Budget boost for women’s health organisations
Women’s health organisations GenWest and Women’s Health in the North will receive funding boosts from the state government.
The government has set aside $18 million...
Medication abortion: why expanding access matters
(precede) Tilly Mahoney is Women's Health in the North's sexual and reproductive health co-ordinator.
In Victoria, access to safe and legal abortion has been a...
’There’s no silver lining’
Jacki O’Farrell had a cardiac arrest during her first birth and was unable to sit up for her first two weeks of motherhood. Her...
Getting health right for women
Being a woman often feels really tough.
It can be hard on your body: periods, pregnancy, breastfeeding, menopause. It can be hard on your...
Women’s health issues must be a priority: GPs
GPs are calling for greater action to better address women’s health issues.
It follows the release of the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) guidelines...
Anxiety is more than a worry
When people think of mental illness, depression is usually the first condition that springs to mind.
Yet being the best known doesn’t make it the...
Traumatic toilet birth
Lauren Green’s son made an unconventional entrance to the world – into a toilet.
Lauren can see the funny side seven years on, but the...
Women’s Health Matters
Star Weekly is shining a light on the healthcare issues facing women in the western and northern suburbs.
Over the next 12 months, our ‘Women’s...
Screening breakthrough
A ground-breaking national campaign promoting the HPV self-collection option for cervical screening is helping bring empowerment and choice to women’s health across Australia.
This...
Traumatic toilet birth
Lauren Green’s son made an unconventional entrance to the world – into a toilet.
Lauren can see the funny side seven years on, but the...
Have your say on women’s pain
Women, their family members and healthcare professionals are being urged to make submissions to Victoria's Inquiry into Women's Pain.
The inquiry will examine systemic issues...
Conversations are key this White Ribbon Month
As White Ribbon Month gets under way, the organisation is working harder than ever to prevent violence against women by engaging men and boys...
One size doesn’t fit all for treatment of heavy periods
Fewer Victorian women are opting to treat heavy periods with a hysterectomy, a new report has found.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in...
A mum’s worst nightmare
Solo mother Michelle Galea’s worst nightmare is her son losing his only parent. In September last year, she was forced to confront that fear...
Women’s Health Matters survey to increase awareness
Star Weekly is aiming to bring the healthcare issues facing women in Melbourne’s west and north into the spotlight with its new health survey.
The...
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Morning melody with Rhonda Burchmore
Rhonda Burchmore is ready to entertain you with some marvellous Morning Melodies at the Encore Events Centre in Hoppers Crossing on Tuesday, December 10.
Between...
