September 8, 2009 – 11:13am
Taking a genetic test can be a lifesaver for some people, but it can also pose a dilemma when it comes to life insurance.
A new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia has found the prospect of increased premiums, or even refusal from insurers, is putting off as much as half of the community [...]
Nipple and breast pain, mastitis, low milk supply, medical problems and the baby being tongue-tied can all create problems with breastfeeding. “It’s not uncommon to get sore nipples when you start breastfeeding,” says Dr Lisa Amir, lecturer and researcher at the Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society (KCWHS). “It’s a big shock to the [...]
Dr Rebecca Bentley and colleagues were recently awarded a VicHealth (Victorian Health Promotion Foundation) Project Grant to investigate the mitigating negative health outcomes of vulnerable & precarious housing. This exciting project will bring together researchers from several different institutions who will collaborate to investigate this project. Click here to watch the full VicHealth Newsroom [...]
Paid maternity leave will increase the value our nation places on paid and unpaid work of mothers according to University of Melbourne researcher Amanda Cooklin.
Ms Cooklin says the inclusion in tomorrow’s budget of an 18-week paid parental leave scheme which will begin nationally from January 2011, is an “historic and important decision”. Click here [...]
January 19, 2009 – 9:38am
Dr Heather Rowe and colleagues the Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, found that bad timing is the most common reason for women seeking abortions at the Royal Women’s Hospital. The study, that is the first in Victoria to look at women who considered aborting unplanned pregnancies, analysed 3018 women seeking terminations between October [...]
September 23, 2008 – 12:42pm
The Use of Formula for Babies Presents Avoidable Dangers
Dr Lisa Amir, Lecturer at the Key Centre for Womens Health in Society, says powdered infant formula is not a sterile product and that it may contain bacteria. Click here to read Dr Amir’s opinion piece in The Age, 23 September 2008.
Professor Anne Kavanagh, Director, Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society – comments on the findings of the WISDOM Study, on The Australian, online. Click here to read the full release.
Dr Louise Keogh - NHMRC Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society reports that a large number of cases of breast cancer in women at high risk of the disease could be prevented if anti-oestrogen medications were used. Reported on the ABC online. Click here to read the full release.