Menstrual & gynaecological health

Jersey is launching a pilot PMOS health check clinic for women to improve follow-up care and access to specialist support. The clinic will operate at the Assisted Reproductive Unit in St Brelade from October, providing health checks rather than diagnosing or treating the condition. Women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) will need to see [...]

HRT use was linked to a lower dementia risk among postmenopausal women in a large UK study involving more than 180,000 participants. Women who had used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had a 16 per cent lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than women who had never used it. The strongest association was among women who [...]

A UK study will build a menstrual fluid biobank to help women get faster, better treatment for heavy periods. Thousands of participants will provide menstrual fluid samples over three cycles using specially designed period pads. They will also use a daily tracking app and complete detailed questionnaires. Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol [...]

Nearly a quarter of women often miss work because of menstrual symptoms, according to a survey examining hormonal health among women in full-time work in Ireland. The survey looked at the impact of menstruation, fertility and motherhood, and perimenopause and menopause. Research from The Menopause Hub found more than one in three women who had [...]

A study is examining where delays occur in diagnosing endometriosis  - a condition that can take seven to twelve years to diagnose. Endometriosis affects an estimated 1.5 million women and people in the UK, but there is currently no consistent way of measuring where and why diagnostic delays happen. The research aims to develop the [...]

Women using PIEDs reported difficulty accessing reliable information, testing and clinical expertise, according to a qualitative study. Researchers interviewed nine women who used performance- and image-enhancing drugs, primarily to enhance body composition, physical appearance or sporting performance. Participants reported problems accessing comprehensive blood and hormone testing and finding clinicians familiar with health concerns linked to [...]

Women later diagnosed with endometriosis used more antidepressant and anxiety medication than other women, with the pattern emerging years before diagnosis, recent study found. The difference was evident up to 10 years before diagnosis and continued for a decade afterwards, according to a large Danish registry-based study involving 136,842 women. Women with the condition also [...]

Calla Lily Clinical Care has joined a US$50m antibiotics programme to assess vaginal delivery of UTI treatments through its Callavid platform. The women’s health medical technology company will evaluate whether antibiotics can be delivered directly through the vaginal wall to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs). The project will use Callavid, the company’s intravaginal drug delivery [...]

Higher coffee consumption has been linked to lower body fat, greater muscle mass and differing sex hormone patterns in men and women in a Finnish study. Researchers found people who drank more coffee had lower levels of total and visceral fat, the fat stored around internal organs, as well as greater skeletal muscle mass. These [...]

Women with endometriosis say menstrual leave and flexible working would help most, as research estimates yearly income losses of €1,757 (£1,502). Pain and fatigue were linked to more frequent work absences and reduced job performance. The first large-scale study of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe estimated that women with the condition lose an [...]