Life with endometriosis: ‘I’ve been branded a hypochondriac so many times’
Endometriosis is as common as diabetes and asthma, yet in Ireland it takes eight to 10 years to get diagnosed on average. It took me 28 years
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Endometriosis in Ireland: What is it, and how is it treated?
The disease affects roughly 10 per cent of women and girls of reproductive age globally, according to the World Health Organisation
‘By the time we see couples, there is no hand-holding, let alone sex’: how to treat female sexual pain
The first step is to seek help in identifying the pelvic pain and managing a plan to treat it, experts say
Alanis Morissette: We thought that whole era of ‘size zero’ was done. We dropped the ball
Thirty years after the release of Jagged Little Pill in the 1990s, the singer-songwriter will play Dublin’s Malahide Castle this weekend
Health takes a back seat when working and raising young children. We just get on with it
Women’s health in work: When you are working and raising young children, you have little time to think about your own health or your physical and mental needs
Relationships and ... menopause: ‘Small gestures of love can go a long way during this time of change’
Challenges associated with late-onset menopause can affect intimacy, communication and relationship dynamics
Long-term study links coffee to healthier ageing
People who drank seven small cups a day aged better than those who consumed minimal caffeine
The Sleep Room by Jon Stock: Could an Irish version of this frightening scandal in British psychiatry yet emerge?
A chillling account of psychiatrist William Sargent’s treatment of women patients in the 1960s
Leona Macken interview: ‘I want my children to look back and see how much I wanted to stay here’
The HSE apologised to Macken, who has incurable cancer, over ‘failings’ of two cervical smear tests
Woman who received HSE apology over cancer diagnosis failings encourages women to get a smear test
Leona Macken (38), who has stage 4 cancer, sued the HSE over ‘failings’ of two cervical smear tests
More than half of funded staff posts in endometriosis clinics unfilled, new figures show
Endometriosis is a chronic disease which affects about 10% of women and girls of reproductive age
Contraceptive pill pushback: ‘I think the demonising has gone too far’
Dr Hazel Wallace talks to The Women’s Podcast about periods, menstrual health and why women are turning away from the pill
An ode to the group chat, a lifeline for new mums
We mourn the loss of the ‘village’ in modern times, but I think the village begins elsewhere these days
Thrill-seeking in middle age: the spirit is willing but the pelvic floor is weak
Oh, how I wish I had listened when people were talking about the importance of doing Kegels
Abortion: A History by Mary Fissell – Stories of reproductive autonomy and control
An empathic attempt to understand the women who sought abortions, and those who assisted them
Supporting new mothers: ‘Crises should not be the trigger for postnatal care’
New campaign Year of Care aims to highlight the particular needs that arise in the first year of motherhood
Charlie Murphy: ‘IVF felt like I was at the casino and throwing the dice’
After five ‘gruelling’ rounds of IVF, the Safe Harbor actor is enjoying being an expectant mother
Contraceptive concerns: ‘When I came off the pill, everything became so much better’
More and more women are turning away from the pill, as worries grow around side-effects, stoked by misinformation on social media
I’ve entered the world of weight-loss clips on TikTok. It’s like heroin chic all over again
Now it’s wearing activewear, and speaks with the mean but well meaning tone of a big sister sitting us down for a serious chat
‘I was 34 and all my friends were having kids... I was like: what am I waiting for?’
From going it alone to fostering, and exhaustive rounds of IVF, women share their unusual journeys in motherhood
Even the word ‘miscarriage’ seems to suggest the mother is somehow at fault
A taxing cycle of hope and dejection is a routine part of life for so many, playing out quietly in homes and workplaces across the country
Author Patricia Scanlan: ‘I’m working on an unanticipated project of healing from breast cancer’
The author on new novel City Girls Forever, a key difference between men and women and dealing with a cancer diagnosis
What is causing girls to get their period at an earlier age?
What the Science Says, part 10: The average age of menarche and breast development is becoming progressively lower – and genetics and the environment are only part of the story
Refuge provider calls for single 999-style phone line for women fleeing abuse
Sonas Housing turned away 376 women and 750 children last year due to a lack of space
Life without children: ‘I’d want the investment my mother had, but I don’t have it in me. I don’t have the grá for it’
Women who choose not to have children still find themselves existing in a society that undermines them - but the tide is turning
Women are overwhelmed because these are overwhelming times
You don’t need to be a feminist to take issue with the stranglehold of the wellness industry
Woman who lost baby at Portiuncula hospital calls for review to be expanded
Galway woman Elizabeth O’Reilly calls for explanation for pre-natal death of daughter Bláithín
Women are safer on the streets and men are safer at home, despite the stories we tell ourselves
Fear is determined by storytelling more than by data, and women have been taught to fear being outside for centuries
Becoming a mother at 49: ‘If I didn’t try… I would have lived with regret until the end of my days’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Blackrock Clinic seeks to open women’s health facility in city centre
Planning application involves change of use of office development at Warrington Place in Dublin 2
Endometriosis and me: I hope young women today know they should shout louder than I did
Despite knowing that what I was feeling was not normal, I had somehow never quite expected others to accept this as a big problem
My smear test dilemma: How do I confess that this is my first one, at the age of 41?
It wasn’t a deliberate path of avoidance. It just sort of spiralled
Heart disease in women: ‘I was so shocked by news of my artery blockage’
Heart disease is the number one killer for women in Ireland – but 80% of it is preventable
Women and girls in the dark on injuries due to lack of gender-specific research
Female-specific studies account for just 6% of sports exercise science research, meaning girls and women do not have enough clarity about how best to avoid certain injuries
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