Women’s health story leads

The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health has just released its biannual magazine, Summer 07 edition, featuring a range of health issues relevant to Australian women.

The Foundation is a leading independent Australian women’s health organisation, combining medical research with education programs and clinical healthcare.

Health issues in this edition include:

Hormone therapy update: where are we now?

Hormone therapy has been debated in public for five years, with contradictory media headlines confusing women about their health risks. How do women make sense of the latest studies and understand the risks and benefits that apply to them so they can know what’s the right decision for them? Jean Hailes director Henry Burger sets women straight and helps them to navigate through the hormone therapy maze. More...

Understanding research and risk

Along with understanding hormone therapy, there is a need to understand what research and risk means in general, and at an individual level. Contrasting medical findings are often reported in the media. How do we make sense of what we see and hear? Which results are important? And how do we know what – and whom – to believe? More...

Urinary incontinence: busting the myths

Do you think leakage is not incontinence? Were you brought up to believe that it’s bad to hold on because you’ll get a bladder infection? Have you just accepted that incontinence is a normal part of ageing? These and other myths are put to rest by Foundation physiotherapist Janetta Webb. More...

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To follow-up on any of these – or other health story ideas – please call Aleeza Zohar on (03) 9562 6771 or 0425 758 729.
www.jeanhailes.org.au

Content updated December 03, 2007