Women
Do women need to exercise differently from men – and ease up on cardio after 40?
I can’t remember when I first became aware of the phrase: “Women are not small men.” But once I’d heard...
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I yearned to be a mother. Why did I feel nothing when my daughter was finally born?
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. I was waiting for an overwhelming rush of love, but when I looked...
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My mother’s best advice: learn to raise one eyebrow at the world
When I was about 10, my mother mentioned something to me about the advantage of being able to raise one...
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What is the national maternity and neonatal investigation and why was it launched?
On Thursday, a damning interim report published after a national investigation into England’s maternity services found deep-rooted issues affecting women...
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10 Things Black and Brown Women Need to Know About Heart Disease
- Advertisement -Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Black and Brown women—yet many don’t know their unique...
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‘The children are not safe here’: the Nigerian couple fighting infanticide
Esther Stevens’ life nearly ended as soon as it began. She was born in 2007, in a village on the...
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Global midwife shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, report warns
A global shortage of nearly a million midwives is leaving pregnant women without the basic care needed to prevent harm,...
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How can we learn from unrequited love?
How can we accept that what feels like overwhelming love for someone is unrequited, and how can we get over...
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6 Tips for a Healthy Cervix
It’s Cervical Health Awareness Month Did you know that this month is Cervical Health Awareness Month? What do you know...
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Beyond Kegels: I found a fix for a common type of incontinence – why don’t more women know about it?
Some of my earliest memories feature my mother’s leotard-encased body bouncing to Jane Fonda with abandon. A similar carefree fluidity...
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