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Monash IVF has reached confidential settlements with families impacted by embryo mix-ups at its Brisbane and Clayton clinics.

Monash IVF pays millions to families after horror embryo mix-ups

Families involved in two horror mix-ups that saw women implanted with the wrong embryos have received massive secret settlements from Monash IVF.

  • Grant McArthur

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Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek.

Plibersek blasts MAFS for featuring contestant who wanted a woman ‘obedient’ like a dog

Australia’s social services minister urged parents to stop their children watching Married at First Sight, the nation’s most popular reality-TV show.

  • Brittany Busch and Meg Watson
Dr Shivani Pasricha, a laboratory head in the department of infectious diseases at the Doherty Institute.

Melbourne device could prove ‘game changing’ for sexual health

A laptop-sized piece of medical equipment is set to cut days off STI test results and offer more accurate results by searching for distinct genetic “barcodes”.

  • Broede Carmody
Claire Atkins says being prescribed testosterone for distressingly low libido after menopause has restored the healthy sex life in her marriage.

Testosterone saved Claire’s sex life, but women still pay more for it than men

Women’s health specialists say the decision to knock back the menopause treatment is sexist, but there are concerns intense public demand is not backed by scientific evidence.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Hannah Kennelly before her laparoscopic surgery in 2024.

I was 10 when I started feeling the pain, but well into adulthood before anyone believed me

My experience is vastly different to the traumatic experiences Dr Simon Gordon’s patients endured. But the common denominator between us is a deep and desperate desire for our pain to be believed.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Isabelle Metaxotos with Dr Simon Gordon in hospital after he removed her left ovary and fallopian tube in 2025.

‘It makes no sense’: Minister blasts secrecy over investigation of gynaecologist

Amid a blame game over the handling of allegations that a gynaecologist was performing unnecessary surgery, the state government is pressing for changes.

  • Liam Mannix and Henrietta Cook
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Isabelle Metaxotos (right) with Dr Simon Gordon in hospital after he surgically removed her left ovary and fallopian tube in 2025.

Class action looms over allegations against endometriosis doctor

Melbourne gynaecologist Dr Simon Gordon is under investigation by the medical regulator over allegations he performed unnecessary endometriosis surgeries on women.

  • Liam Mannix and Henrietta Cook
Isabelle Metaxotos says she now believes her ovary did not need to be removed.

‘I’m grieving my old body’: How a young woman lost her ovary to a surgeon now under investigation

The federal health minister has requested scrutiny of clinical governance at the Epworth hospital after allegations that one of its surgeons performed unnecessary surgeries to treat endometriosis.

  • Henrietta Cook
Alexandra Armstrong had her Fallopian tubes removed last year.

This surgery could slash the risk of the deadliest female cancer by almost 80%

A new study is shining a light on a procedure that can help prevent ovarian cancer.

  • Paula Goodyer
Health is one area where women are perceived to come out on top.

These five health issues affect women more than men. Here’s how to combat them

On average, women live longer than men. But when it comes to their health, that isn’t the full picture.

  • Emily Craig