Women's Health

It took Casey many years to access a specialist for a debilitating and painful menstrual cycle. Now, a federally funded endometriosis and pelvic pain clinic is online but, in rural Victoria it's still difficult to access.

Alice Springs has some of the highest rates of chronic kidney disease in the country but patients face huge challenges to qualify for organ donations.

A new study argues feminist language is being co-opted to sell health interventions that aren't backed up by evidence — like the anti-Müllerian hormone "egg timer" test.

There are growing calls for more conversations around women's athletes and how to manage their menstrual cycles.

The Country Fire Authority is under fire after a letter sent to a CFA captain reveals the organisation was planning to remove sanitary bins from a regional Victorian branch.

Diver Anabelle Smith felt pressure to look a certain way as a young diver, which affected her mental and physical health. 

Robyn gets her car serviced every year, so she thought she should do the same for her herself. Doctors found a hole in her heart.

Human preoccupation with beauty has a long history, but these experts say something new is at play. 

A new world-first protective armour, designed just for women in sport, hopes to prolong careers and minimise injuries. 

Exercise is encouraged during pregnancy — but it's not always easy for expecting parents to know what to do in the prenatal period.

Some women who desperately want to breastfeed their babies are giving up because of a lack of support in regional and rural Australia. 

Often feeling scared and alone, women are making a 950-kilometre round trip from Carnarvon to give birth at the nearest hospital.

Droves of women are turning up in gyms to lift weights as they discover the benefits of the previously male-dominated pursuit.

A study of tens of thousands of Victorian cases finds women in cardiac arrest are only half as likely as men to receive defibrillation from a bystander — some telling investigators they feared exposing the patient's chest.

More and more women are heading to the gym to pump weights, a space once dominated by men.

Major barriers still stand in the way for young and regional people to get a diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis. 

How much do you know about endometriosis? 

With one in seven Australian women likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, concern is growing about the wait times for diagnostic mammograms around the country.

The survey found two in five Victorian women live with chronic pain, and often feel dismissed by health practitioners.

This central Queensland family are putting their next pregnancy on hold due to the bypass of their local maternity service.

After a failed stint on a 1990s dating show, a sheep shearer from rural NSW found true love in the United States.

Three Tasmanian women speak of their anguish and fear after being told they have to wait months for a mammogram — with the Minister for Women saying she is "really sad" to hear of their plight and the government is working on the problem.

It is often said it takes a village to raise a child, but what happens when you don't have your family or support group around you to help?

More sportswomen are choosing to return to their athletic careers after having a baby, but limited research is hampering their comeback. 

When Kymm Apostolides was a teenager and living in a small regional town, he was administered electric aversion therapy when he began wearing his sister's clothes. Fifty years later, he's a vital part of the mid-north community.