irregular periods

24 07, 2026

What we know about PCOS, and why it was renamed to PMOS

2026-07-24T19:45:49+10:00July 24th, 2026|Categories: Endocrine Diseases, Hormone biology, Reproductive health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , |

Your periods are all over the place, you’ve struggled with weight, you’re intimidated by your own toe hair, but whenever you mention PCOS to anyone they assume you’re just worried about lumpy ovaries. Researchers [...]

19 08, 2024

Does PCOS cause heart disease? Dr Jillian Tay explains.

2024-08-19T00:32:44+10:00August 19th, 2024|Categories: Cardiovascular, Lifestyle, Reproductive health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , |

Like many health conditions affecting women and people with ovaries, PCOS had historically been misconstrued as a problem with the lady parts. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome remains under-diagnosed, its mechanisms under-researched and its impact under-estimated. [...]

29 04, 2024

No more prolactinoma: A/Prof Sunita De Sousa’s talk to the ESA/SRB ASM

2024-06-07T18:25:40+10:00April 29th, 2024|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Endocrine Diseases, Medications and therapies, Pituitary gland, Research Updates|Tags: , , , , |

New guidelines for the treatment of prolactinoma have been released for the first time in almost 20 years, instigating a fierce debate about the best way to treat these challenging tumours. Know your prolactinoma [...]

20 09, 2023

New guidelines for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

2023-09-20T17:08:19+10:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Endocrine Diseases, Lifestyle, Medications and therapies, Reproductive health, Research Updates, Trans health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , , , , |

For women, nonbinary people, and trans men, PCOS symptoms can be distressing, confusing, and painful – and, unfortunately, so can the healthcare meant to treat it. PCOS is a difficult condition to diagnose and [...]

27 05, 2019

What to expect as menopause approaches

2019-10-01T16:09:22+10:00May 27th, 2019|Categories: Drugs & Therapies, Medications and therapies, Menopause, Reproductive health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Approaching the end of my reproductive years, I like to think menopause will simply mean the end of my periods and [...]

3 04, 2019

When to worry about irregular periods

2021-08-23T08:48:45+10:00April 3rd, 2019|Categories: Hormone biology, Reproductive health, Women’s health|Tags: , , , , , , |

For many women, that ‘time of the month’ isn’t actually a monthly occurrence at all. In fact, about one third of women do not have regular periods. This can mean that the time between periods [...]

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