Consumer

By Ruby Raut, founder and CEO of WUKA In nine years of running WUKA, I've heard thousands of period horror stories. The jumper tied round the waist in June. The leak in PE. The sleepover where you woke up and wanted the mattress to swallow you whole. When women tell me these stories, they almost [...]

Some menopause supplements costing more than £400 a year offered no better nutrient coverage than a £22 multivitamin, an analysis by Which? found. Products marketed to women over 45 going through menopause or perimenopause often lacked meaningful quantities of key nutrients despite costing around 20 times more than standard multivitamins.   None of [...]

Mira has launched an at-home cortisol tracking kit that allows women to monitor stress-related patterns over time using urine samples. The Cortisol Pattern Kit measures urinary free cortisol directly from a urine sample and displays results through the company's existing monitor and app. The system is intended for repeated testing rather than a single measurement, [...]

Manchester City has launched a female athlete health platform covering menstrual, pelvic and breast health, as well as nutrition. The Her City website is designed for the club’s women’s first-team players, coaches, support staff, academy players and parents. Manchester City says the platform is the first of its kind in the Women’s Super League and [...]

Pregnant women are being advised to avoid runny or under-cooked eggs when eating out amid a developing salmonella outbreak. The advice also applies to freshly made products that may contain uncooked eggs, including mayonnaise, soufflé and hollandaise sauce. The FSA said well-cooked eggs served in restaurants, cafés and takeaways remain safe to eat. [...]

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 with London fertility clinic Fertility Plus, which has been named the club's official fertility partner. Chelsea said the fund will be available to every player in its women's team, [...]

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 says: “This is brilliant. I wish my dad had spoken to me like this.” The other says: “Why on earth are men talking about periods?” And I always find [...]

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 have felt sunlight, before they have learned the sound of their own name, they are wrapped in a nappy. That nappy, in most cases, is made from plastic, synthetic [...]

Stardust shared sensitive period tracking data with third-party analytics firms, according to new privacy research from Mozilla. The findings expose a privacy divide in femtech, where users often trust apps with highly sensitive reproductive health information. The research was carried out by Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included team, which tested several period tracking apps. [...]

A new reporting tool built specifically for obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine has launched, aimed at teams managing increasingly complex pregnancies with limited time and resources. Trice Imaging has released Trice Workspace Reporting, which connects imaging, reporting and longitudinal patient data in a single workflow to support faster clinical decision making. Birth rates are falling worldwide, [...]