Tag: Reproduction and Contraception
Breakthrough helps detect malnourished babies
Pregnant women may soon be able to identify if their baby is at risk of being born malnourished under a medical breakthrough that has been announced by the New South Wales Health Minister.[MORE]
UK teens urged to get contraceptive jabs
British girls as young as 13 are being urged to have contraceptive injections under Government plans to bring down teenage pregnancy rates.[MORE]
Childbirth deaths on the rise in Pacific: UN
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The number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth in Pacific communities has jumped dramatically.[MORE]
Midwife project aims to tackle post-natal depression
A research project involving Queensland midwives is aiming to reduce the incidence of post-natal depression.[MORE]
Study debunks hysterectomy weight gain myth
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Women who have hysterectomies do not put on weight, a new study has found.[MORE]
Delay on IVF bill
The Upper House of the Victorian Parliament has referred a bill to broaden access to IVF technology to a committee for further analysis.[MORE]
Woman has twins from 13yo sperm
A Taiwanese woman has given birth to healthy twins using the 13-year-old frozen sperm of a former testicular cancer patient, local media said, setting a record for the island.[MORE]
Teens hold highest spinal defect pregnancy rates
A new report shows teenage women have the highest rates of pregnancies where the babies are affected by spinal cord defects.[MORE]
New tests to 'help predict menopause' for hopeful mothers
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A new test is meant to be able to predict when menopause will begin, providing women more insight into their reproductive life.[MORE]
Baby boom to push hospitals to limit: AMA
The AMA says a baby boom will push maternity wards over the limit, unless the Government pumps more money into new services.[MORE]
Biological clock ticking for men too
The drop off in fertility for women after the age of 35 is well known. Now Australian researchers have found that men face a similar decline at the same age. [MORE]
Review called after woman in labour sent away
New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has asked for a review of maternity services at the Blue Mountains Hospital, after a woman was turned away from the labour ward and gave birth in an ambulance.[MORE]
Woman in labour turned away
The New South Wales Health Department says a widespread shortage of anaesthetists is to blame for a woman having to give birth in an ambulance after being sent away from Blue Mountains Hospital, west of Sydney.[MORE]
NZ men face shrinking sperm count
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The sperm count of the average New Zealand man is on the decline.[MORE]
Medical research boost for Adelaide
A multi-million-dollar research facility will be set up at the University of Adelaide to help find new treatments for diseases.[MORE]
More backing for full-time hospital maternity services
There is further support for full-time hospital maternity services at Bega Hospital.[MORE]
A year after horror miscarriage, Horska gives birth in RNS
The woman whose miscarriage in a hospital toilet triggered a parliamentary inquiry has given birth in the same hospital.[MORE]
Vic abortion bill 'betrays humanity'
Catholic Church officials have described the passing of Vic's abortion law reform Bill as a betrayal of humanity.[MORE]
Doctors flag legal action over abortion bill
A group of doctors is considering challenging the decriminalisation of abortion in Victoria.[MORE]
Vic Parliament passes abortion bill
The Victorian Parliament has passed legislation to decriminalise abortion.[MORE]
Debate rages ahead of Vic abortion bill's final vote
Victorian MPs are continuing to debate proposed amendments to the bill to decriminalise abortion, after the legislation passed its biggest hurdle today.[MORE]
Health service offers maternity unit assurance
The Greater Southern Area Health Service has reassured Deniliquin residents the town's maternity unit is not closing while staff are redeployed.[MORE]
Abortion bill passed in conscience vote
A bill to decriminalise abortion has passed the Upper House of the Victorian Parliament in a conscience vote.[MORE]
Upper House vote passes abortion bill
A vote to remove abortion from the Crimes Act has passed in the Upper House by 23 votes to 17.[MORE]
Victorian MPs pass lesbian fertility bill
Legislation allowing single women and lesbians to access fertility treatment has been passed by the Lower House of the Victorian Parliament.[MORE]
