‘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

More and more people are having ‘tweakments’. But what do we really know about the long-term effects?

Non-surgical cosmetic treatments are growing ever more popular worldwide, but how safe are they? And are fillers and Botox changing our idea of beauty?

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