Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is often treated like secret women’s business that few women know or want to talk about until it is far too late. Yet, according to the Continence Foundation of Australia (CFA), one in five Australian women will require medical help for a prolapse during their lifetime. What Is A Pelvic Organ…
Thousands of Australians suffer from intensely painful and debilitating headaches. According to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic, a primary headache is triggered by “problems with or over activity of pain-sensitive structures in your head.” Moreover, the muscles of your head and neck, the nerves or blood vessels surrounding your skull, chemical activity in your brain, or…
Headaches can be one of the most common afflictions encountered during pregnancy. Headaches may be experienced at any time during your pregnancy, although they tend to manifest themselves during the first and third trimesters. To date, doctors have not been able to identify precisely why being pregnant triggers headaches. Some researchers point to the hormonal…
Do you ever feel a slight discharge of urine, or struggle to ‘hold it’ before reaching the toilet? Then you may be one of the thousands who suffer from a common condition called urinary incontinence. It is thought some 37% or 4,440,000 women in Australia experience urinary incontinence. Many who experience ‘incontinence’ feel too ashamed or…