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Our easy-to-understand information explains symptoms and conditions that affect lots of women.

If you are worried or need medical advice, please speak to your doctor, midwife or healthcare professional.

You can find information below about:

  • Periods and menstrual health
  • Fertility
  • Pregnancy and birth complications
  • Gynaecological cancers
  • Menopause
  • Incontinence
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What is irregular bleeding?
Periods and menstrual health
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A women looking downcast.
Writing in a calendar.
A women hunched over in pain, with her arms across her stomach.
What is severe period pain?
Periods and menstrual health
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What are heavy periods?
Periods and menstrual health
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Contraception
Fertility
What is adenomyosis?
Periods and menstrual health
What is incontinence?
Incontinence
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White woman holding stomach in pain
What is endometriosis?
Periods and menstrual health
What are fibroids?
Periods and menstrual health
What is a period?
Periods and menstrual health
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What is polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)?
Periods and menstrual health
What is ovarian cancer?
Gynaecological cancers
What is womb cancer?
Gynaecological cancers
What is vaginal cancer?
Gynaecological cancers
What is vulval cancer?
Gynaecological cancers