Women entering pregnancy with multiple conditions face a 20 per cent higher miscarriage risk and around four times the risk...
Women using PIEDs reported difficulty accessing reliable information, testing and clinical expertise, according to a qualitative study. Researchers interviewed nine women who used performance- and image-enhancing...
Women later diagnosed with endometriosis used more antidepressant and anxiety medication than other women, with the pattern emerging years before diagnosis, recent study found. The difference...
Calla Lily Clinical Care has joined a US$50m antibiotics programme to assess vaginal delivery of UTI treatments through its Callavid platform. The women’s health medical technology...
An AI tool has identified microscopic breast cancer patterns that could help medical professionals better forecast disease progression. The tool, called CenSegNet, was developed to analyse...
A perimenopause app that maps existing smartwatch data to the menopausal transition has launched across 39 markets in the UK and Europe. anna app uses information...
Chelsea FC Women is to launch a fertility fund giving players access to assessments, treatments, counselling and workshops. The initiative is part of a new partnership...
Climbing during the third trimester was not linked to higher rates of self-reported pregnancy complications in a global study. The findings provide direct evidence on an...
Medtech startup Peripear has won an Innovate UK award for developing a wearable designed to prevent perineal trauma during childbirth. The Oxford-based company is developing a...
Higher coffee consumption has been linked to lower body fat, greater muscle mass and differing sex hormone patterns in men and women in a Finnish study....
Women using menopausal hormone therapy had a lower dementia risk, with oestrogen-only users showing fewer Alzheimer’s-related brain changes in a recent study. Researchers stressed that the...
Health visitor support may help women who quit smoking during pregnancy remain smoke-free after giving birth, research suggests. The BabyBreathe programme was designed to help women...
Summer, uninterrupted with WUKA WUKA’S Holiday Essentials for Every Day of the Month Holidays don’t pause for periods, and neither should the plans that come with...
Women with endometriosis say menstrual leave and flexible working would help most, as research estimates yearly income losses of €1,757 (£1,502). Pain and fatigue were linked...
Pregnancy complications are linked to greater health-related social needs among Black and Latina women, a study has found. Adverse pregnancy outcomes include pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, gestational...
By Ruby Raut, founder, WUKA Every time we post a dad talking to his daughter about periods, the internet seems to split in two. One side...
Phthalates found in plastics and personal care products may be linked to higher blood pressure during pregnancy, a study suggests. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia,...
The Women’s Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) has reminded startups that applications for its 2026 Innovation Showcase close on Tuesday, August 18. The Showcase gives early and...
A third of women surveyed did not know perimenopause could affect mental health, with many experiencing symptoms for months before recognising them. The survey of 1,000...
Glaucoma drugs could potentially be repurposed to treat aggressive breast cancer after researchers identified markers linked to response. Scientists found that several cancers, including breast cancer,...
Women living in socially vulnerable neighbourhoods had a 20 per cent higher risk of death after an ovarian cancer diagnosis, a study found. Black women also...
