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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So what's it really like to be a regular 18-year-old girl... And HIV positiveOpinion Teenager Ashley Rose Murphy, a motivational speaker and HIV/AIDS charity ambassador describes what it's like living with HIV positive.
By Andrea Thompson
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The charity fighting for every woman worldwide to have children by choice, not chance.Report As Marie Stopes International celebrates its 40th anniversary, we look back at the empowering work they have done for women across the globe…
By Jenny Proudfoot
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Why we absolutely have to eliminate the stigma surrounding miscarriagesReport Nicola Sturgeon has opened up about experiencing a miscarriage, and is helping to eliminate the stigma surrounding them as a result
By Marie Claire
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So, do we need 'meternity' leave?Opinion Why a US author is facing a backlash for suggesting "meternity" time for childfree women
By Miranda McMinn
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What it feels like to get an ovarian cancer diagnosisOpinion When she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer last year, Chloe Jackson wasn't sure what to expect. Here she explains how she coped, and what she learned...
By Marie Claire
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Kim Kardashian is right: Nine reasons why being pregnant sucksReport Marie Claire's Deputy Editor agrees with Kim Kardashian - being pregnant is rubbish
By Marie Claire
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'HIV Is 3 Letters, Not A Sentence': Meet The Women Who Are Making The Stigma Surrounding HIV A Thing Of The PastReport To mark World AIDs Day, we spoke to fitness instructor Becky Mitchell, who was diagnosed as HIV Positive in 2012 about their experiences around the virus…
By Marie Claire
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Fertility updates: The 2016 guideWant children? Trying? Or maybe you’re just not sure? Charlotte Haigh MacNeil answers all your FAQs and gives you the most up-to-date options for starting a family
By Marie Claire
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What Does Breastfeeding *Really* Look Like? This Artist Reckons We've Got It All WrongReport After seeing too many unrealistic images of women breast feeding, Suzie Blake is fighting back
By Marie Claire
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Why Aren't Chinese Women Allowed To Freeze Their Eggs Until They're Married?Report Oh, and it's got nothing to do with population levels, by the way
By Marie Claire
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Is It Time To Re-Think Your Contraception?Report When’s the last time you switched your contraception? Here's our round up of what's best for your health and relationship needs.
By Marie Claire
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Kim Kardashian Reveals That She And Kanye West Face More Fertility Struggles'There is nothing on earth that I want more than to be pregnant again.’
By Caroline Leaper
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Angelina Jolie: I'm In Menopause After Having My Ovaries And Fallopian Tubes RemovedAngelina Jolie has written about her decision to have preventative surgery after cancer scare.
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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What it feels like to go through early menopause at 35Opinion Hot flushes, night sweats, an aching sense of loss. Nia Fisher explains how it feels to go through early menopause
By Marie Claire
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20 Things You Only Know If You Went To An All Girls SchoolOpinion From faking your period to get out of PE, to rolling your skirt to indecent lengths, there are certain things only all girls school graduates will appreciate…
By Marie Claire
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Would You Freeze Your Eggs To Get To The Top?Opinion Apple and Facebook now offer all female employees the chance to have their eggs frozen...
By Caroline Leaper
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Exposing The Shocking Tradition Of Chhaupadi, Where Women On Their Period Are Banned From Public PlacesReport A powerful set of new images released by WaterAid today highlights just how difficult it is ‘To Be A Girl’ in cultures where menstruation is deemed taboo.
By Caroline Leaper
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Women over 40 at greater risk of stillbirthRecommendations that pregnant women over 40 should be induced at 39 weeks
By Marie Claire

