Women’s Health

Uterine fibroids, also known as Leiomyomas, are solid, non-cancerous tumors that vary in size and location, made of smooth muscle cells inside the muscle that[...]

Did you know that breastfeeding can help protect babies from short and long-term illnesses? It’s just one of the reasons UCR Health has partnered with[...]

Celebrating women. Celebrating you. Every May beginning on Mother’s Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) leads[...]

Several risk factors can increase your chance of developing cervical cancer. People without any of these risk factors rarely develop cervical cancer. Although these risk factors[...]

A mother's body is incredible as it continues to provide nutrients and food for the baby in breast milk even after birth. Did you know[...]

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis can cause painful periods, which have been normalized in today’s society, according to Dr. Mallory Stuparich, a minimally invasive[...]

Prenatal infections include viruses or bacterial illnesses that are passed from mother to baby during pregnancy or even during the delivery process. It is estimated[...]

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. According to the CDC Birth defects are structural changes present at birth that can affect almost any part[...]

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month! Cervical cancer has been greatly reduced due to screening and prevention but even then, nearly 14,100 women in the[...]

Brenda Ross, MD is a board-certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) physician at UCR Health Inland Empire Women’s Health Center. Dr. Ross is a graduate of Howard[...]

The 51st American Association Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) 2022 Global Congress took place in Aurora, Colorado from Thursday, Dec. 1st to Sunday, Dec. 4th. AAGL is[...]

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! National Breast Cancer Awareness Month began to be observed around October 1985 when the first organized movement began[...]