Women's health

Research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, suggests that postmenopausal women derive health benefits from potassium-rich foods if they do not have high blood pressure. In Australia stokes kill more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer; and while potassium has previously been linked to lower blood pressure and reducing […]

Each year, during the prime of their lives; and when they are establishing families and careers, about 800 young Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Facing a cancer diagnosis at a young age is difficult and this is reflected in the new report, which shows many young women feel blindsided by the illness. While […]

The seven-year study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, looked at more than 1100 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2005 and found that the mortality rate for country women was 20 per cent higher than women in a metropolitan area. It also found just 35 per cent of rural based women lived for […]

US researchers have found that women who eat instant noodles at least two times a week have an increased risk of high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and high cholesterol.

Diets and workout fads come and go, but to follow a regime that really works, we asked the experts to share their nutritional and fitness advice for women in their forties.

Loveyourlines is latest body love campaign to sweep through social media  encouraging women to celebrate their stretch marks.

Women are happiest at 25. What changes in their thirties?

Walking for just 30 minutes each day can cut the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women, according to a new study.

Women's rights advocates are angry that females applying for education jobs in Sao Paulo must undergo a pap smear to prove they're free of disease or submit a doctor's statement indicating they're not sexually active.

Senator Eric Abetz has denied drawing a link between abortions and breast cancer on television on Thursday night, saying he never made such a claim and is not qualified to do so.