Womens Health

Cara Walker was all smiles when she met Anthony Albanese, but as a woman living with endometriosis, she knows the strain that comes with managing a chronic condition.

Vikki Mai Murphy always knew she wanted to be a mum but after months of negative pregnancy tests she and her partner Sean realised they would need some extra help.

Women going through perimenopause are experiencing debilitating hot flushes and night sweats that are often untreated, as a study reveals the prevalence of symptoms during

Women who experience postpartum haemorrhages could soon have access to more treatment options as a new device is added to Australia's therapeutic goods register.

Mindfulness and gaming are two words you don't often hear in the same breath. One sounds like yoga mats and deep breathing. The other brings to mind a picture of flashing

Women who experience birth trauma are reporting high levels of unmanaged pain and physical injuries leading to significant mental health impacts. Research by

Women’s health physiotherapy is more than pelvic floor exercises. It’s a dynamic and evolving specialty that supports women across the lifespan — from adolescence

Extreme heat is the world's biggest weather-related killer but it's also responsible for a host of other health and wellbeing niggles that are not as well understood.

An outback woman was fully prepared for a four-hour trip to the closest hospital to give birth. Living in Lightning Ridge, in far western NSW, the expectant

Calls are mounting for greater national regulation of fertility treatments as the boss of a leading IVF clinic resigns following a second embryo mix-up. Monash

A grieving parent is urging states to act quickly and help stop a fatal yet preventable disease by making vaccines free. Meningococcal B is the leading strain

China says all tertiary-level hospitals must offer epidural anaesthesia during childbirth by the end of 2025 in a move it says will help promote a "friendly child-bearing

Period poverty affects millions of women and girls worldwide, and an Australian-based charity is hoping to change the narrative for those in rural Cambodia.

Women's health research in Australia has been given a record financial boost, paving the way for better diagnosis and treatment of a debilitating and historically ignored

The number of women being killed is on the rise, with those in rural areas far more likely to be admitted to hospital after assaults, often at the hands of an intimate partner.

One of the last states to decriminalise abortion will expand access, bringing it into line with other jurisdictions and national advice. NSW will allow nurses

Climate change has already added about 10 extra days a year of extreme heat deemed harmful for pregnant women in Australia. Darwin experienced a sharp 17-day

Nurses and midwives would be able to prescribe drugs for medical abortions in a plan causing rifts within major parties and prompting a former prime minister to speak out.

More than 1000 women injured from defective pelvic mesh implants await assessment for compensation, two years after mammoth settlements were reached. Meant

Most Australian girls and women opt out of playing sport when they have their period, says research prompting calls for free sanitary products at sporting facilities.