Women's health
As Australians get bigger, more pregnant women are technically obese
The only part of Victoria where maternal obesity has not risen is a tiny spot in Melbourne’s inner-east, which experts say shows the significance of wealth and access to services.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Latest
Is menopause killing women’s work, or is ‘garbage data’ trashing the brand? A Senate inquiry must decide
Claims that large numbers of women are quitting the workforce early because menopause is not supported are unfounded and being pushed as fact, risking women’s economic security, critics say.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Healthcare
Too old to push: Record rate of NSW women having caesarean births
Rates are rapidly increasing in private and public hospital across NSW, as older mothers opt to have fewer children.
- by Mary Ward
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Healthcare
The doctor who took on Goop and the biggest threat to women’s health
Seven years after gynaecologist Dr Jen Gunter wrote a seething open letter to Gwyneth Paltrow, women are still being bombarded with misinformation about their own bodies.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Victorian Parliament
‘Waste of money’: Pain specialists challenge endometriosis surgeries
Leading pain specialists say a focus on endometriosis and laparoscopies can delay effective treatment.
- by Rachel Eddie
Testosterone is trending as ‘missing link’ cure-all for women, prompting warnings
The primary male hormone is in demand as midlife women are told it can produce smaller bellies, better moods and even improved heart health, but claims it’s a “wonder drug” lack evidence.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Are tampons toxic? Here’s what you need to know
A study found traces of toxic metals in tampons. But what can this research really tell us about the millions of tampons sold every year?
- by Kate Aubusson
Opinion
Pregnancy
It was in the final moments of my eighth pregnancy when I began to shiver uncontrollably
I remember the abject fear of the operating theatre. Lying there, so close to having my miracle baby, I felt like I was floating in a bubble of terror.
- by Isabelle Oderberg
‘People don’t want to talk’: The taboo ‘zombie’ problem in medical science
Bad science is affecting clinical guidelines, but now an Australian professor has a solution.
- by Angus Dalton
Opinion
Pregnancy
‘This is your fault’: The doctor’s words that left me with PTSD
It’s only now – 24 years later – that I am able to discuss it, and I still cry. Birth trauma is still vastly overlooked, but its impacts can last a lifetime.
- by Beth Knights
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Domestic violence
The true picture of Melbourne’s family violence: 2700 arrests in five months
A police blitz in the south-east suburbs has caught 2700 family-violence offenders in five months, as Safe Steps warns more perpetrators are strangling victims.
- by Wendy Tuohy