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News & Views Joe Biden commits to $200m investment into women’s health research President of the United States Joe Biden has pledged to invest $200 million USD ($304 million AUD) into research on women’s health.
Business How Kic’s Laura Henshaw drove a 100% revenue increase by taking a stand against harmful weight loss messaging Laura Henshaw and the team at Kic encouraged their community to focus on small intentions to increase their overall happiness and health.
News & Views Australian startup accelerator unveils groundbreaking FemTech initiative Transforming care for women’s health through innovation. Join UNSW’s Health 10x program and be part of the movement revolutionizing FemTech.
Women’s Health News Olivia Munn brings awareness to early breast cancer detection after revealing double mastectomy US actor Olivia Munn urges women to be proactive about their health after revealing she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
News & Views 70 per cent of Aussie women experience gender bias while accessing healthcare Over 70 per cent of Aussie women said they experienced bias in the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions.
News & Views A new training program for First Nations healthcare workers will boost workforce by more than 500 A new program has launched that will see up to 500 First Nations people qualified as Aboriginal Health Workers and Practitioners by 2027.
World France becomes first country to enshrine abortion rights into the constitution France is the first country to enshrine abortion into its constitution. The move is in direct response to the US reversal of Roe v Wade.
Women’s Health News ‘It’s just bad period pain’: New campaign highlights how endometriosis is dismissed A new campaign is exposing the unacceptable lack of care women receive when seeking treatment for the painful reality of endometriosis.
News & Views Queensland’s goal to make the misdiagnosis and lack of treatment for endometriosis a thing of the past The Queensland government is investing an extra $18.2 million over five years for endometriosis and pelvic pain initiatives.
World One in five pregnant women malnourished in Gaza clinic At Project HOPE’s primary health clinic in Deir al Balah, one in five pregnant women are reported to be malnourished.
Women’s Health News Alcohol and illicit drug use are increasing among young women, survey finds Young women have been drinking more and their use of illicit drugs is on par with young men for the first time since national records began.
News & Views It’s 2024, so why don’t men want to talk about menopause? We embarked on a study to understand workplace experiences around menopause and ended up in an echo chamber of only women’s voices.
Health LGBTQI+ Australians experience much higher rates of mental health issues, ABS data shows The latest ABS statistics paint a grim picture of the higher rates of mental illness and self-harm across Australia’s queer community.
News & Views More than half of women don’t exercise as much as they would like, new research finds More than half of women do not work out as much as they want to, according to new research highlighting the ‘gender exercise gap’.
Partner Content ‘I stood my ground’: Breast cancer survivor Natasha Eaton encourages women to seek fertility options Some treatments for breast cancer may induce premature menopause and can reduce a woman’s chance of having children in the future.
Women’s Health News Over half of women feel their pain is ignored or dismissed, survey reveals New research from Nurofen shows over half (55 per cent) of women feel that they had their pain ignored or dismissed.