Womens health Archives - Empoword Journalism

Periods Are Quietly Derailing Women’s Career Progression

Sasha White — Sat, 31 May 2025 03:27:25 +0000

Periods are disrupting women's career progression as the workplace fails to reflect the fluctuation of the menstrual cycle, a new survey has revealed.

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Breast Implant Illness: A Sickness Hidden In Plain Sight

Maya Dhillon — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 20:36:56 +0000

Breast implant illness (BII) describes a collection of health issues ascribed to breast implants. It is a health problem that affects thousands of women every year. Yet, there is no formal recognition or diagnosis of BII in the UK or US.

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Why Don’t We Take Women’s Chronic Pain Seriously?

Laura Frances — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:16:13 +0000

For those living with chronic pain, each day is a balancing act of managing pain levels, fighting bone-deep exhaustion, and trying to keep stress levels at bay. But for women living with chronic pain, the impact it has on their lives can be made even worse when society doesn’t take it seriously.

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Abortion ban causes Poland’s birth rate to crash

Eleanor Domin — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 12:20:54 +0000

After a near total ban of abortion, the number of legal abortions has fallen by 90% in Poland, during the first year alone. Studies have said the ‘całkowity zakaz aborcji’ (full abortion ban) will start to affect fertility rates in the country.

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