Health

We’d all like to assume if we went into cardiac arrest in the street, someone would come to our aid. But it turns out gender can affect your chances of…

Survey represents ‘#MeToo moment for surgery’, says head of Women in Surgery forum UNITEDKINGDOM/Almost one in three female surgeons working in the NHS have been sexually assaulted in the past…

Two cases to be heard this month could serve as legal precedent to outlaw the holding of patients against their will for unpaid bills UGANDA/Two women who were prevented from…

STUDY/Drug overdoses from opioids and stimulants are a major cause of mortality in the United States. It is unclear if there are stable sex differences in overdose mortality for these…

STUDY/A study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys has found that in young women, certain genetic mutations are associated with treatment-resistant breast cancer. These mutations are not linked to…

More than 50,000 people with endometriosis have helped map the impact of the condition around the country, as the federal opposition calls on the government to expand its new pelvic…

Have you noticed that your levels of attention may slightly change during your menstrual cycle? This may be particularly noticeable for women and people assigned female at birth with attention…

Lisa Gong didn’t need to worry too much about her baby right after giving birth. The 27-year-old was lucky enough to be able to leave everything to professionals at a…

INDONISIA/ Doctors on the Indonesian island of Central Sulawesi are putting into practice training they have received from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to identify and act upon cases of…

RWANDA/ Previous efforts to combat teen pregnancies were met with success in Rwanda, but that progress has now stagnated. Aime was only 16 years old when she was forced to…