Women’s Health
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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 in…
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Abortion care at Northern Health
For the past six years, the abortion service at Broadmeadows Hospital has been providing an essential service to the community. The service offers both early…
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Taskforce to strengthen maternity care
A taskforce will be set up to help improve maternity services across Victoria. Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said the taskforce would focus on ensuring hospitals…
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The causes of 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 Association’s…
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Addressing adenomyosis
Adenomyosis is a uterine disease where the tissue that normally lines the uterus, the endometrium, grows into the muscle of the uterus, the myometrium. Seen…
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Push to count metastatic breast cancer patients
Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) is calling for Victoria to follow in New South Wales’ footsteps and count people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). On…
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Medication abortion: why expanding access matters
(precede) Tilly Mahoney is Women’s Health in the North’s sexual and reproductive health co-ordinator. In Victoria, access to safe and legal abortion has been a…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis relief in sight
Long-term relief is within reach for people with the debilitating autoimmune disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), following an $11.5 million grant to assist in the development…
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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 common…
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Time to talk about menopause
As World Menopause Day approaches on October 18, it’s crucial to shed light on the often-misunderstood transition that many women face. Western Health women’s health…
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Greater awareness of menopause needed: Inquiry
A senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause has made 25 recommendations to the federal government to better support women to manage their symptoms. Among the…
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Anxiety is more than a worry
When people think of mental illness, depression is usually the first condition that springs to mind. Yet being the best known doesn’t make it the…
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Scars of survival
After living in survival mode, Cobblebank’s cancer survivor Melanie Kuyl’s road to self-discovery and healing is never ending. The battle began in 2020, when a…
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Scars of survival
After living in survival mode, Cobblebank’s cancer survivor Melanie Kuyl’s road to self-discovery and healing is never ending. The battle began in 2020, when a…
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Addressing barriers to PCOS care
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal condition among women, with symptoms beginning shortly after puberty, during later teen years, or within early adulthood.…
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