Two LSU students talk about their decision to pose for Playboy’s “Girls of the SEC” issue, which hit newsstands last week.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For University of South Carolina students, Playboy models actually are the girls next door.

LUBBOCK, Texas — After years of debate in the gynecology community, British researchers announced last week that taking a contraceptive pill does not increase a woman’s chance of developing cancer, and it in fact may reduce this risk if she did not take the pill for longer than eight years.

AMES, Iowa — People who attended a lecture by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright may have been a little surprised by its content.

HONOLULU — The results of a sexual and relationship violence survey conducted last summer by the University of Hawaii indicate that these types of crimes often go unreported.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Women with obesity or Type II diabetes face many challenges including trying to conceive, but hope may be on the horizon.