Taking the Pill? There is an app for that.

The oral contraceptive pill is most effective when taken at the same time every day. With increasingly busy lives it can be difficult to remember to…


Federal Department of Health Investigating Abortion Pill Phone Service

The federal department of health is investigating a service providing women with the "abortion pill" over the phone. The service was launched on…


Considering an abortion? We are a phone call away

Considering an abortion? We are a phone call away

When considering termination of pregnancy you need to be assured you receive the highest standard of care. There is no substitute for seeing an…


Pope urges pardon for women who abort

Pope urges pardon for women who abort

1 September 2015 Pope Francis has called on priests to pardon women who have abortions, and the doctors who perform them, during the upcoming Jubilee…


HPV Vaccine Provides Herd Immunity

HPV Vaccine Provides Herd Immunity

An Australian study has found that seven years after the implementation of the schools-based HPV vaccination program there has been a small but…


Ultrasound from War to Ward

Ultrasound from War to Ward

Now a standard feature in hospital wards and private clinics, ultrasound was developed over fifty years ago by a team of researchers in Glasgow, led…


Sydney Study of Post Abortion LARC

Sydney Study of Post Abortion LARC

Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, University of Sydney has examined the uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC)…


Why blog? Because Sydney teens prefer it.

Why blog? Because Sydney teens prefer it.

It seems Sydney teenagers head to cyber space for sex education instead of relying on lessons or their parents.  In fact the trend is Australia……


Sydney research shows gonorrhoea and chlamydia increase risk of preterm birth

Sydney research shows gonorrhoea and chlamydia increase risk of preterm birth

Research shows that infection with chlamydia and gonorrhoea preconception or antenatally increases the risk of pregnancy complications. Researchers…


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Bill Gates Funding Next Generation Condom

Bill and Melinda Gates have awarded The University of Wollongong $100,000 in funding to develop skin-like condoms. Researchers at the university are…