PP2A could mitigate AA progression in Marfan syndrome (MFS). Two ...

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited disorder caused by mutations in the FBN1 gene encoding fibrillin-1, a matrix component of extracellular microfibrils. The main cause of morbidity and mortality in ...

Nearly 64% of adult American women take a dietary supplement and, of those, the majority are multivitamins. But because the supplement industry is so big, it can be hard to know how to choose the ...

MANILA, Philippines—Every 10 minutes in 2023, a woman or girl lost her life at the hands of an intimate partner or family member — a chilling reminder of the unrelenting violence women face ...