Fossils of 200,000 year-old cavewomen have revealed that millennia ago, women’s hips were several inches wider and their bodies thick-set, meaning that “women may have been bigger than an average modern man,” says Dr Laura Gruss, of Radford University in Virginia. The reason for this evolution in body shape was child-bearing, says Dr Gruss. Wide […]

Only now is the full horror emerging of how a gyneacologist with a God-syndrome destroyed lives. Clair Weaver meets the patient who dared to stand up to him.

Newcastle mum Michelle Murray was forced to undergo a radical hysterectomy after the birth of her third child.

The Women’s Health Book is an authoritative guide to your health, from birth, through adolescence, motherhood, and menopause. It’s been produced by Melbourne’s iconic Royal Women’s Hospital, and you can trust the information. A special panel of experts from Royal Women’s Hospital will be on hand at the events, to answer your questions about your […]

Krystal Barter had her breasts removed and reconstructed at 25. She is happy with her new post-surgery figure - so why do many women shame her for choosing to have implants?

A US woman has been sentenced to six months in prison after forging mammogram results which risked the lives of hundreds of women.

A woman is pregnant with another couple's twins after a fertility clinic mix-up.

A medical expert has slammed plus-size dummies because they "normalise" being overweight.

Pregnant women should routinely be given a taxpayer-funded whooping cough jab to protect their babies from the next epidemic in Australia, a leading expert will recommend today. Expectant dads, siblings and grandparents should also get booster vaccinations to “cocoon” vulnerable newborns, who are most likely to suffer severe complications or die from the disease, under […]

Ageing of the skin is a difficult battle to fight, especially with environmental factors that lead to free radicals damaging to the skins cells.