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Women's health
‘Precious, princess’: Health minister warns GPs to brace for women’s pain inquiry findings
Women are being gaslit into believing pain is in their mind, while men get treated earlier and with better pain medication, as misogynistic ideas persist in parts of healthcare.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Call to challenge ‘bride price’ as cost for men hits $100,000 in Australia
Paying the families of young women for marriage is a valued tradition in South Sudan, but “reduces the bride to the level of an object” in Australia, academics argue.
- by Wendy Tuohy
‘Not doing anything is causing harm’: Call to allow pregnant women to participate in clinical trials
Pregnant women have been systematically excluded from clinical trials for 90 per cent of medications available worldwide, and experts say it is putting them at risk.
- by Wendy Tuohy
As crucial as gut health but not talked about. The vital role of vagina microbiomes
Catherine Slogrove has developed Australia’s first probiotic for vaginas. The challenge is getting the message across, especially to men about why it’s important.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Easey Street breakthrough raises hopes in another cold case murder mystery
Julie Garciacelay was 19 when she vanished, presumed murdered, from her bloodied apartment in 1975. Her 92-year-old mother hopes to get answers before she dies.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Domestic violence
When Fatime sought refuge from family violence, all she found was grief and tragedy
She is one of a vast number of women with no legal status in Australia falling through the gaps of a flawed family-violence safety net.
- by Wendy Tuohy
IVF babies have ‘significantly increased’ risk of serious heart defects
A study of 7.7 million babies has found those conceived with IVF have a 36 per cent higher risk of serious heart abnormalities than naturally conceived children, but parents have been told not to be alarmed.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Selfless, not selfish: Women who freeze their eggs happy to donate them
Young women who chose to freeze their eggs were once dubbed “selfish careerists”, a myth busted by new research showing most now intend to donate their eggs to other women.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Birth injury ‘no one talks about’: Why marathon runner Sally couldn’t jog across a car park
Sally Maconochie faced a terrible choice when her preschooler son bolted across a busy car park: potentially trigger the prolapse of her pelvic organs, or risk the worst.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Crime
Remember their faces: Women killed in Australia
An Australian woman was killed every four days in the first half of 2024. Many lives were lost in recent years. Some cases featured are still before the courts.
Parents celebrate restricting children’s access to a habit akin to ‘kiddie cocaine’
Parents worried about the harmful effects of social media on their children have welcomed federal laws to restricting access.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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