Tag: women’s health
Addressing adenomyosis
Adenomyosis is a uterine disease where the tissue that normally lines the uterus, the endometrium, grows into the muscle of the uterus, the myometrium.
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Medication abortion: why expanding access matters
Tilly Mahoney is Women's Health in the North's sexual and reproductive health co-ordinator.
In Victoria, access to safe and legal abortion has been a hard-won...
Support grows for community needs
As breast cancer continues to cause pain and heartache to many families, the month of October is being used to raise awareness of the...
Rheumatoid Arthritis relief in sight
Long-term relief is within reach for people with the debilitating autoimmune disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), following an $11.5 million grant to assist in the...
Greater awareness of menopause needed: Inquiry
A senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause has made 25 recommendations to the federal government to better support women to manage their symptoms.
Among the...
Time to talk about menopause
As World Menopause Day approaches on October 18, it’s crucial to shed light on the often-misunderstood transition that many women face.
Western Health women’s health...
Anxiety is more than a worry
When people think of mental illness, depression is usually the first condition that springs to mind.
Yet being the best known doesn’t make it the...
Scars of survival
After living in survival mode, Cobblebank’s cancer survivor Melanie Kuyl's road to self-discovery and healing is never ending.
The battle began in 2020,...
Knowledge is power with PCOS
Despite impacting one in 10 Australian women, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, is still a “mystery” to many.
That’s why Dr Sneha Parghi says when...
Addressing barriers to PCOS care
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal condition among women, with symptoms beginning shortly after puberty, during later teen years, or within early...
Addressing barriers to PCOS care
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal condition among women, with symptoms beginning shortly after puberty, during later teen years, or within early...
Bladder weakeness and what to do about it
(intro) Alex Lopes is a pelvic health physiotherapist, the director of Pelvic Health Melbourne in Altona North, and past national chair of the Australian...
Supporting the first thousand days
A clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital is striving to support babies who have been exposed to drugs and alcohol before birth, and their...
Breastfeeding support for all
World Breastfeeding Week is a global campaign aiming to raise awareness of the importance of breastfeeding and the benefits it provides to mothers, children,...
’There’s no silver lining’
Jacki O’Farrell had a cardiac arrest during her first birth and was unable to sit up for her first two weeks of motherhood. Her...
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Check your pool barriers and prevent tragedy
Kidsafe Australia and Royal Life Saving Australia are urging pool and spa owners to check their barriers and help reduce the number of toddler...
