Guardian Australia, Monday 14 December 2015 15.36 AEDT More than one in five women giving birth in Australia are now aged 35 or over, the latest official figures show. The latest birth data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the proportion of mothers aged 35 and older who gave birth increased by four percentage points to 22% in the decade to 2013. Women who gave birth aged...
Medical Xpress, July 1, 2015 A study of nearly 1,000 teens found that sexually active obese adolescents were significantly less likely to use contraception than normal weight peers, putting them at higher risk of unintended pregnancy. Obese adolescents who did use contraception were also less likely to use it consistently, according to the University of Michigan Health System study that appears...
ACON, 18 March 2015
A world leading study shows that lesbian, bisexual and queer women experience a range of poor health outcomes including high rates of mental health issues, and rates of smoking and risky alcohol use much higher than those of women in the general population.
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