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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Health warning to female employees told fatigue and anxiety are ‘part of being a woman’

Two in three female employees who are told their fatigue and anxiety are “just part of life” received a new clinical diagnosis, a groundbreaking report has revealed.

Some 64 per cent of female employees were logging an average of five concurrent symptoms each, ranging from fatigue and anxiety to pain, brain fog and low mood, according to Hertility’s 2026 Workplace Report.

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