Initiative launched to preserve fertility for children with cancer
A new national initiative will bring hope to families affected by childhood cancers. Over the next five years, hundreds of children and young adults with cancer will be offered fertility preservation to start families of their own later in life.
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Making access to fertility services more equitableThe Royal Women’s Hospital has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by the Victorian Minister for Health to invest $70 million to establish public fertility care services in Victoria.
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Landmark study finds women opting in to IVF ‘add-ons’Research conducted here at the Women's has found that many Australian women are opting to purchase unproven IVF add-ons in an effort to improve their chances of having a baby.
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Remembering lives lost from family violence in VictoriaOur hospital will light up purple this Wednesday night (5 May) alongside landmarks and monuments in Melbourne and across Victoria to remember the women and children who have died as a result of family violence.
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Associate Professor of Allied Health to lead improvement in women’s and neonatal healthA new joint role has been announced by the Melbourne School of Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, the Women’s and the Mercy Hospital for Women to help improve the lives of women and babies in Victoria.
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Endometriosis research now underway after $3.9m funding boostOur researchers are launching three projects in the coming days, part of a major new program of research aiming to improve the lives of women and girls with endometriosis and persistent pelvic pain.
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Kick-starting a new narrative for older womenA new Melbourne exhibition is celebrating the strength and beauty of older women and challenging negative stereotypes of aging with a varied program of arts and events at Abbotsford Convent.
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