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For current content go to <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/">ABC News</a>.</strong></p> <h2 class="sectionHeading"><span class="txupdate"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/science/tag/womens-health/rss.xml" title="https://www.abc.net.au/science/tag/womens-health/rss.xml" class="rss">RSS<span> | </span></a><a href="/science/maps/map.htm?site=science&topic=latest&tag=womens-health" class="map">Map</a></span>Women's Health </h2> <div id="pageNavTop"><div class="pagenav"><p> 1 <a href="?site=science&topic=latest&tag=womens-health&page=02">2</a> <a href="?site=science&topic=latest&tag=womens-health&page=03">3</a> <a href="?site=science&topic=latest&tag=womens-health&page=04">4</a> <span class="pageNavNext" title="Next page"> <a href="?site=science&topic=latest&tag=womens-health&page=02">Next</a> </span> </p></div> </div> <h4 class="item001"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-24/does-the-voice-in-your-head-get-kinder-as-you-get-older/7387670"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201605/r1569089_23610144.jpg" align="left" alt="">Does the voice in your head get kinder as you age?</a></h4> <p class="item001 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 24 May 2016</span><span class="description"><br><span class="slug">Body image</span> Some women say the voice in their head gets kinder as they enter midlife, while other women become more critical of themselves - the difference appears to be related to acceptance of age-related changes, researchers find.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=psychology">psychology</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=social-sciences">social-sciences</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=social-media">social-media</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=news">news</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item002"><a href="/science/articles/2014/07/24/4052003.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201407/r1306545_17931840.jpg" align="left" alt="Puberty timing is a much more complex biological process than we originally thought, say researchers ">Gene 'treasure trove' linked to puberty onset</a></h4> <p class="item002 itemList"><span class="txdate">Thursday, 24 July 2014</span><span class="description"><br>Over 100 regions of the genome play a role in the timing of a girl's first period, a new international study has found.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=genetics">genetics</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=women">women</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=menstruation">menstruation</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item003"><a href="/science/articles/2014/05/29/4013935.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201405/r1282299_17373308.jpg" align="left" alt="Antipsychotics are 'no thalidomide' say researchers, but little is known about their safety and effectiveness in pregnant women">Spotlight on antipsychotics in pregnancy</a></h4> <p class="item003 itemList"><span class="txdate">Thursday, 29 May 2014</span><span class="description"><br>Pregnant women who take antipsychotic medication are at a higher risk of diabetes and their babies are more likely to need special medical attention, a new pilot study suggests.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=child-health-and-behaviour">child-health-and-behaviour</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=pharmaceuticals">pharmaceuticals</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item004"><a href="/science/articles/2013/11/01/3872325.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201310/r1188539_15267572.jpg" align="left" alt="Lying back is not likely to be the best position during first stage labour, the research found ">Upright early labour lowers caesarean rate</a></h4> <p class="item004 itemList"><span class="txdate">Friday, 1 November 2013</span><span class="description"><br>Staying upright during first stage labour reduces the chance of having a caesarean by 29 per cent, a new study has found.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item005"><a href="/science/articles/2013/08/14/3825573.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201308/r1158022_14576911.jpg" align="left" alt="Researchers say it's not clear how autism is linked to the life-saving practice of inducing labour ">Autism risk linked to induced labour</a></h4> <p class="item005 itemList"><span class="txdate">Wednesday, 14 August 2013</span><span class="description"><br>Pregnant women who are given drugs to speed up their labour may have a slightly higher risk of bearing children with autism, new US research has found.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=child-health-and-behaviour">child-health-and-behaviour</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a> </span></p> <h4 class="item006"><a href="/science/articles/2013/06/03/3770166.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201305/r1122598_13758011.jpg" align="left" alt="Many women have a problem with sexual desire, or do they? ">Women's sexual desire: a problem or not?</a></h4> <p class="item006 itemList"><span class="txdate">Monday, 3 June 2013</span><span class="description"><br>Whether women's lack of sexual interest is a common problem or not depends on who you ask, a new study has found.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=sexual-health">sexual-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=psychology">psychology</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=deakin-university-3217">deakin-university-3217</a></span></p> <h4 class="item007"><a href="/science/articles/2013/05/02/3748553.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201304/r1108603_13450635.jpg" align="left" alt="The study could speed up the search for more effective drug treatments for uterine cancer ">Genes may personalise uterine cancer drugs</a></h4> <p class="item007 itemList"><span class="txdate">Thursday, 2 May 2013</span><span class="description"><br>New subtypes of uterine cancer tumours have been discovered through a large international genetic analysis of the disease that kills thousands of women worldwide each year.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=cancer">cancer</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=genetics">genetics</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=queensland-university-of-technology-4000">queensland-university-of-technology-4000</a></span></p> <h4 class="item008"><a href="/science/articles/2013/03/19/3718844.