Womens Health

Alicia Woodfield listened to soft music during the birth of her son, hoping her first child would be calmly welcomed into the world. But in the months after

Memory loss, brain fog, heavy bleeding, sleepless nights and a barrage of hot flushes - this is the reality for countless Australian women trying to function during menopause.

Abortion services in Queensland will receive more than $20 million to improve access for women seeking to terminate a pregnancy and to increase the sector's workforce.

More than 1700 pregnant women's due dates were incorrectly recorded by South Australia's health department, prompting an independent review. SA Health

Not far from yacht clubs, shimmering beaches and five star resorts, a homeless woman had sought shelter from the summer heat and humidity. Crisis counsellor

Hysterectomy rates have fallen over the past eight years, as less-invasive alternatives grow in use, according to national health data. More than 24,000 women

Doctors at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane,

Free pads and tampons will be given to remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to help with cost of living pressures. The Albanese government

Rural women are travelling hundreds of kilometres to give birth amid a health care crisis which is set to worsen with a severe shortage of specialists and midwives.

After her stillborn daughter Bella was taken away, Naomi Bowden had to stay in a maternity ward surrounded by labouring women and crying newborns. Then, at

Women who experience miscarriage will receive bereavement support and boosted follow-up care through $9.5 million in new federal government funding. The support

Australians who live with a high risk of recurrence after early breast cancer will soon pay as little as $7.70 for an expanded treatment that could halt the disease from spreading.

For 25 years, women in Queensland's Cape York Peninsula have travelled more than 800km in their last month of pregnancy to access maternity services. But

A 19-year-old woman's fears about her pregnancy were dismissed with comments from midwives like "they just keep getting younger" in the weeks before she gave

Poland's President Andrzej Duda has vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for girls and women ages 15 and above, his office

Christie Whelan Browne always had debilitating periods. But it took an ovarian cyst rupture at the age of 26 for doctors to finally diagnose the cause of her

Too many First Nations mothers and babies are being traumatised and dying during childbirth, according to Indigenous health professor Yvette Roe. First Nations

Seven years and 11 general practitioners - that's how long it took Jessica Taylor to receive an endometriosis diagnosis. From the age of 14, Ms Taylor had

A boost to clinics for vulnerable women will help more access health care and reduce strain on public hospitals, the NSW government says. More than $34 million

Expectant mums face no shortage of advice on what they should and shouldn't eat but the latest research says excluding two foods during pregnancy could do more harm than