The debilitating condition plaguing pregnant women
WA women are campaigning to raise awareness of a rare and debilitating condition experienced during pregnancy in a bid to bolster treatment services on offer.
View ArticleSufferers of rare pregnancy condition hyperemesis gravidarum call for more...
Sufferers of the rare and debilitating pregnancy condition hyperemesis gravidarum say an already painful and costly journey toward motherhood is made worse by a lack of in-home support and PBS...
View ArticleSian Prior
Sian Prior leads a successful public life despite the intense social anxiety she's felt since childhood.
View ArticleKaren M Davis
Crime writer Karen M Davis worked for 20 years in NSW detective squads on drugs, firearms and homicide operations.
View ArticleBeating the blues in the bush
What if your community could reduce the stigma associated with mental illness?
View ArticleAnita Link
Anita Link experienced her first major psychotic episode six days after the birth of her first child.
View ArticleConversations about Mental Health and Psychology
Guests share their understanding of various mental illnesses and other intense psychological challenges.
View ArticleA very special place: Perth's 99-year-old King Edward Memorial Hospital for...
Founded by the zealous campaigning of Western Australian women in 1916, for over 99 years King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women been a beloved Perth institution.
View ArticleBianca Elmir
Bianca 'Bam Bam' Elmir is an internationally successful kickboxer, and now a rising star on the boxing scene.
View ArticleRobert Wainwright
Robert Wainwright has written the story of an Australian woman, long forgotten to us, who led a spectacularly colourful life.
View ArticleMichael Brosowski
Michael Brosowski's foundation runs a deadly serious race against Vietnam's human traffickers.
View ArticleWA Premier Colin Barnett may support tampon tax removal as part of...
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says his Government is open to a wide-ranging review of GST exemptions, including on women's sanitary products.
View ArticleAlison
Alison was at the centre of one of the most famous criminal cases in South Africa's history. (R)
View ArticlePerth researchers leading the way in preventing pre-term childbirth
A world-first study that followed children from the womb into adulthood is now leading WA researchers to solutions in preventing premature births.
View ArticleBaby Love author Robin Barker: families, fiction, feminism and the pleasures...
Former midwife Robin Barker is best-known as the author of Baby Love and The Mighty Toddler.
View ArticleShannon Logan's lucky life: from the tennis court to the record store
Chronic illness forced Shannon to make a new life and music led her to it.
View ArticleMental Health Week: Patrick McGorry
Patrick McGorry believes the growing awareness of mental health issues has not been matched by action.
View Article'I had a baby and lost my mind': Post-natal psychosis recovery in Perth's...
Keryn Bradbury had her first baby in 2012, and within a week, childbirth triggered a frightening illness that affects just a few women per thousand.
View ArticleThe life of broadcaster Amanda Keller
Amanda shares stories from her life and some of her most painfully embarrassing moments.
View ArticleHealth and disease: conversations with people working in medicine
Close encounters with the body and brain in a collection of conversations with outstanding medical professionals.
View ArticleAbortion clinic at Midland in Perth to be site of 40-day prayer vigil
A religious organisation with origins in the United States announces plans to set up a prayer vigil outside a Perth abortion clinic during Lent.
View ArticleMark Cross: changing minds and normalising mental health care
Mark is driven to improve our common knowledge of mental illness.
View ArticleApple a day increases life expectancy for older women, Perth researchers find
Perth medical researchers who tracked women for 15 years find eating an apple every day is associated with a 35 per cent decrease in mortality.
View ArticleChristine Bryden is defying and re-defining dementia
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at 46, Christine has outlived her expected prognosis by a decade.
View ArticleWanted: Perfectionist mothers for study on preventing post-natal depression
Researchers at Perth's Curtin University are recruiting pregnant women for a study on tackling perfectionism in new mothers.
View ArticleMidwife Lisa Peberdy and the business of everyday miracles
Lisa was a reluctant midwife, but now adores the profession.
View ArticleComedian Jean Kittson is tackling the taboos of menopause
Jean Kittson is a comedian, writer and performer. (R)
View ArticleElisa Black: anxiety and me
How Elisa tamed the anxiety that's dogged her since childhood.
