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Women’s Health Week Europe is returning to London this year, from the 7–8 October, with the Emirates Stadium now confirmed as the official venue for the event. Following a sold-out 2025 conference at the Barbican Centre, the move to Emirates Stadium marks a significant scale-up to match the momentum of the industry. The 2026 event [...]

Menopause apps and products are moving beyond lifestyle tracking into clinical tools designed to work alongside healthcare. The shift reflects growing demand from women who report delays in diagnosis, inconsistent guidance and limited consultation time. The market is responding with products that combine symptom monitoring, behavioural support and telehealth access. Among the platforms [...]

Almost 10 years after the term ‘femtech’ was coined, is the sector on the brink of its biggest transformation yet? In 2026, experts say women’s health will finally shift from basic tracking to measurable biomarkers, AI-enabled personalisation and deeply women-centred care. We take a look at the trends set to define femtech next year. A [...]

OTO Fertility  has launched what it claims is a world-first AI fertility prediction platform and wearable to forecast treatment outcomes. The Toronto-based company says its system pairs a clinical-grade biosensor with an FDA-approved app to track more than 50 markers including heart rate variability (beat-to-beat changes), nervous system regulation and stress response. The platform, now [...]

Wales has opened its first women's health research centre, backed by £3m to tackle health inequalities through research and innovation. The centre, led by Women's Health Research Wales, marks the first anniversary of the Women's Health Plan for Wales, published in December 2024. First minister Eluned Morgan and minister for mental health and wellbeing Sarah [...]

Early pregnancy therapy can cut postpartum depression and anxiety by tackling prenatal anxiety, new research has revealed. A trial of 1,200 pregnant women in Pakistan found those receiving cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a talking therapy that changes patterns of thought and behaviour, had 81 per cent lower odds of postpartum depression or moderate-to-severe anxiety than [...]

Football injuries during periods are more severe and take longer to heal, though menstruation does not itself raise injury rates, according to new research. The study monitored 33 elite players competing in Spain's top women's football league over four seasons, from 2019/20 to 2022/23, tracking self-reported menstrual cycle data alongside injury records. The research was [...]

A combination of THC and CBD derived from cannabis was shown to kill ovarian cancer cells without harming healthy cells in laboratory studies. The findings suggest that drugs made from these compounds could be developed to fight ovarian cancer in future, though researchers caution that much more work is needed before results can be translated [...]

University of Leeds IVF spinout IVFmicro has raised £3.5m in pre-seed funding. The investment is led by Northern Gritstone, with support from Innovate UK Investor Partnerships Programme, and will be used by IVFmicro for its next verification and validation phase, leading to trials on human embryos in fertility clinics. Helen Picton is scientific director and [...]

By Ruby Raut, founder and CEO, WUKA For years, campaigners, scientists, and brands like ours have been calling attention to a hidden issue: the chemicals, metals, and toxins found in everyday menstrual products. At last, that conversation reached one of the most powerful rooms in the country. In October 2025, the House of Lords hosted [...]