A survey of more than 2,200 Australian women and girls found violence against women is the top health concern. The results, published in BMC Women’s Health, were shared by Monash University researcher...
From July, Victorians aged 18 and over can obtain the oral contraceptive pill from 850 participating pharmacies without a prescription or direct GP input, under the Chemist Care Now program. The polic...
The Victorian Department of Health has launched a script-free, doctor-free program that lets pharmacists initiate prescriptions for the oral contraceptive pill. From July, women over 18 can access the...
Gender data gaps underpin health outcomes. More than 75% of gender related data is over a decade old, limiting how governments and health systems design interventions. Women have long been underrepres...
The Australasian Menopause Society is running the Menopause Essentials Update, a half day in Ballarat on Saturday 28 March from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm AEDT. The in person workshop targets GPs and other h...
Two pregnant women in Queensland Australia with Q fever are described in a new case series. In the first case a 28 year old Brisbane resident developed infection at about 10 weeks of gestation. She re...
A new AI based tool, the BRAIx risk score, uses breast scan images to estimate a woman's risk of developing breast cancer over the next four years. The Lancet Digital Health published the study detail...
AHPRA is rethinking how it handles notifications and regulator intervention after reports about a high profile gynaecologist, Dr Simon Gordon, and allegations surrounding endometriosis surgery. Gordon...
A large Danish registry study followed 876 805 women aged 45 and over for a median 14.3 years, tracking systemic menopausal hormone therapy prescriptions and deaths. About 11.9% filled at least one MH...
South Australia held a pre election debate on health policy that brought together the Labor government and the Liberal opposition. The event was organised by AMA SA ahead of the March state election a...
An interim review of a national pilot run by 12 Primary Health Networks evaluated a coordinated effort to boost GP engagement with family violence services. The program subsidised family violence trai...
The Queensland Health minister Tim Nicholls has ordered an independent Assurance Review into Toowoomba Hospital's maternity unit. The panel will include a clinician, a maternity consumer representativ...
A SAHMRI team has identified the cellular driver behind female differences in chronic visceral pain. Estrogen boosts communication between two gut cell types, making pain signals stronger in women. Th...
The American Heart Association issued a scientific statement that Highlights gaps in heart attack care for women, calling out risks that affect care globally. In Australia, heart disease remains a lea...
The NSW government has announced 31 finalists for the 2026 NSW Women of the Year Awards, with health professionals featuring strongly across categories. The field spans medical specialists, public hea...
Australia's MBS Review Advisory Committee has released its final findings on long-acting reversible contraception. It says endorsed midwives can access Medicare rebates for contraception related LARC...
Monash University researcher Susan Saldanha led a set of studies on reproductive coercion in general practice. Reproductive coercion is gender based violence that interferes with a person’s control ov...
A new Australian study estimates the annual cost of menstrual symptoms to the economy. It surveyed 1,796 working women and is published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues. The study finds peri...
