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Apple announced its Health app will soon be able to tell users if they’re in perimenopause.

Apple, get the hell out of my uterus

Please, we don’t need the tech bros’ surveillance of our most intimate bodily functions.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris

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Could your phone predict when you’re in perimenopause and menopause?

Apple announced a new raft of features this week, including an update to its Health app to address the life stage. So what does it do?

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Paying attention to the fibre content of our underwear is important as some are better than others.

The trendy underwear women should avoid. And the type they should try

Here are the best fabrics to look out for when buying your next pair of undies.

  • Courtney Thompson
Barnaby Joyce during his interview on Sky News.

Why reawakened abortion debate won’t help the Liberals or Labor

The major parties must stop trying to capture the “women’s vote” – they might just begin to win women’s trust.

  • Jane Buncle
Vaccination rates fall.

‘Really urgent’: Teen vaccine rates tumble, leaving cancer elimination in doubt

Australia’s ambitious goal to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 is under threat amid a worrying decline in HPV vaccinations across the country.

  • Melissa Cunningham
A nurse prepares a medical instrument for performing a hysteroscopy operation.

This medical procedure can be extremely painful. Part of the problem is bad research

“Women are now told if you take a couple of ibuprofen, you are fine with the pain. In reality, that is unlikely to be true,” says Professor Ben Mol, professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University.

  • Liam Mannix
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Kylie Minogue in the Netflix documentary, in which she reveals her cancer returned in 2021.

‘Beyond the limit of detection’: Why breast cancer comes back

Kylie Minogue had a cancer relapse. How common are relapses, and why do they happen?

  • Sarah Berry
Dad-of-three Peter Robertson has changed careers to become a doctor.

Modern evolution for medical students as Sydney Uni change revealed

Sydney University has become the first university in Australia to offer the new model to its postgrad medical students.

  • Rachel Rasker
Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) is believed to be the most common women’s endocrine condition across the globe. Formerly known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), one in eight women worldwide are affected, though it’s thought up to 70 per cent remain undiagnosed.

It’s the most common women’s endocrine disorder in the world. Why has an Aussie doctor just changed its name?

Delays in diagnosis can hinder your chance to grow your family. But despite more than 170 million people living with debilitating symptoms, it’s largely misunderstood.

  • Bronte Gossling and Kate Aubusson
Danna Martinez said she felt exploited and disposable by Global Surrogacy.

We get that human trafficking is wrong. Why are we trafficking babies?

I was a supporter of surrogacy. I even considered being a surrogate for my late sister. But three women changed my mind.

  • Jenna Price