The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) lists more than 420 medicines are in short supply, and cites temporary local-level disruptions and COVID-19 as the causes. Among these medicines, several are treatments…
One of the US’s leading anti-abortion activists has been appointed to a Texas health committee tasked with reviewing maternal deaths. The move worries reproductive justice advocates who say the state’s abortion ban…
With the oldest population in the European Union, where one in four are aged over 65, it’s little surprise that Italy is home to the world’s fastest 90-year-old woman sprinter.…
When it comes to pain, stereotypes relating to sex and gender tend to come into play. But, is a male’s threshold really higher than a female’s? Are women really more…
New York City was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday claiming it discriminates against gay male city employees by only covering the costs of in vitro fertilization for women and…
A recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows US fertility rates dropped 2% in 2023. With the exception of a temporary increase in the fertility rate at…
In a recent study published in npj Women’s Health, researchers investigated the cognitive constructs of the self during pregnancy compared to never-been pregnant women. Their findings indicate that first-time pregnancy is…
A growing number of states and territories in the United States have legalized medical and recreational cannabis use. As such, recreational cannabis has been associated with a lower perception of…
For over 60 years, hormonal birth control has been sold as a quick fix for acne, reproductive health conditions, pregnancy prevention, or simply the inconvenience of periods. Yet women are…
A study, funded by Cancer Research UK and published in BMC Medicine, found that the proportion of women aged 18-45 from higher socioeconomic backgrounds who smoked rose from 12 per…
