Keyword "womens-health" - List of latest news (80 results)

22/04 Supporting new mothers: ‘Crises should not be the trigger for postnatal care’

New campaign Year of Care aims to highlight the particular needs that arise in the first year of motherhood

20/04 Charlie Murphy: ‘IVF felt like I was at the casino and throwing the dice’

After five ‘gruelling’ rounds of IVF, the Safe Harbor actor is enjoying being an expectant mother

12/04 Contraceptive concerns: ‘When I came off the pill, everything became so much better’

More and more women are turning away from the pill, as worries grow around side-effects, stoked by misinformation on social media

29/03 Even the word ‘miscarriage’ seems to suggest the mother is somehow at fault

A taxing cycle of hope and dejection is a routine part of life for so many, playing out quietly in homes and workplaces across the country

23/03 Author Patricia Scanlan: ‘I’m working on an unanticipated project of healing from breast cancer’

The author on new novel City Girls Forever, a key difference between men and women and dealing with a cancer diagnosis

13/03 What is causing girls to get their period at an earlier age?

What the Science Says, part 10: The average age of menarche and breast development is becoming progressively lower – and genetics and the environment are only part of the story

05/03 Refuge provider calls for single 999-style phone line for women fleeing abuse

Sonas Housing turned away 376 women and 750 children last year due to a lack of space

01/03 A life without children: ‘A man without kids is just a man. For women, it’s defining

Women who choose not to have children still find themselves existing in a society that undermines them - but the tide is turning

17/02 Gain weight and be shamed, lose weight and be shamed. The game women can’t win

You don’t need to be a feminist to take issue with the stranglehold of the wellness industry

29/01 Portiuncula University Hospital: Calls for maternity services inquiry to include other women who lost babies

Galway woman Elizabeth O’Reilly calls for explanation for pre-natal death of daughter Bláithín

27/01 Sarah Moss: Women are safer on the streets and men are safer at home, despite the stories we tell ourselves

Fear is determined by storytelling more than by data, and women have been taught to fear being outside for centuries

29/12 Lots of Liberal Women Made a Postelection Promise. When Will We Know If They Kept It?

All the evidence that Trump 2.0 may cause a baby bust.

29/12 Endometriosis and me: I hope young women today know they should shout louder than I did

Despite knowing that what I was feeling was not normal, I had somehow never quite expected others to accept this as a big problem

11/12 My smear test dilemma: How do I confess that this is my first one, at the age of 41?

It wasn’t a deliberate path of avoidance. It just sort of spiralled

09/12 Heart disease in women: ‘We need to pay attention to everything and not hope it will go away’

Heart disease is the number one killer for women in Ireland – but 80% of it is preventable

01/11 Women and girls in the dark on injuries due to lack of gender-specific research

Female-specific studies account for just 6% of sports exercise science research, meaning girls and women do not have enough clarity about how best to avoid certain injuries

28/10 Men are deemed more masculine for taking up more space, women more feminine for taking up less

Binary categories hurt everyone, especially those whose natures or physiques are non-compliant

20/10 ‘When you live with domestic violence, you can never relax – even at nighttime’

The National Gallery offers a safe space for survivors of domestic violence to observe and create art as a way to deal with their trauma

14/10 An Abortion Fund Took a Stand Against Israel’s War in Gaza. The Fallout Was Extreme.

The controversy is part of a major crisis brewing in nonprofits.

08/10 The ‘gender disappointment’ taboo: ‘That’s it, I’m never going to have a little girl’

Parenting taboos: Experiencing gender disappointment is understandable, and parents shouldn’t feel guilty for having those feelings, says expert

08/10 Gender disappointment: ‘That’s it, I’m never going to have a little girl’

Parenting taboos: Experiencing gender disappointment is understandable, and parents shouldn’t feel guilty for having those feelings, says expert

04/09 ‘The public need to be wary’: Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer story missing crucial details, experts warn

Australian supermodel reported to have treated her cancer with alternative therapies

14/08 I Have Just One Boob. I Found a Way to Make the Most of It.

It used to affect every aspect of my life.

13/08 Spending labour at home: ‘It’s about providing women with choice’

Recent study on low-risk first-time mothers induced at 39 weeks who returned home to wait for labour to start criticised by researchers seeking improvements to services

03/08 Eleanor Mills: Women aged 45-74 feeling ‘on the scrap heap: you’re not, you’re amazing’

When Eleanor Mills was made redundant on the cusp of 50, she turned misfortune into opportunity

29/06 Cocaine and Irish women: ‘I’m a wife. I’m a mother. I have a career. I’m a user’

With the Health Research Board reporting a sharp increase in cocaine use among women, three women describe their use of the drug

23/06 No, Irish women don’t need to ‘breed more’. But some would like to have more children

The housing crisis, difficulties of balancing parenting with paid work, declining marriage rates and the limitations of assisted fertility all have a negative effect

01/05 Men's change initiative 'inundated' in wake of women's deaths

A Victorian women's health group employs a male equality adviser for "men who only listen to other men" about controlling and violent behaviour. Expecting just 10 participants to its first session, 80 showed up.

