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Pregnant women are being advised to avoid runny or under-cooked eggs when eating out amid a developing salmonella outbreak. The advice also applies to freshly made products that may contain uncooked eggs, including mayonnaise, soufflé and hollandaise sauce. The FSA said well-cooked eggs served in restaurants, cafés and takeaways remain safe to eat. [...]

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 [...]

A drug targeting a key regulator in triple-negative breast cancer reduced tumour growth and cancer stem cell viability in laboratory models. Triple-negative breast cancer is an aggressive subtype that disproportionately affects women under 40 and accounts for about 15 to 20 per cent of breast cancers. The disease lacks receptors for oestrogen, progesterone and the [...]

Australia's drug advisory committee has recommended wider funding of triptorelin for women with breast cancer or endometriosis. The recommendation comes after AstraZeneca announced plans to remove Zoladex from the market, risking leaving more than 7,500 women with breast cancer without an alternative treatment. Both medicines block the release of oestrogen and testosterone and can be [...]

By Women’s HealthX As healthcare organisations navigate tightening compliance mandates, evolving reimbursement frameworks, and shifting health economics, the single most critical asset for leadership is operational visibility into what their industry counterparts are executing right now. Ahead of the Women's HealthX marketplace in Boston this December, a cross-functional steering committee of health plans, hospital networks, [...]

Sahar Abid is a Science Associate at Ema EQ, where she works on cultural sensitivity and bias in AI. A woman asks an AI health assistant about postpartum depression. She mentions that her in-laws are telling her to "push through" and skip medical help, even as her symptoms get harder to manage. She never says [...]

Women accounted for 71.4 per cent of global health workforce growth between 1990 and 2023, according to a study covering 204 countries and territories. The global workforce almost tripled over the period, rising from 40.9m to 122.1m workers. Women represented 68.9 per cent of all health workers in 2023, but remained concentrated in professions that [...]

Women entering pregnancy with multiple conditions face a 20 per cent higher miscarriage risk and around four times the risk of anxiety and depression, new research has revealed. The observational study found women with two or more pre-existing long-term physical or mental health conditions also had a 69 per cent higher risk of severe nausea [...]

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 [...]