There is reason to suggest that the use of social media has a negative impact on body image. Users tend to present idealised versions of...

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menses, owing to the gradual termination of ovarian follicular function against a backdrop of...

Our research project is answering the question: ‘What constitutes a positive contraceptive experience?’. This question is designed to...

TW: violence, sexual assault, abuse For every day of 2017, 82 women were murdered by a current or former partner. So, should we be...

Key points Cervical cancer is strongly associated with socioeconomic status: there is a substantial discrepancy between numbers of women...

Key points Women’s health has traditionally focused on sexual and reproductive health Other health issues also disproportionately affect...

Social and cultural factors impact the health of pregnant women in a multitude of ways, especially in settings where traditional beliefs...

“No woman should die in pregnancy or childbirth” is a phrase that is stamped all over official WHO maternal health documentation....

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a disorder of self-function and interpersonal functioning. Its symptoms, which can be...

President Trump has recently reinstated the Mexico City Policy, originally enacted by President Reagan in 1984, an extension of the 1973...

Since 1985, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the global health community have considered an ideal rate for Caesarean Sections (CS)...

With the EU referendum debates ongoing and an increase in the public concern for the refugee crisis, there has been a significant surge...

The national breast cancer screening programme, introduced in 1988, gave promise in reducing mortality of the most common cancer in the...

In a one month period in February 2016 more than 43,000 refugees arrived into Greece alone. The mass exodus of peoples from the Middle...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined by the World Health Organisation as: “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of...

The health and well-being of women and children are not only fundamental human rights, but are crucial for economic development, peace...

On the 1st of February 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a cluster of cases of microcephaly amongst newborn children...

Of the approximately 3 billion people who live on less than $2 a day, infectious diseases represent a potent and serious source of...