How Reena found relief when GPs hesitated to treat her symptoms
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Menopause

How Reena found relief when GPs hesitated to treat her symptoms

When Reena needed help,her doctors hesitated. A menopause and mood hub in Sydney will provide expert care to women navigating hormonal change.

  • byKate Aubusson

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This cancer is preventable,but not enough women are testing for it
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Cancer

This cancer is preventable,but not enough women are testing for it

Shanny Pyke was overdue for her cervical screening test when she was diagnosed with the condition in her early 40s. She wants other women to learn from her story.

  • byAngus Thomson
This at-home ‘egg timer’ test is an Aussie first. What does it tell us about fertility?

This at-home ‘egg timer’ test is an Aussie first. What does it tell us about fertility?

A test purported to measure women’s fertility is on the rise,but some experts are concerned about its potential to create anxiety and fear given its inaccuracy.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
‘Precious,princess’:Health minister warns GPs to brace for women’s pain inquiry findings

‘Precious,princess’:Health minister warns GPs to brace for women’s pain inquiry findings

Women are being gaslit into believing pain is in their mind,while men get treated earlier and with better pain medication,as misogynistic ideas persist in parts of healthcare.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Once again,women’s bodies are back at the mercy of men and their ‘consciences’
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Abortion

Once again,women’s bodies are back at the mercy of men and their ‘consciences’

The renewed debate in Australia has been a stark reminder that the lawfulness of abortion rests in the hands of politicians whose views aren’t made public before election day.

  • byMadison Griffiths
‘No one had the staff to let me have a baby’:Women forced to drive hours to give birth

‘No one had the staff to let me have a baby’:Women forced to drive hours to give birth

A major NSW birthing hospital is repeatedly going on “bypass”,forcing pregnant and labouring women to travel hundreds of kilometres to Newcastle to give birth.

  • byKate Aubusson
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‘Not doing anything is causing harm’:Call to allow pregnant women to participate in clinical trials

‘Not doing anything is causing harm’:Call to allow pregnant women to participate in clinical trials

Pregnant women have been systematically excluded from clinical trials for 90 per cent of medications available worldwide,and experts say it is putting them at risk.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘I’m done being insecure’:Olivia Munn bares mastectomy scars

‘I’m done being insecure’:Olivia Munn bares mastectomy scars

The actor has spoken about her decision to show her mastectomy scars in the latest campaign for Skims.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Price was courageous to debate abortion issue,says pro-life Joyce

Price was courageous to debate abortion issue,says pro-life Joyce

The former deputy prime minister pushed back against shadow cabinet colleagues who say abortion is a state rather than federal issue.

  • byPaul Sakkal
‘Absolutely devastated’:Central Coast’s only private maternity service to close

‘Absolutely devastated’:Central Coast’s only private maternity service to close

Gosford Private Hospital is closing its maternity services. It’s the latest in a string of private maternity hospital closures amid rising private healthcare costs and declining birth rates.

  • byKate Aubusson
Labor to quote Jacinta Price on abortion in last-ditch Queensland campaign
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Abortion

Labor to quote Jacinta Price on abortion in last-ditch Queensland campaign

Senior Coalition women have tried to stop an abortion debate,making clear the federal party cannot and does not want to wind back the laws.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andPaul Sakkal