One in three women experience pelvic floor disorders, but only one in eight of these women are doing anything about it.

Getting older can be a good thing: we have stories to tell, wisdom to impart and resilience to expand. But as our age climbs, so do our number of medical ailments - some of which we didn’t even know existed - especially for women. 

We can feel like we’re stuck living in an older person’s body even though we are still young at heart. Ailments like incontinence, pelvic floor disorders, bladder and bowel control issues, sexual discomfort, and general leakage. How are we supposed to live our best lives if we’re living in the bathroom?

This month, in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness, WISe is spotlighting innovation from the Precision Medicine group at The Christ Hospital Health Network and their work in transforming the way we prevent and treat breast cancer.

Dr. Burns C. Blaxall and the Precision Medicine team at The Christ Hospital Health Network are catching cancer before it starts and helping people to understand how they can manage their unique risk-levels for cancer as they age. 

World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October, intended to raise awareness of menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing.  

In our society, we see diet culture almost everywhere we turn. We rarely (if ever) go through a single day without seeing an advertisement in relation to weight loss or the "ideal" body image. Learn more in this article written by Health Coach Emily Robinson on why your body size isn't the problem, but diet culture is.