Women's Health • 21st January 2024

TikTok is telling us to ‘cycle sync’ our diet, but should we be listening?

Today, menstrual cycles, monthlies, menses, or whichever euphemism you prefer, seem to be a regular talking point among TikTok users.

Women's Health • 14th October 2022

Tokophobia: inside the extreme fear of childbirth we need to talk about

If, like most of the nation, your first exposure to childbirth looked like watching a woman scream in agony while clad in a pale blue hospital gown during a scene of Casualty, you'll understand a fear of labour.

Metro • 30th September 2022

Why aren't ethnic minority women getting their smear tests?

If the thought of a complete stranger perched between your legs while using a brush to collect a sample of cells from your cervix doesn’t fill you with joy, you’re not alone.

Women's Health • 2nd June 2022

'Giving birth during the pandemic left me with postnatal PTSD'

It’s the middle of the night and Karen is sitting in bed, bolt upright. Her heart is pounding as she struggles to get air looping in and out of her lungs. Her clothes, damp with sweat, cling to her body. In the darkness, she looks to her right, catching sight of her baby girl who is sound asleep.

Women's Health • 8th March 2022

Why Bridging the Gender Health Gap Requires an Intersectional Approach + The Women Doing Their Bit

Cast your mind back 100, even 50 years ago, and it’s easy to frame the trajectory of women’s health and wellbeing in the UK as an upward, positive one. But we’ve also got a gender health gap so cavernous that it’s the largest in the G20. (You know, the 20 countries with the world's biggest economies.)

Stylist • 24th February 2022

“If the pain was that bad you’d be screaming”: what women of colour go through when they’re sick

Last week the NHS Race and Health Observatory published its Ethnic Inequalities In Healthcare review. Created in 2020 when it emerged that a disproportionate number of people from ethnic minority groups were dying because of coronavirus, the observatory’s findings are damning.

Glamour UK • 26th September 2021

It's the most popular method of contraception in the world, so why are so few women getting sterilised in the UK?

“I always knew that when I finished having children I wanted to get sterilised," says 32-year-old Olivia*. “I know that sounds strange and extreme to a lot of people, but I’d much prefer not to have to deal with other methods of contraception, especially hormonal ones.

Women's Health • 2nd August 2021

'I Breastfed My Children – But These Are 4 Things No One Told Me’

Before I ever became a mum I knew that I wanted to breastfeed. The old adage 'breast is best' is something I’d always remembered, even before having children.

Stylist • 16th June 2021

Sincere advice on what you shouldn’t say to someone trying to conceive

On the surface, asking a woman when she’s going to have a baby seems like an innocent enough question. One so common that the average person would consider it nothing more than a throwaway query that would flitter from their mind as quickly as the words left their mouth.

Women's Health • 29th October 2020

These 11 Pregnancy Apps Will Help You Navigate Expecting With a Little More Ease

With the UK on the brink of a second wave of Covid-19, life for pregnant women and people, who the NHS lists as being at 'moderate risk' of the virus, may feel especially isolating right now.

Flo.health • 28th April 2019

Abnormal Pap smear: What happens next?

Receiving an abnormal Pap smear result can be scary, but it’s also very common and often nothing to worry about. Here, an OB-GYN explains how common abnormal Pap smears are, what causes them, and what happens next.

Women's Health • 18th June 2021

Why Do Some People Get Eczema, What Are the Triggers and How Is It Treated?

As far as skin conditions go, eczema – also known as dermatitis – is one of the most well-known. Atopic eczema, which is the most common type, affects up to one in 10 adults and two in 10 children in the UK, according to some estimates.