Tech & devices

Clue has launched an in-app healthcare access service connecting users with providers across several areas of women’s health. The period and cycle tracking app said Get Care is designed to help users move from tracking their health to accessing treatment and support. The service covers contraception, conception, metabolic and mental health, perimenopause and at-home testing [...]

Stockholm Region is rolling out AI as an independent second reader across its breast screening programme, covering up to 250,000 mammograms a year.

A urine and vaginal fluid test could help rule out womb cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding, potentially reducing invasive checks. In a study of 1,864 women with postmenopausal bleeding, the test identified 80 of 99 womb cancers and correctly gave a negative result for 93 per cent of women without the disease. Researchers said [...]

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, [...]

Diadia Health, winner of the Femtech World AI Innovation Award, is working to revolutionise women’s health through AI-backed at-home testing. By analysing genetics, biomarkers and medical literature, Diadia addresses women’s health issues, taking a functional medicine approach to healthcare. With the goal of making personal healthcare accessible and affordable, Diadia Health uses technology to automate [...]

Evvy has raised US$40m to expand its vaginal microbiome platform into reproductive healthcare, starting with fertility and IVF. The series B funding will also support the expansion of EvvyAI, the data and artificial intelligence platform behind the company's vaginal healthcare business. The round brings Evvy's total capital raised to nearly US$60m across three funding rounds [...]

Women’s health medical device company Ark Surgical has secured further institutional backing from JNF and the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) as it accelerates the US commercial expansion of its surgical tissue containment technology. Both organisations have previously backed Ark, making the renewed support a significant vote of confidence in the company’s technology, leadership team and [...]

AI may help detect heart disease in women from routine mammograms, according to research involving almost 30,000 women. Researchers found a machine-learning model could distinguish women with coronary heart disease, high blood pressure or a previous stroke using mammogram images. The findings suggest breast cancer screening could potentially also flag cardiovascular problems without requiring an [...]

Sahar Abid is a Science Associate at Ema EQ, where she works on cultural sensitivity and bias in AI. A woman asks an AI health assistant about postpartum depression. She mentions that her in-laws are telling her to "push through" and skip medical help, even as her symptoms get harder to manage. She never says [...]

An AI tool has identified microscopic breast cancer patterns that could help medical professionals better forecast disease progression. The tool, called CenSegNet, was developed to analyse hundreds of thousands of cells in tumour samples and detect abnormalities in structures known as centrosomes. Centrosomes are small structures inside cells that ensure DNA is divided equally during [...]