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Spain's football federation will offer national team players egg-freezing and fertility treatment through a clinic partnership running until 2029. The agreement with the Tambre clinic in Madrid will give Spain's World Cup winners more options to pursue motherhood when they feel the time is right. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said the agreement covers [...]

Gail’s has unveiled a menopause action plan offering new workplace support to thousands of staff ahead of legal reforms due in 2027. The high street bakery chain will offer new benefits including 24/7 digital GP access and a new employee assistance programme, according to The Times. It will also explore new online training [...]

Paracetamol use in pregnancy was not linked to autism or ADHD, while separate research found reproductive differences in girls exposed before birth. One study analysed health records from more than 120,000 children and found no increased risk of autism following prenatal paracetamol exposure. A separate analysis of nearly 100,000 children also found no increased risk [...]

Targeting CD1d altered immune cells slowed tumour growth and improved immunotherapy responses in mouse models of breast cancer, researchers found. The findings suggest blocking the molecule could make the environment around breast tumours more favourable to anti-cancer immune responses. Further work is needed to understand how these immune changes occur and how the approach could [...]

Menopause is often absent from women's electronic health records, a study of nearly 396,000 women has found. Researchers found menopause appeared almost seven times more often in participant surveys than in electronic health records (EHRs). The findings suggest important reproductive health information, including age at menopause, may often be missing from health records used for [...]

The fertility rate in England and Wales fell to a record low of 1.39 children per woman in 2025, down from 1.41 a year earlier. New figures show that parts of London and cities with major universities accounted for many of the areas with the lowest local fertility rates. The City of London recorded the [...]

Hormone therapy started in peri- or early post-menopause was linked to a 22 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular events in women with vasomotor symptoms in a recent study. The findings came from an observational analysis of 20 years of health data and do not show that hormone therapy caused the reduction in cardiovascular risk. [...]

Small bowel microbiome differences between women and men may help explain why some conditions are more common in women, a study suggests. The small bowel microbiome is the community of microorganisms living in this part of the digestive tract, where they play vital roles in immune function, metabolism and hormonal regulation. Researchers found differences between [...]

An experimental cancer drug reduced bone loss and body fat in mice modelling post-menopausal changes, early research suggests. The compound, CADD522, appeared to strengthen bones and help the animals stay leaner after surgery designed to mimic hormonal changes seen after menopause. The treatment remains at an early experimental stage and has so far only been [...]

Weight loss surgery was linked to more regular periods and fewer polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) symptoms in women aged 18 to 45 living with obesity in a recent study. The researchers recommend that women undergoing the procedure have access to preconception care and reproductive counselling to support their reproductive health. Researchers at [...]