Menstrual & gynaecological health

Perimenopause misinformation on social media is putting women at risk of unintended pregnancies, unnecessary medication and missed diagnoses, experts have said. Awareness of menopause and treatments such as hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, has been raised by efforts including a prominent documentary by Davina McCall. But as a growing number of women encounter misleading information [...]

By Sarah Bolt, Forth Following recent approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, testosterone is set to become much more widely available to women in the UK. Offering greater access to testosterone treatment through their GP, the move marks a significant shift in how menopause symptoms are recognised and treated. However, despite the [...]

The NHS has been urged to update its website after PCOS was renamed PMOS, or polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. Last week, the condition, thought to affect about one in eight women, was given a new name after a 14-year effort involving medical experts, charities and women with lived experience of the disorder. However, the NHS [...]

Wegovy is linked to lower risks of migraine and depression in menopausal women than hormone therapy alone, a study has found. Women across all menopause stages taking semaglutide had a 42 to 45 per cent lower risk of migraine six months after starting the medication and a 25 per cent lower risk of depression than [...]

After more than a decade of campaigning, doctors around the world have agreed to rename polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). It is hoped the new name, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, will help end the misconception that the condition is all about cysts, which campaigners say has contributed to missed diagnoses and inadequate treatment. [...]

Menstrual fluid collected from tampons could one day provide a simple, non-invasive way to measure a biomarker of nerve damage and potentially track disease activity in neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), new research suggests. Because neurofilament light chain, or NfL, has emerged as a promising biomarker of MS, detecting it in menstrual fluid [...]

Simultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate-related heat may be worsening fertility harms across humans and wildlife, research suggests. The review of scientific literature looks at how endocrine-disrupting chemicals, often found in plastic, together with climate-related effects such as heat stress, are each linked to lower fertility and fecundity, meaning the ability to reproduce, across [...]

Weight loss jabs are being studied to see if they could help women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) The condition, which affects up to one in ten women, changes how the ovaries work and is linked to infertility and weight gain. Dr Shagaf Bakour has won a £60,000 NHS research grant through Sandwell and West [...]

Health secretary Wes Streeting has relaunched England's women's health strategy, vowing to stop women being "gaslit" by doctors. Speaking before publication of the renewed strategy, the health secretary said the NHS was "failing women" and set out measures to help them access the healthcare they need. The government said the strategy would include a new [...]

WUKA’s Tackle Anything campaign has officially reached their goal of supporting 6,000 girls across grassroots sports clubs in the UK - making a major milestone in the fight to keep girls in sport. WUKA believes no girl should have to stop playing because of her period. Yet for many young athletes, that’s still the reality. [...]