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Women’s Health Matters is a comprehensive resource designed to empower women and provide them with the information they need to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing.
Around 7,000 women were on waiting lists for menopause treatment in England earlier this year, one report found.
IVF doesn’t always work, but clinics often don’t make that clear to patients.
Understanding our menstrual cycle and taking a proactive approach to our periods is vital to improving sports performance.
How to improve your pelvic floor and get active after giving birth.
Vulval conditions can be life threatening. But many people don’t know even know what the correct terms for female genitals are.
Many women want to see the same one or two midwives throughout, and want to chose where they give birth. And when the time comes, they want a vaginal birth, with less intervention.
Midwives get blamed but contradictions in policy sometimes tie their hands.
New research shows that breastfeeding rates peaked in 2020, a time of strict COVID restrictions.
A womb transplant can be life changing for the recipient, but there are serious ethical considerations too.
The landscape has been shifting when it comes to employer interest in employee fertility journeys.
Several familiar maternity terms have been abandoned after a consultation with pregnant women and healthcare professionals.
Stigma and shame around menstruation can be found as far back as the Bible.
Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999 to 2019. American Indian and Alaska Native women had the greatest increase in risk during this period.
Tracking the many physical and emotional symptoms of menopause with a website, app or diary can help women better monitor their health.
From menopause to miscarriage, pleasure to pain the articles in this series will delve into the full spectrum of women’s health issues to provide valuable insights and resources for women of all ages.
Women are more likely to develop chronic diseases driven by the immune system.
Clinical trial funders now insist studies use female participants. But it will still take a long time for our understanding of how medicine affects women to catch up.
Contraception today may not be perfect but it’s better than methods of the past.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Reader in Medical Anthropology, Birmingham City University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney
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Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Pain Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Women's Health Psychology, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University
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Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Research fellow, UNSW Sydney
