‘Like someone flicked a switch’: the premenstrual disorder that upturns women’s lives

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, only recently recognised, can cripple women emotionally, physically and mentally

Calls for testosterone to be licensed in UK for postmenopausal women

Hormone is critical treatment for those experiencing reduced libido in midlife, say experts

Charging migrant women for maternity care puts us all to shame

Asking vulnerable migrants to pay deters them from getting the help they need – even those who may be eligible for free NHS treatment

Jameela Jamil is well-meaning, but slim, pretty women can’t smash the diet culture alone

We are still in a catch-22 in fighting sexism – women must be attractive before they are allowed to criticise the demand for them to be attractive

Too many women have pain during sex. Let’s break the taboo about it

It’s a common complaint, and help is available – yet still, few dare seek it out, says TV journalist Susannah Thraves

‘It was like a red-hot poker’: why the extreme pain of vulvodynia is going untreated

For 16% of women, using a tampon or even sitting down can be agony – and sex is impossible. Why do so few doctors know how to diagnose and treat it?

Mums-to-be reject baby showers for ‘mother blessings’

Increasingly popular spiritual gatherings controversially borrow from Navajo traditions

I’m angry, sore, and bloated. Is this the menopause? The more I read, the less I know

If women do begin ‘delaying’ menopause, it will be to avoid the tedious, draining, open-ended confusion of the years between 38 and 60

Repeat after me: you don’t need to get fit to get married

A recent article advised women on how to ‘tone up’ and ‘eat right’ for their wedding day – another sign we just can’t win

Beyoncé’s crash diet plan sells an impossible, damaging ideal

In promoting an expensive vegan diet plan, the singer has described confronting her weight as ‘every woman’s nightmare’. She is irresponsibly stoking an evil diet culture – but is also a victim of it