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201303/r1089136_13025833.jpg" align="left" alt="Some experts have described the findings as 'reassuring' ">Mum's vit D 'doesn't affect child's bones'</a></h4> <p class="item008 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 19 March 2013</span><span class="description"><br>A mother's vitamin D levels during pregnancy has no affect on her children's bone health, a UK study has found, although the findings have been met with a mixed response.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=epidemiology">epidemiology</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=vitamins">vitamins</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=australia">australia</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=united-kingdom">united-kingdom</a></span></p> <h4 class="item009"><a href="/science/articles/2013/01/31/3679603.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201301/r1065861_12533605.jpg" align="left" alt="Eating disorders are more of a problem for men than previously thought, say researchers ">Eating disorders 'nearly as bad for men'</a></h4> <p class="item009 itemList"><span class="txdate">Thursday, 31 January 2013</span><span class="description"><br>The impact of eating disorders on men's health has been underestimated, say researchers.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=eating-disorders">eating-disorders</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=mental-health">mental-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=mens-health">mens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=university-of-western-sydney-2560">university-of-western-sydney-2560</a></span></p> <h4 class="item010"><a href="/science/articles/2012/08/14/3567208.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201208/r987749_10874797.jpg" align="left" alt="Researchers are wondering whether lack of social support could be contributing ">Suicide in rural men linked to drought</a></h4> <p class="item010 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 14 August 2012</span><span class="description"><br>Rural men are more likely than their urban counterparts to commit suicide during a drought, a new Australian study has found.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=suicide">suicide</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=mental-health">mental-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=mens-health">mens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=rural">rural</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=australian-national-university-0200">australian-national-university-0200</a></span></p> <h4 class="item011"><a href="/science/articles/2012/08/13/3566516.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201208/r987575_10871573.JPG" align="left" alt="But the babies of women who fasted were smaller, on average, say the researchers ">Ramadan fasting not linked to preterm birth</a></h4> <p class="item011 itemList"><span class="txdate">Monday, 13 August 2012</span><span class="description"><br>Pregnant women who fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan are no more likely to give birth prematurely than women who don't fast, suggests a small new study.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=islam">islam</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=infant-health">infant-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=lebanon">lebanon</a></span></p> <h4 class="item012"><a href="/science/articles/2012/07/17/3546882.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201207/r973540_10581754.jpg" align="left" alt="Women develop anxiety disorders at about twice the rate men do ">Study gives clues on women's anxiety</a></h4> <p class="item012 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 17 July 2012</span><span class="description"><br>Researchers are shedding light on why women are more prone to developing anxiety disorders than men.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=stress">stress</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=anxiety">anxiety</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=university-of-tasmania-7005">university-of-tasmania-7005</a></span></p> <h4 class="item013"><a href="/science/articles/2012/05/03/3494111.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201205/r935189_9840395.jpg" align="left" alt="Should healthy vaginas necessarily contain a high proportion of lactobacilli? ">Experts debate what makes a healthy vagina</a></h4> <p class="item013 itemList"><span class="txdate">Thursday, 3 May 2012</span><span class="description"><br><span class="slug">News analysis</span> New US findings suggest our accepted definition of a healthy vagina could be ethnically biased.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=sexually-transmitted-diseases">sexually-transmitted-diseases</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=medical-research">medical-research</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=sexual-health">sexual-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=microbiology">microbiology</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=newsanalysis">newsanalysis</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=australia">australia</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=united-states">united-states</a></span></p> <h4 class="item014"><a href="/science/articles/2011/06/07/3237788.htm"><img src="https://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201106/r779873_6703255.jpg" align="left" alt="Middle-aged woman looking at her face in the mirror">Wrinkles could predict woman's bone break risk</a></h4> <p class="item014 itemList"><span class="txdate">Tuesday, 7 June 2011</span><span class="description"><br>Wrinkles on a woman's face may be able to predict how likely she is to suffer from bone fractures, according to a US study.</span><span class="tags"><br> <strong>Subjects: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=health">health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=osteoporosis">osteoporosis</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=womens-health">womens-health</a>, <a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=bones-and-muscles">bones-and-muscles</a> <strong>Locations: </strong><a href="/science/tag/browse.htm?tag=united-states">united-states</a></span></p> <h4 class="item015"><a 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