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Falling Birth Rates Lack of knowledge about infertility

The recently concluded Starting Families Asia Study involving 1,000 women across 10 Asian countries, including Malaysia, has revealed critical knowledge gaps about fertility, the key causes of...

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My Bra, My Best Friend

Does your bra shift when you move your arms? Does your bra strap slip off your shoulder every now and then? Do you have excess fat bulging under your arms and above the band of your bra? Do your back...

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G-Strings – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

By Datuk Dr Nor Ashikin Mokhtar Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Founder, Prima Nora Medical Centre G-strings, the tiny piece of underwear mostly worn by women, have been all the rage...

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Killer Heels Shoes worth dying for?

High heels are often described as shoes to die for. Seen as staple items for modern women, high heels are worn to show a certain degree of authority, independence, femininity as well as sexuality. In...

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G-Strings The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

By Datuk Dr Nor Ashikin Mokhtar, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Founder, Prima Nora Medical Centre G-strings, the tiny piece of underwear mostly worn by women, have been all the rage...

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Know Your Vagina

By Dr Ho Choon Moy, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Pantai Hospital Cheras    Many women shy away when the word ‘vagina’ is mentioned or discussed. Some call it ‘private parts’; others...

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Must Do Health Tests for Women

We are often bombarded with alarming statistics related to diseases such as breast cancer, which is the main type of cancer that affects women in Malaysia and around the world. While there is no...

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Are You ‘Breast’ Aware?

By Edeline Anne Goh There’s no doubt about it — educating yourself about breast cancer could mean the difference between life and death. In conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness month, we’ve...

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Va Jay Jay 101

Women may break through glass ceilings at work, handle a tire change like a pro or even beat the boys at an arm wrestling match thanks to all those hours at the gym but we’re often in the dark about...

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Common Health Conditions that Affect Women

  Over hundreds of years, the female form has been seen as a figure of perfection in art and sculpture but in the everyday world, a woman’s body usually becomes the cause of a lot of stress and worry....

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Women’s health – more than just maternal issues

From how you react to medication, to the way you are treated by doctors, being a woman can affect your health in rather unexpected ways  When Haliza Mahmud started experiencing severe menstrual...

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Ending violence against women

The United Nations has earmarked November 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Priya Kulasagaran looks at the depth of the phenomenon, and speaks to survivors...

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Behind closed doors

While intimate partner violence is publicly condemned, there is still a tendency to place blame on the victims. Two women tell their stories of why they stayed in abusive relationships and what made...

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Of monsters and men

A young rape survivor shares her experience of dealing with the trauma of sexual violence One of the most prevailing myths about sexual violence, such as rape and sexual assault, is that the people...

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

To raise more awareness of gender-based violence, the United Nations observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25th every year. Violence against women...

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