Nurses setting out on door-knocks and days-long boat rides to remote islands have helped Tuvalu achieve the remarkable.
Female athletes are six times more likely to suffer an ACL injury than men and significantly less likely to return to sport. A new study is trying to discover why.
A woman who went to the GP complaining about abdominal pain during sex was told:“You’re 70 years old;of course sex is going to hurt.” Three days later,her appendix burst.
An Australian-led series on menopause has reignited debate about how the life stage is dealt with by women,doctors and researchers.
France has become the first country to enshrine the right to abortion in its Constitution,a move welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.
“It’s about the double jobs that many women do”:Mothers told researchers they struggled to meet expectations at work and home in the evening,which is when alcohol kicked in as a stress-relieving tool.
While there is a link between cortisol and exercise,including HIIT,experts say there’s more to the story.
As the Victorian government is likely learning since launching its inquiry into women’s pain,medical gaslighting remains depressingly pervasive.
FIFPro has found that female footballers who sustained ACL injuries travelled further,for longer and crossed more time zones – not a great sign for an Australian squad playing in Europe.
The trend is being driven by those living in metropolitan areas,and rates of abortion have increased among regional and rural women.
Fi Macrae,who has endometriosis,was told by doctors it wasn’t possible she could be in so much pain and maybe mood stabilisers would fix her head.