Recent government funding for women’s health included millions to expand trials of pharmacists prescribing the oral contraceptive pill. What do the experts think?
- Professor of Practice, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
If you’re aged 25 to 74, you might be due for a cervical cancer screening test. Here’s what to expect – and what’s changed in recent years.
Fewer than one in 100 people who use IUDs and contraceptive implants become pregnant each year, making them the most effective contraceptives. But they can be difficult to access. Here’s why.
More women are using long acting reversible contraceptives. However some worry about pain on insertion.
La pilule contraceptive n’est pas efficace à 100 %. Comprendre comment son efficacité est calculée et ce qu’elle signifie constitue une étape importante dans le choix d’un mode de contraception.
The pill doesn’t actually work 100% of the time. If you take the pill or are thinking about it here’s how to use it for maximum effectiveness.
A growing number of women may be looking to non-hormonal methods of contraception, in the form of fertility awareness apps. But apps are not likely to be as effective as other forms of contraception.
Unlike condoms, which need to be used every time with sex, or the pill, which must be taken every day, LARC doesn’t require any action after placement in the body and is immediately reversible.
Toxic shock syndrome is the body’s response to toxins produced when bacteria that lives in and on us grows to dangerous levels.
Keputihan adalah proses tubuh normal yang berfungsi untuk menjaga kesehatan vagina. Penguapan atau ratus vagina, seperti yang dipromosikan Gwyneth Paltrow, malah bisa berbahaya.
The vagina is self-cleaning, and vaginal discharge plays an important role in keeping the vagina healthy.
Many people find the idea of a sexual health check awkward or embarrassing. But there are simple things you can do, or be aware of, to make your next check up more comfortable.
IUDs are a safe and highly effective form of contraception but misinformation continues to make them an unpopular choice for women and doctors, Australian research has found. An Intra Uterine Device is…
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