08/04 ‘We need to swing the pendulum to the middle and normalise menopause’

New series from the Lancet journal challenges recent trend to medicalize the experience

26/03 Managing chronic disease: ‘It is one of the most positive things that has happened in the health service’

Women with gestational diabetes have been added to a ‘game-changing’ HSE programme that focuses on a list of chronic conditions

29/02 Emma Watkins reveals secret pain behind this photo

Looking at this photo, you’d never guess that moments before it was taken beloved children’s entertainer Emma Watkins lay on her dressing room floor in agony.

27/02 Sometimes an Embryo Represents Possibility. Sometimes It’s Just Some Cells.

My feelings about expanding my family are subject to change.

27/02 Heartbreaking reason Channel 9 star quit

Julie Snook abruptly left the Nine Network just as she broke into the competitive Sydney news team line-up.

27/02 Silent health plague impacting nearly one million Australian women

More than half of Australian women suffering from endometriosis have felt ignored by doctors when seeking treatment, news.com.au can reveal.

20/02 ‘I’m not crazy’: Ch7 star’s shock health fight

When Sarah Roberts struggled to conceive, even with the help of fertility treatment, doctors assured her it was very common.

19/02 ‘Out of action’: Aussie porn star’s work issue

Annie Knight has built up a huge following as an entrepreneur and well-known adult content creator, but for six days every month, she cannot work.

16/02 Why this woman’s life will never be the same

Ever since she was a little girl, Maddy Forster has dreamt of becoming a mum.

13/02 ‘Felt like I was dying’: Doctor’s ‘gross’ response to mum’s pain

For most of her life, Jade Walker was convinced that the excruciating pain she endured was simply a “normal part of being a woman”.

05/12 How menopause changes the brain and three things you need to know

Symptoms of menopause, such as lack of sleep and hot flushes, have also been linked to dementia

17/11 Navigating Your Hormones: ‘It’s so important to educate and empower women with open conversations’

Experts will speak at an educational event on hormonal health for women in the Johnstown Estate Hotel on Sunday

13/11 Period Pants: High silver levels could pose health risk, study says

Silver added to combat user concerns about smell and hygeine but it can kill healthy bacteria says FDA

26/10 Mater achieves big improvement in ovarian cancer outcomes with aggressive surgical approach

Death rate from advanced ovarian cancer fell through use of multiple skilled specialists, study finds

26/10 Texas counties ban traveling to obtain abortion care

After Texas outlawed nearly all abortions after the end of Roe v. Wade, some conservative local governments want to go further — banning their residents from traveling to obtain an abortion a…

21/10 Women who suffer cancer to be allowed pause their maternity leave under new plans

Roderic O’Gorman says he will reverse law that does not allow women receiving treatment to pause leave

20/10 Breast cancer screening ‘doesn’t make much of a difference’ to death rates, says oncologist

Ireland should screen women for the disease on the basis of risk not age, says expert

14/10 Hot flash trackers and pelvic floor exercisers: the rise of femtech for menopause

A wave of new tech products and supplements is being developed to help menopausal and perimenopausal women, and Irish start-ups are getting in on the act

28/09 Medical conditions affecting women have always run the danger of being marginalised

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders only in 2013

27/09 Women pay $15B more out of pocket in health care costs

Women spend more than men in health care expenses, even though maternity care costs are excluded, according to a new report.

27/09 Could your prime still be ahead of you? 13 peaks we reach at 40 or later – from sex to running to self-esteem

You are more likely to win an ultramarathon in midlife, get happier, wiser and more body confident as you age

14/09 How a woman’s posture changes over time is dependent on several factors

Posture management is important to improve mobility, boost confidence and energy and reduced risk of injury

05/09 How much period blood is 'normal'? And which sanitary product holds the most blood?

Working out how much blood you’re losing and getting a sense of when it’s outside the normal range can be difficult. Recent research on the capacity of different period products could help.

31/08 ‘Metastatic breast cancer remains mostly incurable and I honestly thought I was going to die’

Dubliner Siobhán Gaynor recovered from her intial shock to focus on improving the lot of cancer patients

16/08 Do you know what menorrhagia is? Unfortunately, I do

Many women suffer from this extreme menstrual condition. No one should suffer its excess bleeding, pain and debilitation without seeking medical help

15/08 Labiaplasty: a normal, safe procedure or a western form of female genital mutilation?

