Tag: women’s health
Lauren aims for zero deaths
Lauren Philpot, 24, is raising awareness for a cause very close to her heart having lost her mother, Leigh, to breast cancer.
A lifelong Maribyrnong...
How to avoid bones breaking bad
Australia’s rapidly ageing population will have many and varied impacts in the coming years and an increase in cases of osteoporosis is set to...
A pregnancy cut short
Luci Hadler, 43, gave birth to her daughter Coco only 29 weeks into her pregnancy. She speaks with Jena Carr about the challenges of...
IVF, endometriosis drugs cheaper
A new treatment for a common painful condition and two other drugs will be made cheaper to improve thousands of Australian women’s lives.
About 8500...
Reducing triple-0 hesitancy
A new study found that women are less comfortable calling triple-0 when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack, providing a possible reason why women...
Study into ’neglected’ issue
Researchers are investigating causes and potential treatments for perinatal intrusions — intense and vivid thoughts that impact most people during and after pregnancy.
Intrusive and...
Young women turning their back on the pill
I was put on birth control when I was 14, three years later after 250 consecutive days of menstrual bleeding and seven alternative birth...
Surgeon reconstructs hope
“Women’s health has always been a passion of mine,” would probably sufficiently explain why Dr Anannya Chakrabarti is a reconstructive breast surgeon, but it...
Virtual health clinic for women
A free virtual health clinic will help in making women’s health more accessible for women across Victoria.
On Wednesday, February 5, Health Minister Mary-Anne...
Call to end the trend
This January marked the 10-year anniversary since the banning of commercial solarium beds across Australia.
Despite this ban, Cancer Council Victoria reports that a large...
Antenatal care without the stigma
Finding the right place to give birth and be comfortable is something that is near the top of an expecting mother’s lists.
The hospital needs...
Pelvic pain and what to do about it
Alex Lopes is a pelvic health physiotherapist, the director of Pelvic Health Melbourne in Altona North, and past national chair of the Australian Physiotherapy...
Conversations are key this White Ribbon Month
As White Ribbon Month gets under way, the organisation is working harder than ever to prevent violence against women by engaging men and boys...
Taranto’s road to recovery
One of the hallmarks of the rise of women’s sport over the last decade, is the sense that it is different.
Rather than just...
A breast check could save your life
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cancer Council Victoria is urging Victorians to check their breasts, with data showing that breast cancer is the most...
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Tariffs and trading cards
When US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs swept across the globe on April 2, many Australian businesses had to adjust the way they...
