Women's Health

Patients have been left frustrated and scared after learning that a life-saving breast cancer and endometriosis drug is to be pulled from shelves in Australia and some other countries.

Vanessa was forced to regularly skip sport because of her period. New research shows that more than 60 per cent of disabled athletes have done the same.

Years after bushfires covered their cities in smoke, mothers are left wondering if their children's chronic illnesses began with what was in the air before they were born.

Mount Isa mother Kristen Curd spent four months in Townsville after giving birth to premature twin boys, and says the hardest part began when they finally came home.

Farmer and mother of two Sophie Fletcher has endured miscarriages, hours of travel and false hope throughout her IVF journey. She wants to see the system change for rural women.

Soon-to-be parents in regional WA will have less choice over where and how they give birth as care options diminish, midwives say.

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva trained up to 10 hours a day, six days a week, often without the proper nutrition. She wants others to know what that can do to the body.

The South Australian government has announced that pregnant women will be able to access free omega-3 blood tests from next month.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), a move health experts say will lead to faster diagnoses and better treatment for women of all ages.

What started out as abstinence during a pregnancy four years ago turned into a game with myself to see how long I could go without alcohol.

Single women over 45 without children are much more likely to be spending time caring for family members who are aging, have a disability or chronic illness. And it's not just costing them financially.

Despite what the name suggests, women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) do not have a higher rate of abnormal ovarian cysts than the general population, a large study shows.

Whether it's about overcoming health challenges, waiting to meet "the right person" or wanting to be financially stable, Australian women are increasingly having children later in life. 

Angie is almost the age her mum was when she died from breast cancer, so getting a screening is important to her. But access to Tasmania's screening service has been difficult.

High tea events around the country are helping women of all ages and cultures feel connected and heard as they grieve their pregnancy and infant loss.

Supplies of some HRT patches may not return to normal until at least the end of the year. So what can patients do if they're impacted by shortages?

A women's health advocate says the death of a baby during childbirth at a homeless camp on the Murrumbidgee River is a "terrible day" for the Wagga Wagga community.

A Kalgoorlie couple expecting triplets welcome a surprise fourth baby — delivering an extraordinarily rare set of quadruplets that stunned even their doctors.

Remote health technology is saving regional patients time and money, despite many Victorian hospitals still running on paper records.

More Perth women share their experience of needing surgery after having an adverse reaction to nail salon services, triggering a warning from the consumer watchdog.