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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Female healthASOS just introduced paid leave for menopause, pregnancy loss and fertility treatmentBy Kate McCusker -
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Female healthOne Royal Family member just gave a powerful statement on the ‘tragic’ impact of the menopause on women’s careersBy Kate McCusker -
Female healthExperience 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 -
Female healthFeeling tired all the time? 11 exhaustion symptoms you shouldn't overlookA huge 51% of Brits report feeling exhausted - here, an expert shares how to fix.
By Ally Head -
Female healthWorrying 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 -
Female healthThe first at-home fertility treatment is coming to the UK. So, how does it work?We asked the experts.
By Ally Head -
Female healthIrregular period reasons: 6 things that can cause sporadic monthly bleeds, according to a doctorFirst things first: Don't panic
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Female healthStillbirth 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
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Female healthLiving 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
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Report'I was only 24 and had no symptoms' - read one woman's shocking cervical cancer diagnosisThis Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, read Stephanie Varden's powerful story - from chemo to seemingly having the all-clear
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Female healthI 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.
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ReportIn a changed mindset, new Zimbabwe law offers pregnant teens the promise of educationWith 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.
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ReportWhat it's really like to be a 24-year-old model…And HIV positiveTo 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...
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ReportCOVID-19 Global Diaries: 'How my all-female, HIV-positive health workers are fighting two epidemicsIt'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
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Female health‘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
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Female health'Why is talking about the signs of menopause still TMI?'Beauty giant Avon is calling a time out on menopause
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Opinion'A masked stranger with good intentions': an NHS midwife on the frontlineStephanie, 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
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ReportFertility benefits: 'I sold my house to pay for IVF, then my company helped me make a baby'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
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Female health#happyYOUyear: why The Happy Vagina podcast is your next must-listenGet ready to talk vaginas, bodies, periods, sex and getting tested with Mika Simmons
By Olivia Adams -
ReportHere's why teenage mothers in Cambodia are in crisis and what you can do to helpAs rates of teenage pregnancy escalate across Cambodia, so too are the numbers of young mothers going without food − with devastating consequences. Corinne Redfern reports
By Corinne Redfern
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