Health

General practitioners have an important role to play in alleviating women’s anxiety about their genital appearance and can help stop the rise in women going under the knife for cosmetic reasons.

We talk so much about finding balance between work and home, but I think there is no such thing as balance.

Older Australians are drinking so much coffee and booze that it’s damaging their already fragile sleep, a new survey has found.

I lay in a sweaty shavasana after a gruelling hot yoga class.

“It’s that time of the month – stay away from her!” The process of shedding the uterine lining with vaginal bleeding every month has an obvious reproductive focus, but it has also long been linked with changes to mood and behaviour.

My mum grabbed my hand and squeezed.

More women than men suffer from chronic pain, described as pain that persists for more than six months.

Every year I have a digital free holiday.

Women go to the doctor more often than men, particularly in their reproductive years, between the ages of 15 and 44.

This article is part of our series examining hidden women’s conditions.

  Many of us don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis.

Don’t miss a beat.