The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women\'s Health

More in depth information with practical health and lifestyle approaches, including Emotional Wellbeing, Nutrition and Physical Activity for women and their health professionals, is available on our group of websites.

Site	Highlights
Ageing Well www.ageingwell.org.au	Emotional Health Lifestyle Nutrition through life
Bone Health for Life www.bonehealthforlife.org.au	Lifestyle Factors Nutrition Physical Activity
Early Menopause www.earlymenopause.org.au	Symptoms Emotional Wellbeing
Endometriosis www.endometriosis.org.au	Symptoms Treatment
Health for Women www.healthforwomen.org.au	Healthy Lifestyles Emotional Health Health Issues Nutrition Physical Activity Sexuality
Managing Menopause www.managingmenopause.org.au	Signs and symptoms Management Emotional Health Lifestyle Nutrition Physical Activity Sexuality
Managing PCOS www.managingpcos.org.au	PCOS Symptoms Management PCOS Questions

The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health has an extensive range of educational resources available including fact sheets, multilingual fact sheets, websites and books (for sale through our shop).

Fact Sheets

Concise, easy-to-understand women's health information is available in Fact Sheets for a wide range of topics in PDF and MP3 formats.

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Multilingual Fact Sheet

A fact sheet on 'Understanding menopause and midlife' is available in sixteen languages and English in PDF.

Languages include:

Arabic

Bosnian

Chinese

Croation

English

Filipino

Greek

Italian

Khmer

Macedonian

Polish

Russian

Serbian

Spanish

Tigrigna

Turkish

Vietnamese

See Fact Sheet

Books

A selected range of titles relevant to women's health management are presented.

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Content updated April 17, 2008

Last Updated ( Friday, 18 April 2008 )

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Media Releases

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...

Can herbs alleviate premenstrual type symptoms in midlife?

October 22, 2009 Women approaching menopause who experience PMS-like symptoms ranging from craving for sweets to headache and insomnia may find relief in a simple treatment that combines two commonly-used herbs - St John's wort (Hypericum per...Read more...

International research

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

Atrial fibrillation increases stroke risk in women

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). It often has no symptoms however some people experience palpitations (heart flutters), angina (chest pain), dizziness or fainting. During AF, the heart’s upper chambers,...Read more

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