Women's Health

Diver Anabelle Smith felt pressure to look a certain way as a young diver, which affected her mental and physical health. 

Robyn gets her car serviced every year, so she thought she should do the same for her herself. Doctors found a hole in her heart.

Human preoccupation with beauty has a long history, but these experts say something new is at play. 

A new world-first protective armour, designed just for women in sport, hopes to prolong careers and minimise injuries. 

Exercise is encouraged during pregnancy — but it's not always easy for expecting parents to know what to do in the prenatal period.

Some women who desperately want to breastfeed their babies are giving up because of a lack of support in regional and rural Australia. 

Often feeling scared and alone, women are making a 950-kilometre round trip from Carnarvon to give birth at the nearest hospital.

Droves of women are turning up in gyms to lift weights as they discover the benefits of the previously male-dominated pursuit.

A study of tens of thousands of Victorian cases finds women in cardiac arrest are only half as likely as men to receive defibrillation from a bystander — some telling investigators they feared exposing the patient's chest.

More and more women are heading to the gym to pump weights, a space once dominated by men.

Major barriers still stand in the way for young and regional people to get a diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis. 

How much do you know about endometriosis? 

With one in seven Australian women likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, concern is growing about the wait times for diagnostic mammograms around the country.

The survey found two in five Victorian women live with chronic pain, and often feel dismissed by health practitioners.

This central Queensland family are putting their next pregnancy on hold due to the bypass of their local maternity service.

After a failed stint on a 1990s dating show, a sheep shearer from rural NSW found true love in the United States.

Three Tasmanian women speak of their anguish and fear after being told they have to wait months for a mammogram — with the Minister for Women saying she is "really sad" to hear of their plight and the government is working on the problem.

It is often said it takes a village to raise a child, but what happens when you don't have your family or support group around you to help?

More sportswomen are choosing to return to their athletic careers after having a baby, but limited research is hampering their comeback. 

When Kymm Apostolides was a teenager and living in a small regional town, he was administered electric aversion therapy when he began wearing his sister's clothes. Fifty years later, he's a vital part of the mid-north community.

Prescriptions may be subsidised but the cost of over-the-counter pharmacy products is adding up for the chronically ill.

The culmination of birth control content on social media gives the distinct impression that young women today are well and truly fed up with the pill. In Australia, however, the research suggests a different reality.

New age spiritualism is not new, but it morphed during the COVID pandemic and appears more popular than ever. The first detailed Australian study examines what happens when spirituality and wellness intersect with conspiracy theories.

Paramedic Dominique Daye felt confident she would take being a mum in her stride, but it wasn't what she expected. She's encouraging others to use new support tools when things get tough.

Doctors and residents say women in Gaza are giving birth in horrific and dangerous conditions, with mothers and their babies dying after childbirth due to a lack of medical supplies. WARNING: This story contains distressing content.