AI could transform breast cancer screening with greater accuracy, new research suggests. By Carolyn Nickson and Bruce Mann Artificial intelligence is showing promising potential to improve how breast cancer is detected, helping doctors identify cases earlier and reduce missed diagnoses. New research highlights how AI tools...
Having your period can be a painful experience, writes Mike Armour. Could exercise help? Period pain, also known as dysmenorrhea, is a very common condition, with around nine in ten young women aged 13 to 25 in Australia having regular period pain. For many women, period pain...
Cancers caused by the human papillomavirus or HPV are entirely preventable. And now it takes just one dose to vaccinate against it, write Julia Brotherton, Claire Nightingale and Claire Vajdic Cervical cancer is a devastating disease that can strike down women in the prime of their lives. Amazingly,...
Nial Wheate looks at the drug Visanne. It's for endometriosis and has just been added to the PBS. The drug Visanne (also known as dienogest) is the first endometriosis treatment to be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in 30 years. Endometriosis is a chronic and...
Popular fertility apps are engaging in widespread misuse of data, including on sex, periods and pregnancy, writes Katharine Kemp Research revealed serious privacy flaws in fertility apps used by Australian consumers – emphasising the need for urgent reform of the Privacy Act. Fertility apps provide a number...
New research by Dr Robyn Brown, Dr Roberta Goncalves Anversa and Ruth Jackman from the University of Melbourne has discovered a brain pathway that drives stress-related eating, helping to explain what drives emotional overeating in women Around 20 per cent of us react to feeling stressed...
Social media will tell you birth control causes mental health issues, weight gain and infertility – here are the facts, writes Christopher O'Sullivan You should only get contraception advice from your doctor or nurse – not social media. Kmpzzz/ Shutterstock Social media is full of bad advice when...
'Mother’s little helper': interviews with Australian women show a complex relationship with alcohol by Maree Patsouras, Cassandra Wright, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Gabriel Caluzzi and Sandra Kuntsche Men have historically, and still do, drink more than women. But in recent years there has been an uptick in women’s drinking,...
New Study Highlights the Power of Personalized Support for Mums-to-Be Parents and caregivers of elementary school-aged kids! If you’re thinking about expanding your family or know someone who is, listen up! A recent study from Monash University has some exciting findings that could make a big...
Perimenopause usually begins in your 40s. How do you know if it has started? Asks Erin Morton More than half our population (50.7%) are born with ovaries and will experience perimenopause in midlife. This occurs as hormone levels decrease and ovaries slow their release of eggs. Perimenopause...
