Why women need to change how they move into menopause

Why women need to change how they move into menopause

Experts argue that moderate exercise may not be the most effective for combatting two major concerns perimenopausal and menopausal women have.

  • bySarah Berry

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Birth injury ‘no one talks about’:Why marathon runner Sally couldn’t jog across a car park

Birth injury ‘no one talks about’:Why marathon runner Sally couldn’t jog across a car park

Sally Maconochie faced a terrible choice when her preschooler son bolted across a busy car park:potentially trigger the prolapse of her pelvic organs,or risk the worst.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘IVF is changing’:Why more women are freezing their eggs
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‘IVF is changing’:Why more women are freezing their eggs

When Jaimie Gardner first froze her eggs in 2021,she joined a growing cohort of women taking their fertility into their own hands.

  • byAngus Thomson
Doctors cancel gynaecology appointments,surgeries over safety fears
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Doctors cancel gynaecology appointments,surgeries over safety fears

Obstetricians and gynaecologists at two NSW hospitals said they would only treat urgent cases until more doctors were hired to ease pressure on burnt-out staff.

  • byAngus Thomson
Critical drug shortage risking pregnant women’s lives,experts warn

Critical drug shortage risking pregnant women’s lives,experts warn

Some women are left with worryingly high blood pressure because older-style medications suitable for use in pregnancy are scarce.

  • byWendy Tuohy
School nurses to weigh and identify kids at risk of obesity under contentious plan
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School nurses to weigh and identify kids at risk of obesity under contentious plan

The Australian College of Nursing is also calling for the “normalisation of collection and discussion of height and weight data of all children” as part of it contentious plan to curb rising obesity rates.

  • byHenrietta Cook
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Here’s what experts think about Elle Macpherson’s cancer treatment

Here’s what experts think about Elle Macpherson’s cancer treatment

Australian breast cancer experts have weighed in on the model’s decision to pursue alternative,“holistic” treatments after her breast cancer surgery.

  • byFrances Howe
Calls for laser hair removal to be subsidised for common condition

Calls for laser hair removal to be subsidised for common condition

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a complex hormonal condition that affects about one in 10 Australian women. A common symptom is excess facial and body hair.

  • byAisha Dow
When I met my baby,I expected an explosion of love. It took months to arrive
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When I met my baby,I expected an explosion of love. It took months to arrive

Holding my son in my arms for the first time,I felt numb. Emptied. It was as though I was observing myself from my previous life looking on as an outsider.

  • byAriane Beeston
Stigma is still forcing some women to dodge these products… period

Stigma is still forcing some women to dodge these products… period

Once,ads for sanitary products banked on women’s sense of shame. Now,period ads showing stigma are well and truly out of favour.

  • byWendy Tuohy
I knew very little about menopause. What I learnt made me joyful,fit and foxy
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I knew very little about menopause. What I learnt made me joyful,fit and foxy

In 2017,I was not aware of any “loud voices” in the menopause awareness space. Nor did I know there were readily accessible treatments for what I was experiencing. I’m wiser and happier now.

  • byKerry Fox