Women’s health

Karen Farquharson is supporting and empowering women through the Menopause Aberdeen Facebook page.

Health & Wellbeing

‘I turned the worst experience of my life into a positive one’: Meet the Kingswells menopause campaigner who is empowering women

September 26, 2024

Mollie King opened up about motherhood, her father’s death and her relationship with Stuart Broad in the interview with Women’s Health (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Music

Mollie King: Becoming a mother and losing my father was hardest I’ve been pushed

May 24, 2024

Many women suffer monthly due to intense period pain or other menstrual issues - so why don't we talk about it at work? (Image: GBallGigsPhoto/Shutterstock)

Opinion

Juliet Nwafor: Open conversations about periods at work would benefit everybody

August 15, 2023

Examples of placards held by the 40 Days for Life anti-abortion group, displayed at a 2019 rally in George Square, Glasgow (Image: Kelly Neilson/Shutterstock)

Opinion

Gemma Clark: US-funded anti-abortion protestors aren’t praying for women, but preying on them

April 17, 2023

Women can experience certain health concerns and issues throughout different stages of life (Image: adriaticfoto/Shutterstock)

Opinion

Mohamed Abdel-Fattah: Celebrating five years of vital women’s health research in Aberdeen

March 21, 2023

Comedian Sara Pascoe said she is determined to share a positive message around IVF during her stand-up shows (Rachel Sherlock/PA)

TV & Film

Sara Pascoe determined to ‘normalise’ IVF during comedy shows

January 6, 2023

Aberdeen councillors have rejected calls for buffer zones - saying a national policy should be imposed instead. Image: Paul Glendell/ DC Thomson

Health & Wellbeing

City council rejects buffer zone byelaw, calling for national scheme instead

December 14, 2022

Arleen Cameron became a doula following the birth of her first child. Image: Wullie Marr/ DC Thomson

Health & Wellbeing

Aberdeen doula: The ‘lightbulb moment’ that led me to birth coaching

November 4, 2022

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On a mission: Maria Anderson is determined to break the silence surrounding the perimenopause and the menopause. Photos supplied by Maria Anderson.

Lifestyle

Inverness midwife breaks silence on the perimenopause

October 16, 2022

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Abi Clarke hopes the podcast can help break the taboo around miscarriage. Picture by Darrell Benns

Health & Wellbeing

Aberdeen miscarriage charity launches podcast to let parents know they’re ‘not alone’

August 3, 2022

Health & Wellbeing

Scotland set to introduce certificates for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks

July 26, 2022

Maria Craib and her husband Gary at William's memorial holding up a stone which says "In loving memory of a truly cherished son, always in our hearts"

Health & Wellbeing

‘So rare it isn’t spoken about’: Aberdeenshire mum’s near-fatal abdominal ectopic pregnancy

May 30, 2022

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Florence Igboayaka, director of the Period Place and author of the Period Comic. Picture by Goyit Photos

Health & Wellbeing

Aberdeen author on a mission to educate youngsters and tackle period stigma

May 28, 2022

Gillian Mackay MSP wants to create protest buffer zones outside abortion clinics and hospitals.

Scottish politics

Abortion buffer zones: Everything you need to know about proposed law in Scotland

May 19, 2022

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Health & Wellbeing

Aberdeen mum’s baby joy after losing fallopian tube during ectopic pregnancy

May 17, 2022

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Entertainment

Hilary Duff: ‘I am proud of my body’ as she poses nude for Women’s Health cover

May 11, 2022

Anji Sandhu designed the app PCOS Buddy, and is now hoping to trial it in Aberdeen ahead of an autumn launch.

Health & Wellbeing

‘Revolutionary’ Aberdeen app could help hundreds manage PCOS

May 2, 2022

Charity Asthma + Lung UK has found more than twice as many women than men have died from asthma in Scotland since 2016 - with female hormones thought to be connected.

Health & Wellbeing

Scottish women ‘almost twice as likely’ to die from asthma than men – with hormones thought to play role

April 27, 2022

Linsey Singers experienced a severe depressive episode following the birth of her son.

Scottish politics

North-east mum says she ‘wouldn’t be here’ without mother and baby unit

March 29, 2022

Scottish politics

This Is Going To Hurt: BBC drama would end in death if it happened in Caithness, says campaigner

February 12, 2022

Health & Wellbeing

‘It got really bad’: Shetlander discusses endometriosis battle as MSP calls for women to get diagnosed faster

January 19, 2022

TV & Film

Davina McCall on embracing her fifties and ‘shedding the shackles of inhibition’

December 29, 2021

Scotland is the first country in the UK to have a Women's Health Plan, which outlines changes in areas including menopause, heart health, menstrual health, and sexual health.

Scottish politics

Scotland sets out bid to become ‘world leaders’ in women’s health

August 20, 2021

Vicky Chapman, 32, who was diagnosed with endometriosis aged 29 welcomes the draft plan.

Scottish politics

Endometriosis: ‘Thousands’ could be helped by women’s health plan

August 5, 2021

Women’s health

‘I turned the worst experience of my life into a positive one’: Meet the Kingswells menopause campaigner who is empowering women

Mollie King: Becoming a mother and losing my father was hardest I’ve been pushed

Juliet Nwafor: Open conversations about periods at work would benefit everybody

Gemma Clark: US-funded anti-abortion protestors aren’t praying for women, but preying on them

Mohamed Abdel-Fattah: Celebrating five years of vital women’s health research in Aberdeen

Sara Pascoe determined to ‘normalise’ IVF during comedy shows

City council rejects buffer zone byelaw, calling for national scheme instead

Aberdeen doula: The ‘lightbulb moment’ that led me to birth coaching

Inverness midwife breaks silence on the perimenopause

Aberdeen miscarriage charity launches podcast to let parents know they’re ‘not alone’

Scotland set to introduce certificates for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks

‘So rare it isn’t spoken about’: Aberdeenshire mum’s near-fatal abdominal ectopic pregnancy

Aberdeen author on a mission to educate youngsters and tackle period stigma

Abortion buffer zones: Everything you need to know about proposed law in Scotland

Aberdeen mum’s baby joy after losing fallopian tube during ectopic pregnancy

Hilary Duff: ‘I am proud of my body’ as she poses nude for Women’s Health cover

‘Revolutionary’ Aberdeen app could help hundreds manage PCOS

Scottish women ‘almost twice as likely’ to die from asthma than men – with hormones thought to play role

North-east mum says she ‘wouldn’t be here’ without mother and baby unit

This Is Going To Hurt: BBC drama would end in death if it happened in Caithness, says campaigner

‘It got really bad’: Shetlander discusses endometriosis battle as MSP calls for women to get diagnosed faster

Davina McCall on embracing her fifties and ‘shedding the shackles of inhibition’

Scotland sets out bid to become ‘world leaders’ in women’s health

Endometriosis: ‘Thousands’ could be helped by women’s health plan

SPONSORED: Women often look after everyone else, but are they checking their own health?

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