If you’re looking for #womenshealth on Instagram, a new study shows you’d better be prepared for lots of adverts dressed up as health advice.
- NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow in Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
The idea of menstrual synchrony isn’t backed by science. So why does this myth still exist?
Apps that track your menstrual cycle are part of a ‘femtech’ boom claiming to revolutionise women’s health. But many base predictions on an outdated idea of what’s normal.
Corporate medicine is hijacking feminist narratives around empowerment and women’s rights to market technologies, tests and treatments that aren’t backed by evidence.
The ‘egg timer’ blood test is marketed as an empowering way to give women insights to help them plan when to have children. Problem is, it can’t deliver what it promises.
Health professionals should carefully consider the terms they use to avoid needless anxiety and unnecessary surgeries.
Just under one in six Australian women have PCOS but some are being diagnosed when they don’t meet the criteria.
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