
Light exercise and less sitting may reduce pregnant women’s risk of serious blood pressure complications, according to a new study. Researchers have proposed a daily activity...

Pregnant women’s expectations about postpartum sleep may predict sleep quality after birth, outweighing prior sleep and psychiatric history, a study suggests. The findings suggest attitudes and...

A vaccine trial will test whether an mRNA jab can help stop precancerous cells developing into bowel and ovarian cancer in people with Lynch syndrome. The...

Changes in lymph nodes may help show which breast cancer patients face higher or lower risk of the disease spreading, researchers have found. The findings could...

A four-week Pilates programme may improve heart, metabolic and stress measures in previously sedentary women, a small study suggests. Pilates is a mind-body form of exercise...

Female sex may not raise stroke risk across all atrial fibrillation (AF) patients, with higher risk mainly seen in women aged 75 and older, a study...

AI may help speed breast cancer diagnosis for high-risk women after abnormal mammograms, a study suggests. Women with abnormal mammograms often wait weeks to learn whether...

Type 2 diabetes diagnoses are rising twice as fast in women under 40 as in women over 40, new data shows. Type 2 diabetes is a...

A genomic test may help some women with breast cancer avoid chemotherapy, with near-identical outcomes in an international trial. The findings suggest patients with a low...

Wearable technology could revolutionise how women understand and manage their menstrual and hormonal health, according to a major new review that assessed dozens of studies involving...