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Former PM delivers the Women’s IWD speech
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has delivered an inspirational speech at the Women’s International Women’s Day breakfast.
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Elimination of cervical cancer in sight
Cervical cancer could be effectively eliminated within the next 40 years, with Australia set to be the first country, according to the world’s leading cervical cancer experts.
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Study to predict women at risk of preterm delivery
Melbourne researchers are to begin a major study that could result in a test to accurately predict if women will experience preterm labour during their pregnancy.
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Closing the gap in midwifery care
A new partnership between the Women’s, La Trobe University and three other Victorian public hospitals is giving pregnant Indigenous women greater access to “gold standard” maternity care.
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High-risk women choosing surgery to prevent cancer
The Women’s has experienced more than a five-fold increase in the numbers of healthy women with a family link to cancer, choosing surgery to remove their reproductive organs in order to prevent ovarian cancer.
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IUD and hysterectomy best options for heavy bleeding
Hormone releasing IUDs are more effective than the contraceptive pill and other medication for treating heavy or abnormal menstrual bleeding a review by Royal Women’s Hospital researchers has found.
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The Women’s leaders receive Australia Day honours
Royal Women’s Hospital Director of the Centre for Women’s Infectious Diseases Professor Suzanne Garland has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia.
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Pregnant women lack nutrition knowledge
Most pregnant women are uninformed about their dietary requirements and may not be receiving the nutrients they need, a study at the Royal Women’s Hospital has shown.
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New test developed to diagnose common STI
A new Australian developed diagnostic test is set to be rolled out across the country for a little known sexually transmitted infection (STI) which about 400,000 Australians are likely to have.
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More girls needed in science
More than 150 young girls have gathered at Government House in Melbourne ahead of International Day for Women and Girls in Science to hear how Victorian women are delivering world-leading advances in medical research and clinical care.
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