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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 [...]

Scotland recorded its lowest number of births for a third consecutive year in 2025, with 45,067 live births registered. The total was almost 696 fewer than the previous year and the lowest annual figure since records began in 1855. Deaths also outnumbered births for the 11th consecutive year, with the gap between the two generally [...]

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 French court has linked cosmic radiation to a former flight attendant's breast cancer for the first time. Sophie Lainault, 59, had sought to have her cancer recognised as an occupational disease linked to her working conditions. The court in Bayonne ruled that cosmic radiation was one of three carcinogenic, or cancer-causing, hazards arising from [...]

Breast cancer has more molecularly targeted options than any other tumour in women's health. The evidence now shows that the limiting factor is no longer the drug, and no longer the science. It is the test - and the decision it is supposed to inform. By Wolfgang Hackl, MD, OncoGenomX A paradox worth sitting with [...]

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 [...]

Applications close 2 September at 12pm BST for W Accelerate with Merck KGaA and M Ventures, a fast-track programme offering startups, scaleups and spinouts in reproductive and maternal health direct access to decision-makers at one of the world's leading reproductive health companies. With a single application, innovators connect with Merck KGaA's partnership team and investment [...]

The Women's Health Innovation Summit (WHIS), the event uniting the global  women's health ecosystem, has just announced 18 new speakers joining the agenda for  its 2026 summit, taking place October 13–15 at Encore Boston Harbor. The latest additions bring further depth across pharma, clinical research, health  systems, venture, and policy, reinforcing WHIS's role as the [...]

Millions of women who have missed cervical screening in England will be offered free NHS home HPV tests. The initiative is aimed at women who are not up to date with screening, with NHS estimates suggesting as many as 4 million have fallen behind. The home kits contain a swab for collecting a vaginal sample, [...]

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 [...]