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Research shows healthy pregnancy weight vital for baby

AAP - 08-03-2017

Disease prevention later in life begins with pregnant women avoiding unnecessary weight gain, medical experts say. The physiology of pregnancy

 
New cervical cancer test more effective than pap smear

AAP - 24-02-2017

Health Minister Greg Hunt insists a new cervical cancer test replacing the pap smear will save more lives as a 70,000-strong petition demands it be scrapped.

 
Concerns healthy older women may be unnecessarily labelled as 'diseased'

HealthTimes - 06-02-2017

New research has revealed women think osteoporosis might be better labelled as a “risk factor” rather than a “disease”, with a low threshold for diagnosis

 
New research points to breast cancer prevention

AAP - 25-01-2017

New research in Adelaide has pointed to what may cause breast cancer in some women, raising hope the disease may be prevented. New research has

 
Australian scientists discovered treatment for pre-eclampsia

AAP - 24-01-2017

An international team of scientists have found a treatment that could save many of the 60,000 lives lost each year to pre-eclampsia. Australian

 
NT government will legalise abortion drugs outside hospitals

AAP - 19-01-2017

The NT government is moving to legalise the use of abortion drugs outside hospitals but advocates say the reforms don't go far enough. Medical

 
Australian women don't get regular Pap tests

AAP - 07-11-2016

Nearly half of Australian women are still not getting screened regularly for cervical cancer, which kills more than 200 women in the country every year.

 
Lower rate of cervical cancer in Australia so no need for pap test until age 25

AAP - 17-10-2016

The rate of cervical cancer in Australia has declined so dramatically that women are now being advised there's not need for a pap test until they are 25.

 
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one killer of Australian women

AAP - 11-10-2016

A new report has revealed the hidden cost of cardiovascular disease among women, which contributes to 31,000 deaths of Australian women each year.

 
New mammogram technique to predict future breast cancers

AAP - 10-10-2016

A new technique for interpreting mammograms is a better way to predict future breast cancers, Melbourne researchers have found. Melbourne researchers

 

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