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Breakthrough urine test could transform endometriosis diagnosis for Australian women
A potential breakthrough in endometriosis screening could dramatically shorten the often long diagnostic journey faced by hundreds of thousands of Australian women. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, a ...
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What workplaces must do now to protect employees experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence
The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is calling on workplaces across the region and beyond to take concrete action to better protect, support and respond to employees experiencing domestic, family and ...
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Historic drop in cervical cancer highlights what’s possible – now ovarian cancer needs same commitment
For the first time since national records began more than 40 years ago, Australia recorded no cervical cancer diagnoses among women under 25 in 2021. The finding announced in the ...
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Housing surges ahead, but Shellharbour Hospital is still set to open without birthing suites
The launch of Portella, Frasers Property’s newest apartment release in Shell Cove, has underscored the pace and scale of Shellharbour’s population boom, intensifying pressure on the state government to include ...
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Women less safe at work than a decade ago, new index warns
Women in Australia are now less safe at work than they were a decade ago, and continue to shoulder the overwhelming burden of unpaid care, according to a major new ...
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Why women in Victoria are being offered the green whistle, and what NSW can learn from it
The green whistle, a type of fast-acting pain relief usually seen in ambulances and emergency rooms, will soon be offered to women in Victoria having an intrauterine device (IUD) procedure. ...
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Commissioners hear Illawarra’s call for systemic change to end violence against women and children at roundtable
The Illawarra’s frontline services have warned that domestic, family and sexual violence will not become “rare, brief and non-recurrent” without urgent fixes to childcare, housing and justice, at a regional ...
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Endometriosis is being diagnosed faster as GPs change their approach
Australian women are finally being diagnosed with endometriosis faster, thanks to rising awareness and better GP practices, a groundbreaking new national study has found. The findings, published in the Medical ...
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Illawarra Women’s Health Centre funding to support women at risk of homelessness
The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre has been awarded $200,000 by the Bendigo Bank Oak Flats and Gerringong to support women experiencing or at risk of homelessness, particularly due to domestic and ...
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Free contraception and abortion access could help prevent reproductive coercion, study finds
Women’s health advocates are calling for free access to contraception and abortion across Australia, following new national research showing these measures could help prevent a hidden but widespread form of ...
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Illawarra women urged to book free Heart Health Check as new study exposes gender gap in cardiac care
Women across the Illawarra are being urged to take up a free Heart Health Check after new Australian research revealed women are dying at higher rates than men following heart ...
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Five things you might not know about dementia and exercise
Five things you might not know about dementia and exercise Most people know exercise is good for your body, but fewer realise how powerful it can be for your brain. ...
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