The Women’s Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) has reminded startups that applications for its 2026 Innovation Showcase close on Tuesday, August...
Women with endometriosis had a 46 per cent higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those without the condition in a recent study. The study...
By Ciara Donlon, founder & CEO of MOSS A baby is born. In the first hours of their life, before they have tasted food, before they...
A single day of inhaled psychedelic treatment may relieve postpartum depression symptoms, with effects lasting for a week, early research suggests. Postpartum depression is a severe...
Weekly app monitoring can reduce fatigue and improve daily life for women with metastatic breast cancer, according to a study. The approach involves regularly asking patients...
Higher cumulative doses of common fertility drug clomiphene citrate may increase pregnancy loss risks, according to new research. Around one in six people experience infertility, with...
Women’s Health Week Europe 2026 has released its fully populated speaker and session lineup ahead of the event’s return to The Emirates Stadium in London on...
UK femtech investment has risen by more than 194 per cent over the past decade, with deal activity and funding both increasing, new research has found....
Common IVF preparation techniques used before embryo transfer have no proven effect on pregnancy rates, according to a review. Researchers said evidence for the widely used...
By Aleena Ashraf, neuroscientist, published author and part of Véa’s Clinical Advisory Board Menstrual data is missing a critical layer: the mind. The menstrual cycle won’t...
A women’s and children’s health technology fund has raised US$58m at its first close towards a target size of US$125m. Managed by Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV),...
Cultural stigma and a lack of education are making it harder to get menopause help, ethnic minority women in Jersey have said. The women came together...
Cambridge health tech company TidalSense has secured £14.2m in funding led by Cross-Border Impact Ventures to expand its AI-powered lung disease test across the NHS and...
Women should not feel pressured into an “ideal birth”, health secretary Yvette Cooper has said as she promised major maternity reform. Cooper has returned to the...
One in eight mothers in England is now diagnosed with gestational diabetes, after diagnoses of the condition rose by 60 per cent in just five years,...
Researchers in the US have developed a new tool designed to identify women at risk of heart disease much earlier than existing methods allow. The findings,...
Women are being urged to seek evidence-based advice and avoid menopause misinformation shared on social media. A seminar co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) mainly...
Flexible working could help more women entrepreneurs become leaders of family firms by making it easier to balance work and family life, new research suggests. Digital...
A woman with advanced ovarian cancer has become the first patient globally to receive an experimental off-the-shelf cell therapy. Tracy Tomlinson, 58, was given the experimental...
Daily beetroot juice may help support kidney health during pregnancy in women with chronic kidney disease, early research suggests. Pregnancy puts additional strain on the kidneys....
An endometriosis musical by two US writers will debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. “Endometriosis: The Musical” follows Jane, a woman trying to discover...
