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Media Releases |
Roses, chocolates … and condoms!
18 February 2010:
Getting swept up in the romance is no excuse, according to Jean Hailes gynaecologist Dr Elizabeth Farrell. She asks Australian women not to forget to protect themselves and their partners against Sexually Transmissible Infectio...Read more... |
Research shows why motherhood is exhausting
25 January 2010:
Research has confirmed something that women have long suspected. Motherhood is exhausting. New research from the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women has found mums take an average 9,000 steps a day as they look after children, pick...Read more... |
Diagnosis prediabetes: early wake up call for Australian women
November 12, 2009:
Being told you have prediabetes or gestational diabetes (diabetes when pregnant) is not a bad thing according to Professor Helena Teede, research director at the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health. These conditions...Read more... |
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International research |
Women warned to take cardiac symptoms to heart
A study from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and UBC School of Nursing has found that contrary to popular belief, women experience many of the same typical heart attack symptoms as men, including chest pain, shortness of breath, arm disc...Read more |
Low vitamin D levels in elderly
linked to increased mortality rate.
Vitamin D, largely synthesised in response to skin exposure to sunlight, has important roles in the body. It is critical for bone health, fall prevention and is linked to many aspects of women’s health....Read more |
Treating mild gestational diabetes benefits mothers and babies
A study conducted at the University of North Carolina and published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that screening and treating pregnant women for mild gestational diabetes resulted in fewer caesarean sections and other serious birthin...Read more |
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