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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Two women at the forefront of the Menopause Revolution share their take on the new task force - so, will it be enough?Read Trish Halpin and Lorraine Candy's take.
By Ally Head
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PCOS supplements: so, do they work? One writer shares the supplement that regulated her periodStruggling with your PCOS symptoms and keen to regulate your hormones? Writer Jennifer Medlicott shares how supplementing changed her cycle - and her life.
By Ally Head
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Perimenopause symptoms: how to identify - and manage - yoursAka how to pre-empt and prevent hot flushes, fatigue and more.
By Alice Smellie
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Do you know the average age of menopause? Alice Smellie, co-author of Cracking the Menopause, breaks it downHere, she chats to some of the best experts in the business.
By Alice Smellie
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Struggling with your sex drive during menopause? 9 tips for boosting your libido, from a sexpertOne study found 88% of menopausal women experienced sex drive issues.
By Ally Head
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MPs will debate whether endometriosis and PCOS deserve more funding in parliament next week10% of women suffer from the conditions worldwide.
By Ally Head
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ASOS just introduced paid leave for menopause, pregnancy loss and fertility treatmentBy 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 careersBy Kate McCusker
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Experience heavy periods? Your complete coping guide, ft. advice from 3 menstrual experts67% of you said you had - let these tips ease you through your TOTM.
By Ally Head
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Worrying about your fertility? One doctor wants to ease your concernsIs 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 doctorFirst 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 conditionWriter 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 was only 24 and had no symptoms' - read one woman's shocking cervical cancer diagnosisReport This Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, read Stephanie Varden's powerful story - from chemo to seemingly having the all-clear
By Olivia Adams
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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 educationReport 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 positiveReport 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

