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Any information about birthing women are exposed to influences their expectations long before they directly receive maternity care. Raphaël Labbé/Flickr

Women’s magazines could play a role in promoting natural births

Kate Young, Monash University and Yvette Miller, Queensland University of Technology

Medical intervention in birth is normalised by both maternity care providers and all kinds of media. Our research shows information about the benefits of natural birth help women make better choices.
One in ten women worldwide are thought to have endometriosis. nerosunero/Flickr

Women with endometriosis need support, not judgement

Kate Young, Monash University; Jane Fisher, Monash University, and Maggie Kirkman, Monash University

Women with endometriosis say it affects their whole life, but they receive little support for managing this condition, which doesn’t have a cure or a treatment regime without nasty side effects.

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