People with cancer are exposed to many, often misrepresented, ideas about cancer. These can induce stress and even shame for the sufferer who might feel they’ve done something wrong.
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The World Health Organisation no longer sees Zika as a health emergency. But what does this downgrade mean for the health of mothers and babies?
We chose ten magazines, based on their popularity, and judged the quality of the health advice in them.
Epidurals were developed for pregnant women to address the severe pain of labour. In Australia approximately one in three pregnant women in labour has an epidural for pain relief.
Making sexual assault seem normal or like no big deal can have profound effects on millions of victims.
Australian government proposals to ban so-called “double dipping” with paid parental leave (PPL) risks scaling back health benefits for women who take time off to care for their babies.
We found that less than 1% of published research papers around the time of both outbreaks, that related to the outbreaks, actually explored their gendered impact.
Vaginal discharge varies in consistency, texture, smell, taste and volume in the same woman from day to day, week to week, month to month and beyond.
Turkey’s high cesarean rates cannot be tackled by top-down restrictive laws.
New tools help doctors and breast cancer patients decide whether chemotherapy is needed. A recent study suggested that many can forgo chemo. But the decision is complicated. Here’s why.
The drug’s limited effectiveness and side-effects should cause potential users to rethink their purchase.
A longitudinal study featuring nearly 74,000 US women has found that the longer a woman has been overweight or obese during her adult life, the higher her risk of developing cancer.
I conducted interviews with 26 young women in alcohol and drug treatment services in Victoria. More than half of them disclosed a history of sexual abuse and 20 spoke about cutting themselves.
New research has found a commonly used method of preventing early or pre-term birth (delivery of a baby before 37 weeks) may in fact be causing more to occur, and leading to further problems.
Women are no longer eating for two – or one, for that matter.
Where birthing on country is not offered, women leave their families weeks before birth. Or she can choose to give birth in her community without skilled birth attendants, which is risky.
If you’ve ever experienced pain in your vulva, you’re not alone. Around 16% of women will have vulvar pain that lasts for longer than three months. They are likely suffering from vulvodynia.
It is perhaps one of the most controversial debates in sexual function: is there, or isn’t there a G-spot? And if there is, how do we find it?
Young women (and men) have been dramatically restricting their calorie intake for centuries, but not all the symptoms of modern anorexia have always been present.
Women with urinary incontinence are often too embarrassed to seek help from their doctor. But there is more likelihood of a cure for those who receive treatment at an earlier point.
Principais colaboradores
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Pain Sciences, University of South Australia
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Gynaecological Surgeon and Sonologist, McMaster University; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Adelaide, University of Sydney
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Karin Hammarberg é um amigo do The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Practice, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Reader in Medical Anthropology, Birmingham City University
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Professor of Women's Health Psychology, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
