Infertility remains a hidden subject despite it affecting one in six couples who long for a baby, it emerged today.

PATIENTS going blind while waiting for treatment; women in particular being left in pain while they wait for a hip replacement; those with inherited conditions unable to get the lung or liver transplant they need.

Women suffering domestic abuse are more likely to be from ethnic groups and the Travelling community, it was claimed today.

TRAVELLER and non-national women are more vulnerable to violence than the general female population, a report has found.

AN education programme is being introduced in accident and emergency & departments to ensure women suffering from heart disease receive the same standard of care as men.

New treatments are improving cancer cure rates for women in Ireland, according to a report published today.

The genital mutilation of young girls must be eradicated within ethnic minority communities across Ireland who want to maintain cultural traditions, health chiefs warned today.

HALF of all women who have experienced the menopause said it had a huge effect on their lives, recent research reveals.

The largest ever study on awareness, attitudes and experiences of the menopause in Ireland is to be published today.

All health workers should be trained to deal with women who have suffered violent attacks, campaigners claimed today.

All health workers should be trained to deal with women who have suffered violent attacks, campaigners claimed today.

EVERY year more women in Europe die or are seriously injured because of domestic violence than from cancer.

Being in debt is a major cause of ill-health among women in Ireland, a study launched today has claimed.

DISABILITY, relationship breakdowns and poor earnings are driving twice as many women as men to seek help for debt and financial problems than men, according to a report being published today.

LEADING Irish professional and public health organisations, policy makers and politicians have pledged to tackle Ireland’s biggest killer — cardiovascular disease (CVD).

A major health plan aimed at combating heart disease across Europe is to be launched in Ireland today.

RECENT events make it clearer than ever that we need politicians to commit themselves to providing clear legal protection for women faced with crisis pregnancies by setting a timetable for legislation to underpin the ‘X’ judgement, to deal humanely with the issue of foetal abnormality and ultimately to call a referendum to remove the eighth amendment to the constitution.

BACKSTREET abortions are posing a growing danger to immigrant women, who are afraid to travel to Britain because of visa restrictions.

TRIALS on a vaccine for cervical cancer have shown it protects women for up to four-and-a-half years, according to research published yesterday.

The urgent roll-out of national screening programmes was called for today after a study revealed the cancer death rate among Irish women is higher than in most other European countries.

There are a number of shocking aspects to a new report on the occurrence of cancer in women, not least of which is that it has increased by 25% in a little over a decade.

Mary Dundon, Political Reporter

WOMEN’S needs are being overlooked in national policies, despite a Government commitment to address gender imbalance, two new reports have found.

HEART attacks and strokes kill twice as many woman than all cancers combined, a medical expert warned yesterday.

The Women’s Health Council is due to launch a campaign today aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of heart disease for women.

THE Government has been accused of ignoring women’s health as a report shows they still have the second highest level of cancer and heart disease in the EU.