
New research has revealed that the use of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) is associated with a threefold increase in the risk of cryptogenic ischaemic stroke (CIS)...

Women with a higher McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) – a score that measures physical, lifestyle, and social-emotional factors – have a lower risk of experiencing...

A new treatment approach significantly improves survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancers, according to Cambridge researchers. In a trial where cancers were treated...

More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot programme to return newborn genomic sequencing results to parents and measure the effects on...

About 15 per cent of all couples of reproductive age are involuntarily childless. A major reason why so many need assisted reproduction is that nowadays more...

Scientists have successfully created laboratory-grown human ovary models from stem cells, marking a potential breakthrough in infertility and reproductive disorder research. The findings, presented at the...

Women with endometriosis face significantly higher risk of early menopause Women with endometriosis are seven times more likely to undergo surgical menopause and face increased risks...

Reflecting on how fitness posts on social media make them feel may help young women reduce the harmful tendency to compare themselves to idealised influencers and...

Recently published research has turned an overdue spotlight on the disproportionate burden of dementia borne by women. It is encouraging to see this research progressing, and...

New research is debunking the internet belief that if women time their resistance training to specific phases of their menstrual cycle, it boosts the body’s ability...