IWD breakfast discussions: Women’s Health on the Rise
The Royal Women’s Hospital’s annual International Women’s Day breakfast focused on the next phase of women’s health reform.
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Evidence supports a new screening tool for family violence during pregnancyA new study from the Royal Women’s Hospital has for the first time proven the effectiveness of a simple screening tool for family violence for use in antenatal care.
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The Women’s launches new mental health program for Aboriginal mums-to-beWe are launching a new group antenatal program designed specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, thanks to funding from Liptember – a national campaign dedicated to women’s mental health.
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Rise in syphilis among Victorian women and babiesHealth professionals across Victoria and Australia are seeing a surge in women and men contracting the sexually transmitted infection syphilis, with some women passing it onto their baby during pregnancy. Doctors from our sexual health and maternity units have come together to explain.
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New data shows significant increase in premature babies surviving without disabilityOur 25-year study has found that the number of premature babies surviving without disability has increased by 20 per cent since the 1990s.
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Women’s research comes out on top after tumultuous 2020Our Research Report, launching today, has thanked the healthcare professionals and medical researchers working in the hospital’s ten research centres for adapting to the nation’s urgent health needs during the course of 2020.
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Research to examine the real impact of popular ‘fertility test’The Royal Women’s Hospital is leading research into the reproductive choices women make after having a test commonly marketed as a measure of fertility.
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