Female health
Empowering advice on hormones, fertility, sexual health, and menopause. Navigate your body’s changes with expert insights and supportive, tabboo-free guides.
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ASOS just introduced paid leave for menopause, pregnancy loss and fertility treatment
By Kate McCusker
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One Royal Family member just gave a powerful statement on the ‘tragic’ impact of the menopause on women’s careers
By Kate McCusker
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Experience heavy periods? Your complete coping guide, ft. advice from 3 menstrual experts
67% of you said you had - let these tips ease you through your TOTM.
By Ally Head
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Feeling tired all the time? 11 exhaustion symptoms you shouldn't overlook
A huge 51% of Brits report feeling exhausted - here, an expert shares how to fix.
By Ally Head
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Worrying about your fertility? One doctor wants to ease your concerns
Is the sense of time slipping away prompting you think about your fertility? You're not alone. Read a doctor's guide to managing your fertility and easing stress.
By Ally Head
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The first at-home fertility treatment is coming to the UK. So, how does it work?
We asked the experts.
By Ally Head
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Irregular period reasons: 6 things that can cause sporadic monthly bleeds, according to a doctor
First things first: Don't panic
By Ally Head
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Stillbirth Awareness Month: 'I'm generally happy, but the shift in me has never healed'
This Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Awareness month, writer Alice Olins describes how she and her family have learned to live with loss after her son, Bear, was stillborn
By Marie Claire
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Living with endometriosis: what it's really like living with the condition
Writer Anya Meyerowitz has been living with endometriosis since she was a teenager. Here she reveals how it affects her daily life and career
By Jenny Proudfoot
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I tried the new period pain machine everyone's talking about: can this cute device really switch off cramps?
A natural remedy that'll rid you of that dull ache for good? We put it to the test.
By Ally Head
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In a changed mindset, new Zimbabwe law offers pregnant teens the promise of education
Report With the economic fallout of COVID-19 contributing to skyrocketing rates of teenage pregnancy in Zimbabwe, a new law has been ushered in to protect the education of the young women affected.
By Marie Claire
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What it's really like to be a 24-year-old model…And HIV positive
Report To mark World AIDS Day, we spoke to 24-year-old model, art student and beauty queen Horcelie Sinda, who was diagnosed as HIV Positive as a child. This is her story...
By Olivia Adams
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COVID-19 Global Diaries: 'How my all-female, HIV-positive health workers are fighting two epidemics
Report It's World Aids Day 2020 and In Mozambique there are 2.2m people living with HIV, which is why Ilda Kuleba, country director of mothers2mothers, is on mission to protect those most at risk from coronavirus
By Niamh McCollum
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‘The menopause hit and I was totally unprepared for it’
Menopause may not be on the horizon for you right now, but learning what to expect will be invaluable for your mental and physical health. Jennifer Nadel, co-founder of Compassion in Politics, marks World Menopause Day by sharing how menopause turned her life upside down and set her on a new path. A must-read for every woman, whatever your age
By Maria Coole
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'Why is talking about the signs of menopause still TMI?'
Beauty giant Avon is calling a time out on menopause
By Sarah Barnes
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'A masked stranger with good intentions': an NHS midwife on the frontline
Opinion Stephanie, a 25-year-old midwife based in a hospital in the Midlands, details her worries about how her vital role providing care for women and their babies being born during the Covid-19 pandemic has changed
By Olivia Adams
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Fertility benefits: 'I sold my house to pay for IVF, then my company helped me make a baby'
Report Many employers are now attempting to level the gender playing field by paying for fertility services. Marisa Bates reports on what it's meant for two women when employee perks move into family planning
By Marie Claire
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#happyYOUyear: why The Happy Vagina podcast is your next must-listen
Get ready to talk vaginas, bodies, periods, sex and getting tested with Mika Simmons
By Olivia Adams
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Jameela Jamil just spoke candidly about having an abortion
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Chrissy Teigen has an important message for women about pregnancy weight gain
And we love her even more for it.
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Emilia Clarke has broken her silence on the two brain aneurysms she almost lost her life to
'In my worst moments, I wanted to pull the plug. I asked the medical staff to let me die.'
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Viva la vulva - respinning our most misunderstood body part
Report It’s time to change the conversation around the vulva, says author Lynn Enright, whose book on female genitalia is part of a new wave of art and literature on the subject
By Marie Claire
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Kristen Bell's terrifying menstrual cup experience will haunt you
Back to tampons, anyone?
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Gwyneth Paltrow is rebranding menopause with her new line 'Madame Ovary'
And we're here for it.
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Nicole Kidman opens up about the 'massive grief' of suffering a miscarriage
And it's very powerful.
By Jenny Proudfoot
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In defence of Brigitte Nielsen: why having a baby over 40 actually isn't that big a deal
Opinion One older mum offers her advice to Janet Jackson who is having a baby aged 50.
By Miranda McMinn
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A new campaign for less guilt and more support in childbirth has launched and we're so on-board
Opinion Yes to this.
By Marie Claire
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