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Women's health

Letter to the editor

Updating the diagnosis and management of iron deficiency in the era of routine ferritin testing of blood donors by Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Jason Abbott, Kirsten I Black and Elizabeth Marles

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 422-422 Free

Research

The prevalence of intimate partner violence in Australia: a national survey

Ben Mathews, Kelsey L Hegarty, Harriet L MacMillan, Monica Madzoska, Holly E Erskine, Rosana Pacella, James G Scott, Hannah Thomas, Franziska Meinck, Daryl Higgins, David M Lawrence, Divna Haslam, Sara Roetman, Eva Malacova and Timothy Cubitt

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): n/a-n/a Free

Perspective

The potential of maternal and child health service data in Australia: how lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic can accelerate data‐informed decision making

Ashleigh Shipton, Meredith O'Connor, Melissa Wake, Sharon Goldfeld, Helen Lees, Catina Adams, Kristina Edvardsson, Leesa Hooker, Jatender Mohal, Rhiannon M Pilkington and Fiona K Mensah

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): 377-380 Free

Research

Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding: prevalence and characteristics from young adulthood to midlife, Australia, 2000–2021: a longitudinal cohort survey study

Louise Wilson, Tessa Copp, Martha Hickey, Bec Jenkinson, Susan J Jordan, Rachel Thompson, Gita D Mishra and Jenny A Doust

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 191-197 Free

Research

Consideration of sex and gender: an analysis of Australian clinical guidelines

Maggie Kirkman, Tomoko Honda, Steve J McDonald, Sally Green, Karen Walker‐Bone, Ingrid Winship and Jane R W Fisher

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (4): 205-209 Free

Letter to the Editor

A summary of the 2023 Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) hypertension in pregnancy guidelines

Cathy Latino and Oyekoya T Ayonrinde

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 158-158 Free

Letter to the editor

National Hypertension Taskforce of Australia: a roadmap to achieve 70% blood pressure control in Australia by 2030

Madeleine M Cosgrave, Catherine A Brumby, Matthew A Roberts and Lawrence P McMahon

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 104-104 Free

Letter to the editor

National Hypertension Taskforce of Australia: a roadmap to achieve 70% blood pressure control in Australia by 2030

Aletta E Schutte and Markus Schlaich

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 104-105 Free

Perspective

Stroke in young women: the need for targeted prevention and treatment strategies

Cheryl Carcel, Kylie Tastula and Amanda Henry

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 571-572 Free

Letter to the editor

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Naomi CA Whyler, Sushena Krishnaswamy and Michelle L Giles

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 396-396 Free

Perspective

Pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period: opportunities to improve lifetime outcomes for women with non‐communicable diseases

Jenny A Ramson, Myfanwy J Williams, Bosede B Afolabi, Stephen Colagiuri, Kenneth W Finlayson, Bianca Hemmingsen, Kartik K Venkatesh and Doris Chou

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 350-353 Free

Editorial

Improving the uptake of highly effective contraception by women using teratogenic medications

Sarah Donald

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 365-366 Free

Research

Concurrent use of hormonal long‐acting reversible contraception by women of reproductive age dispensed teratogenic medications, Australia, 2013–2021: a retrospective cohort study

Luke E Grzeskowiak, Vivienne Moore, Kelly Hall, Jenni Ilomäki, Danielle Schoenaker, Elizabeth Lovegrove, Danielle Mazza, Kirsten I Black, Debra S Kennedy, Michael J Davies and Alice Rumbold

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 367-373 Free

Research

General practitioners’ views and experiences of postpartum contraception counselling and provision: a qualitative–descriptive study

Jenna K Perkins, Sharon James, Danielle Mazza and Jessica R Botfield

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 381-385 Free

Research letter

Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: cross‐sectional study of women attending a Perth sexual health clinic, 2019–20

Mariana Galrao, Catherine B Brooker, Alison Creagh, Richelle Douglas and Sarah Smith

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 386-388 Free

Guideline summary

Summary of the 2023 international evidence‐based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome: an Australian perspective

Helena J Teede, Aya Mousa, Chau T Tay, Michael F Costello, Leah Brennan, Robert J Norman, Alexia S Pena, Jacqueline A Boyle, Anju Joham, Lorna Berry and Lisa Moran

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 389-395 Free

Perspective

Leave no‐one behind: reducing health disparities for women experiencing homelessness in Australia

Lisa J Wood and Rhiannon C Villiers

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 354-356 Free

Guideline summary

Recommendations from the 2024 Australian evidence‐based guideline for unexplained infertility: ADAPTE process from the ESHRE evidence‐based guideline on unexplained infertility

Michael F Costello, Robert J Norman, Luk Rombauts, Cynthia M Farquhar, Lisa Bedson, Marlene Kong, Clare V Boothroyd, Rebecca Kerner, Rhonda M Garad, Trudy Loos, Madeline Flanagan, Ben W Mol, Aya Mousa, Daniela Romualdi, Baris Ata, Ernesto Bosch, Samuel Santos‐Ribeiro, Ksenija Gersak, Roy Homburg, Nathalie Le Clef, Mina Mincheva, Terhi Piltonen, Sara Somers, Sesh K Sunkara, Harold Verhoeve and Helena J Teede, For the Australian NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Reproductive Life UI Guideline Network and the ESHRE guideline group for unexplained infertility

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 438-446 Free

Perspective

Pharmaceuticals in pregnancy: a multifaceted challenge in Australia

Stefan C Kane, Renuka Shanmugalingam and Amanda Henry

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (7): 357-359 Free

Editorial

The resurgence of congenital syphilis in Australia: novel approaches and sustained, effective public health efforts are required

Stephanie Bond and Marcus Y Chen

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 195-196 Free

Research

Obesity in women giving birth in Victoria, 2010–2019: a retrospective cohort study

Yvonne E Baker, Glyn Teale, Vidanka Vasilevski, Alemayehu Mekonnen and Linda Sweet

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (3): 162-168 Free

Research

Evaluation of the Cultural, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Program with Aboriginal women in the Boronia Pre‐Release Centre for Women: a mixed methods study

Pat Dudgeon (Bardi), Ee Pin Chang, Joan Chan, Carolyn Mascall, Gillian King (Noongar), Jemma R Collova and Angela Ryder (Noongar)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 55-60 Free

Perspectives

The role of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the prevention of preterm birth

Joanna YX Fu, Carol A Wang, Elyse C Mead, Jason Phung, Maria Makrides and Craig E Pennell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (10): 502-504 Free

Guideline summary

A summary of the 2023 Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) hypertension in pregnancy guideline

Renuka Shanmugalingam, Helen L Barrett, Amanda Beech, Lucy Bowyer, Tim Crozier, Amanda Davidson, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Kerrie Doyle, Luke Grzeskowiak, Nicole Hall, Hicham Ibrahim Cheikh Hassan, Annemarie Hennessy, Amanda Henry, David Langsford, Vincent WS Lee, Zachary Munn, Michael J Peek, Joanne M Said, Helen Tanner, Rachel Taylor, Meredith Ward, Jason Waugh, Linda LY Yen, Ellie Medcalf, Katy JL Bell, Deonna Ackermann, Robin Turner and Angela Makris

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 582-591 Free

Editorials

Ending the neglect of menstrual pain in adolescents is the key to improving outcomes for people with persistent pelvic pain

Courtney Munro and Sonia R Grover

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 459-460 Free