Geraldine Walsh

Women often live with symptoms for years before seeking medical help due to fear, shame or taboo about sex, menstrual health and reproductive health

Creative, nurturing women artists are changing the experience of getting a tattoo into something empowering

Social and emotional demands on women impact their mental health throughout life

Low self-esteem, devaluing, and inferiority can create a level of self-blame for women experiencing infertility

Women of today are seen, heard, and empowered by positive conversations about menopause

Grief in pregnancy loss is a personal and individual experience, often silent, secret, held closely and privately

Better education for young people on reproductive health will help support the dismantling of sexual stigma

Vulnerability of new motherhood lends itself to difficulties in opening up when mothers are expected to be happy

Discussion around menstruation is often negative, leaving girls to begin their cycle under a shroud of secrecy

Biases that still exist in society have potential to prevent women from pursuing or advancing their career in medicine

Women are at times portrayed as young, white, attractive, able-bodied, and in decorative roles. Are we doing enough to ensure they are not negatively affected?

Four-fifths of people hit by autoimmune disorders are women. The condition is hard to diagnose and gender bias leaves women at risk of being ignored

Despite affecting approximately 4,900 people in Ireland, only one third of people living with bleeding condition von Willebrand Disorder (VWD) have been diagnosed

Highly infectious chickenpox has an incubation period of 10 to 21 days and it is important that contagious people stay away from babies, pregnant women and the immunocompromised

People often confuse massage with the array of techniques a physiotherapist employs to aid mobility and cut pain