Massage may be effective in reducing pain for some women during labour.
Women’s Health
Ovarian cancer: treatment options
Find out how surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are used in the treatment of ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer: what you need to know
Because ovarian cancer has vague, non-specific symptoms, such as bloating and nausea, it is often not detected until the cancer is advanced.
Ovarian cancer
Understanding ovarian cancer, who is at risk, the symptoms, causes and treatment options for people with ovarian cancer, their families and friends.
Women treated worse than men after heart attack
Women have poorer outcomes after a serious heart attack than men, and are less likely to receive the right treatment.
Designer vagina operations – men don’t care
Most men are totally happy with the appearance of their female partner’s genitals, with almost all saying they would never suggest she consider labiaplasty surgery.
Thrush
Thrush is an infection with a yeast (fungus) Candida albicans, typically in the vagina or mouth.
Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence (bladder leakage or bladder control problems) is when you accidently leak urine or lose control of your bladder. It becomes more common with age, but isn’t a routine part of ageing.
Pelvic floor muscle exercises
Find out about the causes and symptoms of a weak pelvic floor, and how performing pelvic floor muscle exercises can help.
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of a woman's uterus, fallopian tubes and/or ovaries. Find out the causes, symptoms and treatment.