Women who seek this surgery usually want a reduction in the size of their vulva’s inner labia

15/08 ‘Cliteracy’: The ‘iceberg’ of female anatomy has as-yet hidden depths

Why lack of knowledge about a sexual organ persists

09/08 ‘I was like, I don’t know how sick you have to be, but I am pretty sure I’m there’

Specialist clinic validates ‘misunderstood’ pregnancy complication of hyperemesis gravidarum

09/08 Extreme pregnancy sickness hyperemesis gravidarum: What you need to know

‘Morning sickness’ is part of a normal pregnancy, but hyperemesis is not

22/07 A Woman Saw Her Infant’s Death as Needless Torture. To Texas, It’s a Necessary Sacrifice.

Her viral testimony about the state’s abortion ban exposed its ghastly consequences.

25/06 Ireland’s fertility revolution happened later but more rapidly than in other western countries

Priests and politicians enthused about Ireland’s large families, ignoring the consequences for women

23/06 Can Planned Parenthood Meet the Moment?

One year post-Roe, the organization is facing an uncertain future.

19/06 My mind was racing. The doctor’s weird questions continued for 10 minutes

Settling in for a barrage of questions from a new doctor, a common occurrence for me, those that came out of his mouth were not what I expected

19/06 My brain was racing – was I going to be the oldest person ever diagnosed with Down syndrome, at 24?

Settling in for a barrage of questions from a new doctor, a common occurrence for me, those that came out of his mouth were not what I expected

13/06 Most women diagnosed with early breast cancer ‘will survive long-term’, study finds

Reassurance for patients as death rate from breast cancer has fallen substantially since the 1990s

08/06 Why are Ireland’s breastfeeding rates stubbornly low?

Available evidence suggests a combination of social and cultural factors at play

03/06 'Like a heavy pressure': The silent condition leaving many women in pain

Navigating pain for women can be a twisted maze of questions, referrals and specialists, but amid the ever-growing list of diagnoses lies a silent condition that is experienced by many. It's called vaginismus.

25/05 Coercive control is about power - but there’s more to it than that

The ultimate threat perceived by these abusers is that the partner being controlled will meet somebody else, thus engineering their escape

18/05 ‘Women bought into so many sex, libido myths they’re disempowered about this part of themselves’

Women often live with symptoms for years before seeking medical help due to fear, shame or taboo about sex, menstrual health and reproductive health

18/05 The secrecy of . . . sexual health

Women often live with symptoms for years before seeking medical help due to fear, shame or taboo about sex, menstrual health and reproductive health

11/05 The secrecy of . . . mental health

Social and emotional demands on women impact their mental health throughout life

09/05 ‘Period poverty’ is a misleading term that gets bandied about. I think it has become very, very trendy

If a woman can’t buy period products, it’s just one aspect of her poverty as she will be struggling to buy all basic necessities, from food to fuel

08/05 Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: ‘There’s more information on outer space than there is on the reproductive system of a female’

PCOS is a common, and often painful, condition affecting one in five women of childbearing age that has no cure but there are treatment options

08/05 Women’s healthcare group Amara Therapeutics raises €3m

Galway-based group will use funds to widen market for overactive bladder health app and develop new products for other conditions

05/05 ‘Why don’t you just adopt?’ The shame, isolation, guilt and self-blame of infertility

Low self-esteem, devaluing, and inferiority can create a level of self-blame for women experiencing infertility

27/04 The Are You There God? Movie Gave Me the Biggest Emotional Jolt of Anything I’ve Seen This Year

Judy Blume’s book is more than 50 years old, but this frank new adaptation arrives right on time.

15/04 A 150-Year-Old Law Could Ban Abortion Nationwide

The legal zombie may be unconstitutional, but that didn’t stop conservative judges from citing it in their recent mifepristone decisions.

20/03 Two of Australia's best known magazines fire staff and will shut down

Women's Health Australia and Men's Health Australia magazines will shut down operations as the latest in a series of job cuts hitting the media and tech industries in a looming economic crisis.

07/03 ‘Decade of pain’: Bindi Irwin reveals private health battle

Much-loved Australian conservationist Bindi Irwin has today gone public with a private health battle that her younger brother Bob says has caused her a “decade of pain.”

08/02 Inez, 25, lives with excruciating pain. There’s no cause or cure for her illness

Inez Goves has been robbed of her early 20s and her career, home, and life have been put on hold. Research into how to treat her painful condition is underway, but experts say more funding is needed.

04/11 I Was Almost the Republican “Late Abortion” Boogeyman. This Is Why Women Do It.

The option saved the lives of both my babies.

09/06 Silicone Breast Implants Were Banned in the ’90s for Making Women Sick. How Did They Make a Comeback?

Researchers are just beginning to understand the strange symptoms they can cause.