A bracing dip will cure us of the menopause, will it? Remind me to steer clear of the sewage
A new study suggests a fashionable hobby could help with hot flushes and other symptoms
‘Millions of women are suffering who don’t have to’: why it’s time to end the misery of UTIs
Urinary tract infections have been a cause of chronic distress for generations of menopausal women. Campaigning journalist Kate Muir argues the problem could be halved if an alternative treatment to antibiotics is better understood. So why isn’t more being done?
‘It’s extortionate’: a mother’s struggle to afford rising price of baby formula
Lone parent Rebecca Anderson feels women in UK who do not breastfeed are being penalised after 25% price rise
Births among women over 50 rise 15% in England, figures show
Births to older mothers have increased in recent years alongside average ages for childbirth and IVF treatment
Pregnant in Gaza with no clinics: ‘I have no idea where I will give birth’
As one of 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, Noor Hammad faces a traumatic birth and fraught start in life for her first baby
Tampon that tests for STIs created by British startup
Daye’s product doubles as PCR test for chlamydia, gonorrhoea and other common infections
‘I wanted to be who I was before’: how skateboarding helped me handle grief
A bad injury and the death of her much-loved grandfather left Marianne Eloise afraid to get back on her board. Here, she reveals how a weekend skate retreat helped her to move on and learn some new tricks
‘A call to action to love ourselves’: how women in their 50s can leave the shadows
As roles and circumstances change, women in their 50s can look inwards and find a deep acceptance of themselves
Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women
Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds
‘It’s not a nice way of living’: Kelly Holmes on her struggle with menopause insomnia
Former Olympic athlete had been unaware of link between hormonal changes and sleep disturbance, which experts say presents serious public health challenges