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Women's Health

Medication abortion: why expanding access matters

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 hard-won...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Community stands in the gap

Young women impacted by mental health can expect a brighter future, thanks to a partnership between Werribee Rotary Club and MacKillop College on September...

Knowledge is power with PCOS

Despite impacting one in 10 Australian women, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, is still a “mystery” to many. That’s why Dr Sneha Parghi says when...

Bladder weakeness and what to do about it

(intro) Alex Lopes is a pelvic health physiotherapist, the director of Pelvic Health Melbourne in Altona North, and past national chair of the Australian...

Bladder weakeness and what to do about it

(intro) Alex Lopes is a pelvic health physiotherapist, the director of Pelvic Health Melbourne in Altona North, and past national chair of the Australian...

Mum ’can’t go back’ to life of pain

Alice Davy has lived with chronic, life-limiting pain for most of her life. The Eynesbury mum-of-two was diagnosed with endometriosis 12 years ago and in...

Tackling the stigma of menopause

More needs to be done to reduce the stigma around menopause, a senate inquiry into issues relating to menopause and perimenopause has heard. The Senate...

Period poverty prevalent in west

Women across the northern and western suburbs are finding it difficult to access period products, a new survey has revealed. Charity Share the Dignity's bloody...

Daughters of the west get active

Across the western suburbs, the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation is helping women take control of their health and fitness through its Daughters of the...

Supporting the first thousand days

A clinic at the Royal Women's Hospital is striving to support babies who have been exposed to drugs and alcohol before birth, and their...

Low milk supply links

Low breast milk supply is being linked with low breast growth during pregnancy in a new study. La Trobe University researchers led a survey of...

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Engraving the Ranges

Using his engineering background, Riddells Creek artist Grant Medbury creates intricate laser-engraved artworks – with a range of his work currently on display at...