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Women with the same medical conditions as men were less likely to receive the same treatment across several specialties, a global research review found. The review found differences in care for conditions including cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and Parkinson’s, with women less likely to receive some active treatments. Of 38 studies analysed, 33 found women [...]

Alexander Parker is head of wellness at packaging design and manufacturing company, Burgopak. Burgopak is a world leader in design innovation, with a 25-year-history spanning entertainment, consumer tech and now health diagnostics, including an expanding range of at-home hormone and fertility testing kits. We speak to Alexander to discover what goes into designing robust, functional [...]

Elation Health has acquired Aster, a women’s health EHR startup created by sisters Fifi Kara and Dr Lailah Kara-Newton. The deal, announced on 3 June 2026, will see Aster’s team join Elation Health as the company expands development of what it describes as the first agentic operating system for primary care. An EHR, or electronic [...]

Article produced in association with Spital Clinic Both the copper coil and the Mirena are more than 99 per cent effective as contraceptives — but they work in completely different ways, have opposite effects on periods, and suit very different people.   With the FSRH's May 2024 licence extension for the Mirena now [...]

Article produced in association with Spital Clinic Each year in England, approximately three million women take part in cervical screening. While the majority receive a reassuring result, a proportion are referred for further investigation following an abnormal finding or a positive human papillomavirus (HPV) test. For these women, the next step is a colposcopy. Despite [...]

By Con Raso, managing director, Tuned Global Music and movement are neurologically intertwined. Tempo influences pace, rhythm supports endurance, and familiar tracks can reduce perceived exertion. Beyond physiology, music creates shared moments. It sets the atmosphere, builds anticipation and turns individual activity into collective experience. For sports, wellness and fitness brands, this means music selection [...]

To mark International Women’s Day, Women’s HealthX released a new eBook exploring one of the biggest challenges in healthcare today: the sex difference data gap. Women’s HealthX spoke with leading voices from Mass General Brigham, NYC Health + Hospitals, GSD Health Research and WomanCentered to explore how the healthcare industry can close the sex difference [...]

Oestrogen helps protect premenopausal women from hypertension by relaxing and widening blood vessels, according to new research examining why women develop high blood pressure less often before menopause. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects more than a billion people worldwide and is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke. Premenopausal women are [...]

A South Korean femtech firm has launched plant-based period pads in the US, replacing synthetic superabsorbent polymers used in most pads with a plant-derived alternative. Most period pads, including those marketed as organic, use synthetic superabsorbent polymers, or SAPs. These plastic-based materials sit in the pad’s core and absorb menstrual fluid. Inertia says [...]

Digital symptom checkers could reduce endometriosis diagnosis delays by more than four years and save over US$5,000 per patient, according to a modelling study. Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the womb lining grows outside the uterus, often causing pelvic pain and other symptoms. In the US it takes about seven years on [...]