Surgeons lacked caution in use of vaginal mesh implants, doctor admits
Head of Australia’s urogynaecological society says while women who suffered life-altering complications were ‘let down’, push to ban the devices are ‘hysterical’
What’s stopping pharmacies doing more to reduce pressure on GPs?
Chemists can already provide vital services, such as the morning-after pill – but a new study shows they are being chronically underused
Years of pain, but no diagnosis: one woman’s experience of endometriosis
Katie Beales suffered crippling monthly pain from the age of 14, but doctor after doctor failed to recognise a disease that impacts up to one in 10 women
‘Listen to women’: UK doctors issued with first guidance on endometriosis
Disease, which causes crippling pain and can lead to infertility, affects 176 million women worldwide and currently takes seven to eight years to diagnose
Pelvic mesh victims disgusted at suggestion of anal sex as solution
‘Only a misogynist could think this way,’ says Australian woman in response to her doctor’s solution to painful intercourse
UK medicines agency seizes HIV home-test kits over false result risk
More than 100 Hightop kits, which have not met EU regulations, seized as agency warns consumers against using them
Bollywood’s hot new topics: open toilets, menstrual hygiene and erectile dysfunction
Forget all those swirling songs and plots about love, heartache and family values. Bollywood has more pressing concerns
The Guardian view on vaginal mesh implants: trust data and patients
Editorial: The devices have benefited a large number of women – but thousands have suffered serious adverse effects
The Archers – giving stealth sexual health advice for the over-50s
The soap opera’s latest frank storyline featuring a character visiting an STI clinic has caused a stir. But it’s a rare and helpful reminder that sexual health isn’t just for the young
Wax on, wax ouch: pubic grooming has a high injury rate, survey reveals
A quarter of those who groom their pubic hair have suffered mishaps from cuts to burns and rashes – some requiring medical help – researchers have found