This Week in Women's Health: Top 5 Updates
🌟 Our Director and Founder, Dr Talat Uppal, will be speaking alongside other trailblazers at the 2024 Women’s Health and Wellbeing Summit, hosted by Women’s Agenda on September 4, in Sydney. This event will bring together experts to support the health and well-being of Australian women at home and at work. Get your ticket now!
🩸 The Australian Government will provide free pads and tampons to women and girls in remote First Nations communities to address period poverty and reduce cost-of-living pressures.
🔴The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care have released the updated Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care standard.
• HMB affects one in four Australian women of reproductive age.
• Less than half of women with HMB seek medical care and many women report that when they do ask for help, their concerns are not taken seriously.
• Australia's hysterectomy rate for non-cancerous reasons has decreased by 20% over the last eight years, alongside a 10% increase in endometrial ablations.
💪 The Allan Government is investing $18 million to improve women's health in Victoria, enabling 12 women's health organisations to focus on sexual and reproductive health, chronic illness, and reducing family violence.
📰 The Conversation released an interesting article revealing the need for gender-specific epilepsy treatments, acknowledging that hormonal fluctuations in women significantly impact seizure frequency and advocating for tailored therapies to improve their quality of life.
