Scotland is set to publish the UK’s first dedicated miscarriage patient charter, giving women and families clear information on NHS...
Femtech World showcases some of the most innovative and impactful menopause products, tools and services that could help you in the year ahead. Recent years have...
A study in women with breast cancer suggests that low oral doses of hair loss drug minoxidil, taken during or after cancer treatment, appear to regrow...
A groundbreaking Phase 1 clinical trial has explored a novel cell-based immunotherapy for breast cancer – a new treatment approach that aims to harness the body’s...
A new study describes an innovative method of analysing mammograms that significantly improves the accuracy of predicting the risk of breast cancer development over the following...
Parents don’t need to be blamed or shamed when providing sex education to their children, they need better support to help them safely parent their children...
Two studies show the potential for genomic screening in newborns to address high rates of infant hospitalisation and mortality. Presently, hundreds of genetic diseases are either...
An MRI-based imaging technique can predict the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working in patient-derived cell models....
Nua Surgical, an Irish medical device company focusing on maternal health has secured €6.5m that will be used to drive the manufacturing, testing, regulatory clearance and...
Physicians are leading a national clinical trial to help women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-related infertility who want to become pregnant. The trial, called REBALANCE, studies...
More than a third of women across 10 health care practices in the US chose to enrol in a self-pay, artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced breast cancer screening...
Women’s health company Daré Bioscience has recieved a $2.5m grant to advance the development of its investigational contraceptive DARE-LARC1 through non-clinical proof of principle studies and...
Researchers have identified Nr1h2, a critical transcription factor essential for early embryo development. The findings enhance our understanding of gene regulation during blastoid formation and hold...
A new mammography system has been unveiled which has been designed to provide mammography technologists with a suite of tools that balance the demands of diagnostic...
Scientists have discovered that pregnancy may trigger a natural immunity to boost protection against severe flu infection. Contrary to the common belief that pregnancy increases vulnerability...
Women are being urged to come forward for cervical screening as new figures show more than five million are not up to date with their routine...
Astorg, a pan-European private equity firm, has announce the completion of its take-private of Hamilton Thorne, and simultaneous acquisition of Cook Medical’s Reproductive Health business. Astorg...
By Ambreen Molitor, National Director of Product Innovation, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Positive data has been reported from a pivotal trial of the infertility treatment FemaSeed intratubal insemination (ITI) – a type of artificial insemination designed to enhance...
The Femtech World Awards 2025, delivered in partnership with headline sponsor Planned Parenthood, celebrates the brightest lights in women’s health innovation. Now in its second year,...
The inventor of the first FDA-approved diagnostic period pad believes menstrual blood is one of medicine’s most overlooked opportunities, with research indicating its clinical relevance for...
