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A women's health nurse practitioner (WHNP) is a nurse practitioner that specializes in continuing and comprehensive healthcare for women across the lifespan with emphasis on conditions unique to women from menarche through the remainder of their life cycle. [1]
The specialization is an important part of care for women's health. Postgraduate training programs for both fields are usually combined, preparing the practising obstetrician-gynecologist to be adept both at the care of female reproductive organs' health and at the management of pregnancy, although many doctors go on to develop subspecialty ...
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson (1915–2006) was a pioneering provider of reproductive healthcare for women and advocate for women's rights. Matilda J. Clerk (1916–1984) was the first Ghanaian woman to win a scholarship for university education abroad and the second Ghanaian woman to become a physician.
Meet the experts: Jessica Shepherd, MD, an ob-gyn in Texas and author of the book, Generation M; Mir Ali, MD, medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical ...
Women’s health expert Dr. Jennifer Wider tells Yahoo Life that she’s not surprised by the study’s findings. “Gender bias and sex disparity is long established in the field of health care ...
Other health conditions common in women can increase risk of heart disease, including migraine, polycystic ovarian syndrome, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease.