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Struggle for Qld maternity staff detailed in FOI docs

AAP - 12-04-2023

Maternity services at two Queensland regional hospitals were under threat last year as the Health Department struggled to find staff amid a COVID-19 wave, freedom of information

 
Breaking down the taboo of baby loss with just a name

AAP - 25-03-2023

It was the look on her doctor's face that alerted Danielle Thomas to the fact something was really wrong. Twenty-four weeks into her pregnancy, the 28-year-old

 
Aussie women confirm benefits of Mediterranean diet

AAP - 16-03-2023

Italian women are some of the world's longest-lived and new research has confirmed they owe their vitality to the food they eat. While the heart-healing benefits

 
NSW coalition vows support for women after miscarriage

AAP - 14-03-2023

Grieving NSW women dealing with miscarriage or the heartbreak of stillbirth will be offered more support services, if the coalition government is returned. Some

 
Greens push for better pregnancy services in NSW

AAP - 13-03-2023

The Greens are calling for free and safe pregnancy services for women in NSW including access to abortions in all public hospitals. Despite being decriminalised

 
Women facing coercive control over their pregnancies

AAP - 12-03-2023

Jane's husband became resentful of her close relationship with their first baby, claiming she had manipulated their newborn daughter into only wanting her mother.

 
More funding, uniform law needed to fix abortion access

AAP - 01-03-2023

Abortion laws across Australian jurisdictions must be harmonised to ensure equitable access for all pregnant people, a leading provider says. A parliamentary

 
Practice Articles
Changes required as women with PND continue to slip through the cracks

Nicole Madigan - 21-09-2021

While awareness about the prevalence and implications of post-natal depression is high, women continue to slip through the cracks, left undiagnosed despite current processes

Allied health professionals may be the first point of contact for many DV victims in remote areas

Nicole Madigan - 20-07-2021

For women living in rural and remote areas of Australia, domestic violence is both more prevalent, and less frequently reported. The reasons for this are varied

Reducing the stigma of chronic conditions will lead to improved quality of life

Nicole Madigan - 09-01-2021

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, also known as EDS, effects between 1 in 2,500 and 1 in 5,000 men and women, but is rarely spoken, most likely due to the lingering stigma associated

Specialised physiotherapy can play a key role in endometriosis pain management

Nicole Madigan - 04-11-2020

Specialised physiotherapists can play a crucial role in reducing the pain experienced by women suffering from endometriosis – a condition with growing public awareness,

Physiotherapy is an instrumental part of postnatal healing

Nicole Madigan - 11-09-2020

Physiotherapy is an instrumental part of physical and mental recovery for new mothers, yet most women wouldn’t know it, with many failing to understand exactly what

Water injections proven to relieve back pain during labour

Nicole Madigan - 20-08-2020

For the one-in-three women who experience severe back pain during labour and birth, a safe, simple and effective treatment to ease the pain is here. The solution?[subscribe]

Culturally appropriate maternity care crucial for indigenous women's wellbeing

Nicole Madigan - 18-08-2019

For midwife Rebecca Clarke, pregnancy and birth was so second nature, that she rarely gave a second thought to encouraging women of all cultures to come to hospital to delivery

Guidance Articles
FGM Learning website launched

Karen Keast - 12-02-2015

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is estimated to affect more than 125 million girls and women around the globe. A new website provides a platform for Australia’s nurses,

Research
Longitudinal Change in Sleep and Daytime Sleepiness in Postpartum Women

HealthTimes - 01-08-2014

With the birth of every infant the new mother must adjust to the demands of parenting; one component is a requirement to remain “functional” while experiencing

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