Let my recent silence bear testament to the truth of what shall follow… I have succumbed to the dreaded autumnal lurgy. Don’t let this happen to you, Ladies! “But what can I do?” I hear your anxious refrain. The truth is that sometimes, despite your best efforts, you WON’T be able to...

Welcome back to Contraceptive Central, ladies! If you checked out the range of hormonal contraceptive options in my last post and decided they weren’t for you, don’t despair- this week I have a veritable smorgasbord of non-hormonal contraceptive methods on the menu. So let’s see if we...

Happy New Contraceptive! Yes, I know it’s getting a little late in the year to be saying “Happy New…” anything, but contraceptives usually do lag a bit on the resolution priority scale. Women everywhere seem to be fired up at the moment about losing weight, exercising, dieting or...

Now that all the excitement has died down from my seemingly controversial post about pap smears, I’m sticking my head up out of the bunker with white flag in hand and a little peace offering for the holiday season: my quick guide to What You DON’T Want for Christmas. UNWANTED PREGNANCY How...

Following on from my previous post about Gardasil for guys we’re heading back to the heartland of women’s health: the Pap smear. I’m sure this is a subject as near and dear to your heart (well, perhaps a little lower) as it is to mine, and after our recent focus on Human Papillomavirus...

Today on HerCanberra, we welcome Dr Kelly Teagle who joins us as our resident Women’s Health expert. In her first post, she fills you on on her favourite medical “wheelbarrow”: the cervical cancer vaccine. We’ve talked about Gardasil before and how it’s a no brainer to...