Menstrual & gynaecological health

Digital diagnostics company Medichecks has acquired specialist menopause health platform and clinic My Menopause Centre. The deal is part of Medichecks’ move into clinical services and follows its earlier purchase of Leger Clinic, creating what the company describes as a hormone health offering for women and men across the UK. Medichecks and My Menopause Centre [...]

Menopause specialist Dr Mary Claire Haver has been appointed as the first chief agewell officer at virtual care clinic Midi Health. In the role, Dr Haver will work with Midi's clinical team to develop the AgeWell platform, described as a proactive health model that integrates perimenopause and menopausal care with metabolic health, bone density, brain [...]

Mira has integrated with Oura, letting users see sleep, readiness and temperature trends alongside hormone readings in the Mira app. The integration lets Mira users view Oura sleep, readiness and temperature trends next to hormone data to show how hormonal shifts affect daily wellbeing. Oura members must consent to share their data with Mira. Oura [...]

Transdermal HRT best protects bone density in women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea, a condition that stops periods, a review of trials has found. The meta-analysis pooled randomised clinical trials involving 692 participants and found transdermal hormone replacement therapy and teriparatide increased bone mineral density by between 2 and 13 per cent. Functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea can [...]

Stanford graduates' startup Clair is building a wearable hormone tracker for women, offering continuous, non-invasive monitoring. The company, Clair, founded by Jenny Duan and Abhinav Agarwal, aims to build what its founders describe as a research-led, privacy-focused tool to help women see how hormone levels affect daily life. Duan and Agarwal met in spring 2025 [...]

WUKA has announced a groundbreaking partnership with the Royal Yachting Association (RYA), including RYA Scotland and RYA Northern Ireland, supporting women and girls in sailing. Building on WUKA’s growing #TackleAnything campaign - which has already reached thousands of girls across sports in the UK - this collaboration brings practical period solutions into sailing. Together, WUKA [...]

IBSA UK has introduced Hyaluxelle, a non-hormonal menopause treatment for vulvo-vaginal atrophy, easing vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse. Hyaluxelle is given as deep intradermal injections to the vulvar vestibule, the area at the vaginal opening, in two sessions one month apart, followed by clinical reassessment. IBSA UK is the UK subsidiary of Swiss pharmaceutical [...]

The US ranks sixth for perimenopause knowledge, behind the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands, research by the Mayo Clinic and period tracker Flo has revealed. Perimenopause is the transition leading up to a woman’s last menstrual cycle and includes the 12 months afterwards, after which menopause is established as hormone levels change. It [...]

A woman's insulin levels in midlife are linked to when menopausal hot flushes begin and how long they last, new research suggests. The study found that higher insulin levels at age 47 predicted younger onsets of hot flushes and night sweats, as well as longer durations of these symptoms. Researchers drew on data from a [...]

Imagine being worried about not being able to do the sport you love. Not because of an injury or time commitment, but because of something that was out of your control. How would you feel? Pretty bad. For thousands of young girls in grassroots sports, this isn't just a hypothetical scenario. It’s their reality. The [...]