View ArticleCory Taylor on dying for beginners
For a decade, Cory lived with the certainty of her death from melanoma-related brain cancer.
View ArticleElection 2016: How $1 million would make a difference
Meet the local decision makers who believe a federal cash injection will not only change and improve their communities but have national flow-on effects.
View ArticleCancer researchers hope breast density key to reducing risk of disease
A pilot study into breast density among young women is being launched by West Australian researchers in the hope of reducing cancer risk later in life.
View ArticleAntonia Hayes: confronting shaken baby syndrome
Antonia's life fractured in a single day and her son's life hung in the balance. (R)
View ArticleThe Seven Ages of Woman
Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man may be one of the playwright's most quoted passages. But what about the Seven Ages of Woman?
View ArticleSanitary vending machines aim to restore dignity to homeless women around...
Dealing with your monthly period when you haven't got money is a harsh reality of life for homeless women but new vending machines being rolled out in capital cities are trying to change that.
View ArticleA stitch in time saves days for disadvantaged women with no access to...
Girls in developing countries can miss up to eight months of school over three years because they are menstruating and have poor access to hygiene products, so volunteers in Perth are trying to help.
View ArticlePerth pregnancy education service The Bump fights to stay open after funding cut
There are fears a popular Perth non-for-profit service for pregnant women may have to close after running out of government funding.
View ArticleMiracle babies: Helping parents of premature babies feel less alone
Premature babies who survive against all odds are called miracle babies. Their birth comes with a lot of stress for mothers, but one foundation is working to provide support.
View ArticleBehind their smiles, skimpies juggle the stigma of their profession with FIFO...
Many skimpies work long days and late nights as fly-in fly-out labourers around WA, but behind their smiles they battle the stigma of their work.
View ArticlePerth clinic offers bulk-billed IVF treatment in WA first
A new Perth clinic is offering bulk-billed IVF services, removing a major financial barrier for couples seeking fertility treatment.
View ArticleSurviving breast cancer four times and how one trip to the GP changed a life...
Adele Given is 45 and understands the gruelling process of surviving breast cancer better than most. After four diagnoses, she accepts her ongoing battle is a part of her life.
View ArticleAriana Pila's remarkable recovery from the rare disease anti-NMDA receptor...
Ariana Pila was in a comatose state 12 months ago, unable to eat, walk or talk after contracting anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. But following a miraculous recovery, she is now planning to walk the...
View ArticlePost office worker allegedly sexually assaulted, attacked after testifying in...
A witness asked by investigators to hold evidence at her workplace was allegedly attacked by the man she testified against and is living in fear after he was allowed back to her small town.
View ArticleBotox in the bush: The FIFO cosmetic clinics keeping billion-dollar industry...
Australia's billion-dollar cosmetics industry is making inroads into remote areas, bringing Botox to the bush, but health regulators are warning people to do their research.
View ArticleAFLW to kick off as temps soar, but when is it too hot for football?
The AFLW kicks off this weekend, but with temperatures forecast to reach 37 degrees in some football cities, players will be doing all they can to avoid heat stress.
View ArticleFreebirthing health warning for mothers who want to have their child at home
Health professionals are warning pregnant women about the risks of giving birth at home without medical help, while a new mother has described welcoming her son into the world in her lounge room as the...
View ArticleKing Edward Memorial Hospital in Subiaco to be closed, new hospital built at...
Health Minister Roger Cook confirms Perth's King Edward Memorial Hospital will be moved from Subiaco to the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre in Nedlands, as part of a plan for the future of health...
View ArticleStolen Mother's Days how an Indigenous family finds strength in the horrors...
Mother's Day can be a painful time for members of the Stolen Generations, but it can also be a source of pride and strength for those who have maintained unbreakable bonds spanning generations.
View ArticleThousands of mental health patient transfers show need for more clinicians in...
Australians suffering acute mental health episodes in rural and remote areas are increasingly having to travel far from family and friends for life-saving treatment, leading to calls for more...
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