The truth about breast-feeding and breast cancer

Is it true that 1 in 20 breast cancers could be prevented by breast feeding?

This was a statement lifted from the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission Report published yesterday - but it’s a global estimate that assumes EVERY woman…

Sam Mostyn announced as next governor general of Australia dlvr.it/T4zh4c

Thanks ANMF Tasmania for featuring the Rachel Wake midwifery scholarship

#NeverForgotten 💔

Gifting family for others 💜 (MD you are a champion!)

#surrogacy

What an incredible turnout to our March for Forests in nipaluna / Hobart today! 3,000 people marched to call for an urgent end to #EndNativeForestLogging . Thank you to everyone who rose up for the protection of native forests. #politas

📷 Rob Blakers

I’m all for making access to #contraception easier, but fixing the primary problem, our GP crisis, would be a much more sustainable & better solution.

Also, the pill is only ONE type of contraception. Subsidizing ALL types in #Tasmania would be a true win 💪

#WomensHealthCare

The long overdue recognition that women’s healthcare is poorly funded & studied

#WomensHealthcare 🤍

Scientists are finally studying women’s bodies. This is what we’re learning. - National Geographic apple.news/AA7FlIpKpQG-nF…

The push this week to shine light on the abysmal Medicare funding for endometriosis care is great to see

So let’s also take a minute to talk about the current funding for #ultrasound to diagnose #endometriosis (avoiding the need for costly surgery)

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Thanks ⁦AGES⁩ for another fantastic conference #ASM24

Some truly excellent clinical updates, but what truly makes this society is the people.

So proud to see one of my registrars from 10 years ago now become a next generation of #ObGyn leaders 👏

#MelanomaMarch kicks off this w/e, family-friendly events across Aus fundraising for vital MIA research & to stop glamourising tanning. Incl 3 Sydney events: Westn Syd 3 Mar, Bay Run 10 Mar to walk 4km/run 7km with Richard & me, & Cronulla 17 Mar. See> melanomamarch.org.au

Congratulations to the WGEA for this important work.

Shame on Virgin Australia CommBank and Lorna Jane for your wide gender pay gaps.

And Mecca - really...? Wow.

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Truly magnificent watching the Nuyina return from #Antactica

#Tasmania
#LoveWhereYouLive

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Statement by Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands ❤️💛🖤 on the remarkable life and legacy of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue
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Gender bias, discrimination, & sexual harassment have NO place in the workplace….

Doctors behaving badly 'on notice' | InSight+ insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/3/doctors…

Showcasing #Tasmanian athletes on this great new podcast #GetFrank

#NWGs legend Eddie Ockenden 🏑

Hockey Australia Hockey Tasmania

Perfect afternoon in #Tasmania to pick #blueberries

Even better when it’s their charity day. Half of all earnings going to charities including #TassieMums MSF Australia and New Zealand Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary

#OldBeachBerries
#LoveWhereYouLive

Meet your new Australians of the Year, Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer.

Thanks to their lifesaving research, advanced melanoma is now a curable disease.

All outstanding, but particularly thrilled with this choice ⁦AusoftheYearAwards⁩

Melanoma researchers Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long named joint 2024 Australians of the Year - ABC News ⭐️⭐️ apple.news/A82gekjJzRxiLK…

Has anyone developed breastfeeding best practice guideline for organisations yet? A this article notes, the challenges are often through ignorance rather than malice. So orgs that value diversity will want to get this right... right? Right? 👀👀👀