A woman in a long white dress walks slowly on a beach, putting on her best hat as she's encircled by a flock of birds. Another rocks back and forth on a tree swing as she laughs quietly to herself, ...

Feminine hygiene products for vaginal douching may expose users to potentially harmful chemicals known as phthalates, a small study suggests. Researchers did urine tests to detect phthalate exposure ...

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To douche or not to douche? Definitely not, is the answer from the National Institute of Environmental Health Studies, who has just revealed the results of a study into the practice. More: The pill ...

NEW YORK – Results of a study provide "convincing evidence," researchers say, that douching increases the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Among a group of sexually active adolescent girls, ...

Douching is cleaning the inside of the vagina with water or other cleansing fluids. It is a fairly common practice, with some studies estimating that about one in every four women regularly douches.

New research adds yet another reason to the list of why women should reconsider douching. Douching—defined as the washing of the vagina with water or a fluid mixture—is widely discouraged by medical ...