Women's Health
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Concerns NT domestic violence victims losing jobs
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Northern Territory's anti-discrimination commissioner says laws might need to be strengthened, following concerns about employers telling workers that their domestic violence issues are "a private matter".
Topics: domestic-violence, women, womens-health, discrimination, laws, darwin-0800
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Volunteers keep Australia's rose heritage alive in museum of 'old masters'
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A volunteer-run garden in regional New South Wales is a piece of living history, containing the state's largest collection of species roses from which all modern blooms are bred.
Topics: gardening, flower-foliage, womens-health, charities-and-community-organisations, orange-2800
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Excuse me, but why aren't you 'Bikini Body' ready? Opinion
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The summer weight loss dialogue that begins around daylight savings each year is so very boring. It's time to ditch the diet talk and ban the term "bikini body" from entering your lexicon.
Topics: feminism, women, womens-health, shame, diet-and-nutrition
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Opera singer blinded by diabetes urges people to take disease seriously
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It took almost two decades for diabetes to take the eyesight of Brisbane opera singer Janelle Colquhoun, and she is warning other diabetics they could face a similar fate unless they take more care.
Topics: diabetes, adolescent-health, womens-health, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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Transgender people facing long waiting lists in Adelaide for specialists
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Transgender people are facing waiting lists of up to six months to see a specialist and a lack of training is compounding the issue, a leading specialist says.
Topics: health, mens-health, womens-health, sexual-health, adelaide-5000, sa
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Glitz, glamour and support at Ladies Day in Betoota
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The population of Australia's smallest town increases from zero to 200 for the fifth annual Channel Country Ladies day.
Topics: people, human-interest, community-organisations, community-and-multicultural-festivals, charities-and-community-organisations, womens-health, health, rural-women, rural, birdsville-4482, longreach-4730, qld, australia
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The DIY sperm gun that gives women 'more freedom' Opinion
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Do men need to 'woman up' when it comes to sharing the burden of contraception, asks Jo Fox. And does a new DIY intrauterine insemination device really give women the freedom its creators claim?
Topics: parenting, women, womens-health, sexual-health, pregnancy-and-childbirth
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The Seven Ages of Woman
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Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man may be one of the playwright's most quoted passages. But what about the Seven Ages of Woman?
Topics: women, womens-health, lifelong-learning, lifestyle, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Doctor 'seeing more complications' after maternal health service closed
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A Kalgoorlie paediatrician says the human consequences of closing a dedicated Aboriginal health service are becoming apparent.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, aboriginal, health, child-health-and-behaviour, infant-health, reproduction-and-contraception, pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health, kalgoorlie-6430, wa, australia
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Intimate partner violence leading health risk factor for women Opinion
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Barely a week passes without a media report of the suffering or tragic death of a woman at the hands of a partner. But focusing on individual cases obscures the fact that intimate partner violence is a wider social problem.
Topics: domestic-violence, womens-health, australia
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Teaching future parents what to expect when baby is on the way
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A midwife and childbirth educator takes a no-holds-barred approach to teaching parents what to expect.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health, mens-health, infant-health, adult-education, doctors-and-medical-professionals, family-and-children, cairns-4870
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Women's safety, pay gap sees Australia falling in OECD rankings
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More than half of Australian women feel unsafe walking alone at night, according to a new report that also found Australia performing poorly in terms of income equality, incarceration rates and other key social issues.
Topics: women, womens-health, safety, community-organisations, prisons-and-punishment, suicide, international-aid-and-trade, relief-and-aid-organisations, work, volunteers, australia
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Weight Watchers sends mood lights to help women feel less self-conscious in bed Opinion
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One can only imagine the conversation that occurred during marketing meetings when Weight Watchers decided to send women 'mood lights' to help improve their sex lives.
Topics: sexuality, women, advertising, social-media, womens-health, australia
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Cervical cancer study backs plan to begin screening women later
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A new study supports a Federal Government plan to start screening for cervical cancer from age 25, with earlier tests having little effect on the cancer rate.
Topics: cancer, cervical-and-vulval-cancers, womens-health, medical-research, australia
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The history of the vibrator: From steam power to the Magic Wand
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The idea of the womb being the seat of irrational and emotional behaviour in women has seemed perfectly logical to men throughout history.
Topics: sexual-health, womens-health, feminism, medical-history, australia
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Talking wigs and turbans Audio
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Rhyl Graham and Louise Campbell discussing what it means for someone going through chemotherapy to have access to free wigs and turbans.
Topics: breast-cancer, womens-health, townsville-4810
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Losing hair but finding solace with a free wig
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A free wig and turban service is brightening the faces of women undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Topics: breast-cancer, womens-health, townsville-4810
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Indigenous healthcare expansion on hold after funding knockback
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A Bundaberg not-for-profit health provider says it will have to shelve $15 million expansion plans after missing out on Federal Government funding.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, mens-health, womens-health, health-administration, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, bundaberg-4670, murgon-4605
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Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, mens-health, womens-health, health-administration, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, bundaberg-4670
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Indigenous Wellbeing Centre image
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Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, mens-health, womens-health, health-administration, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, bundaberg-4670
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Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, mens-health, womens-health, health-administration, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, urban-development-and-planning, regional-development, bundaberg-4670
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Abortion laws 'ambiguous, outdated' in Qld and NSW, doctors argue
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Abortion laws in Queensland and New South Wales are outdated, ambiguous, and leave both patients and doctors in a potential legal bind, argues an article in the Medical Journal of Australia.
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Humans may have reached maximum lifespan
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Recent research into mortality and population data covering about 40 countries indicates humankind may already have hit its longevity ceiling.
Topics: aged-care, biology, history, womens-health, mens-health, health, medical-history, medical-research, united-states
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Polish lawmakers back-pedal on near-total abortion ban after mass protests
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Polish lawmakers vote to reject a near-total ban on abortion, after thousands of Poles dressed in black march in protest of the proposal.
Topics: womens-health, women, world-politics, poland
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Mothers' group hoping to ease growing fears of childbirth
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The "medicalised system" of childbirth is leading to increasing numbers of women who are afraid to give birth, according to a midwifery professor.
Topics: babies, babies---newborns, pregnancy-and-childbirth, community-organisations, womens-health, women, mackay-4740
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