THE personal is political, or so the feminist slogan, which originated in the 1960s, tells us.

A mockumentary on STI sniffer dogs is racking up the views on YouTube as it attempts to shock

Women over the age of 40 are less likely to present for smear tests or use contraception, according to data from the Dublin Well Woman Centre.

One in three Irish women do not use any form of contraception and almost one in 10 rely on natural methods.

It’s two years this month since the morning-after pill went on sale over the counter. How did our sexually active young people fare since? Suzanne Harrington reports

There has been a more than 20 percent increase in Chlamydia in Dublin according to new figures from the Well Woman Centre.

WOMEN using newer versions of the contraceptive pill are at greater risk of developing potentially serious blood clots, according to two separate studies.

A WOMEN’S health expert has questioned research that found calcium pills increase the risk of heart attack.

A women's welfare group is criticising the Government's plans to abandon the HPV vaccination programme.

More than half of Irish people did not use contraception when having sex with a new partner for the first time, it was revealed today.

Naas Town councillor Darren Scully of Fine Gael has sparked controversy by suggesting some single girls are getting pregnant in order to get local authority houses.

A LEADING health charity has called for a national screening programme for one of the most common sexually transmitted infections after discovering that one in five young people attending one of its clinics had the fertility-threatening bug.

The Well Woman Centre says it has experienced a huge rise in the number of couples attending fertility clinics for treatment.

FEARS that the outsourcing of cervical smear tests for analysis in the United States may have caused some abnormal tests to slip through the net were dismissed yesterday by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

The Health Service Executive (HSE) tonight moved to allay fears doctors were making judgment calls on results from cervical smear tests carried out in the US.

A NEW cervical cancer jab may prevent more cancers than one available in Ireland since last November.

PHARMACISTS are selling the contraceptive pill to women without a prescription.

CHLAMYDIA, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility, now accounts for one third of all reported sexually transmitted infections (STI) in Ireland, new figures show.

THERE has been a significant increase in the number of detected cases of the sexually transmitted infection, Chlamydia, in recent months, according to the Well Woman Centre.

A co-ordinated national sexual health strategy is now essential to promote safer sexual health practices and achieve early disease detection, according to the Well Woman Centre.

The Well Woman Centre has called on Minister for Health Mary Harney to take immediate action to prevent what the organisation has called ‘rogue pregnancy counselling services’ from operating in the State.

There are concerns that one in 20 Irish women have chlamydia, a sexually-transmitted infection that can cause infertility.

MORE THAN one in 20 Irish women are now thought to have chlamydia even if they have no symptoms of the sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility, a study published today shows.

WOMEN are being duped by bogus pregnancy counselling agencies purporting to offer non-judgmental advice, a report by the Well Woman Centre warns.

A survey by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency has reportedly debunked the stereotype of women seeking the morning-after pill after having drunken unprotected sex.

THERE has been a dramatic decrease in the number of women seeking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) since studies established that the most common form increased the risk of breast cancer.

GARDAÍ believe there is no connection between two suspected backstreet abortions on non-national women, both of which reportedly took place in Dublin last March.

The Alliance for a No Vote has called for the morning after pill to be made available in secondary schools.