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A University of Queensland-led study has failed to find any strong links between drinking coffee during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental difficulties in children, but researchers are advising expectant mothers to continue following medical guidelines on caffeine consumption.   Dr Gunn-Helen Moen and PhD student Shannon D’Urso from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) led an in-depth [...]

Midi Health, the US-based virtual care clinic for women aged 35+, has launched a menopause care service specifically for women who have survived or are at high risk of breast cancer. Its 'survivorship programme' has been developed and led by Dr. Mindy Goldman, a clinical professor in the department of OB/GYN at UC San Francisco [...]

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The world's largest virtual clinic for women's and family health has raised US$125m to further develop its fertility benefits and virtual care platforms. This brings Maven Clinic's total funding to more than US$425m, with this latest round coming from existing investors General Catalyst, Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, Icon Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Lux Capital. More [...]

Racial and ethnic disparities in screening for hepatitis C among reproductive aged women with opioid use disorder have been identified in a new study. Most paediatric cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are perinatal, meaning the virus is transmitted from birthing parent to child during pregnancy or birth. If left untreated, hepatitis C infection [...]

Common breast cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, may accelerate the biological aging process in breast cancer survivors, a study suggests. The findings show that markers of cellular aging—such as DNA damage response, cellular senescence, and inflammatory pathways—significantly increased in all breast cancer survivors, regardless of the type of treatment received. This suggests that the [...]

The menstrual cycle's luteal phase - the time from the egg being released until the next flow - may be more varied than previously thought, according to a new study. The current expectation is that every ovulatory menstrual cycle will have a luteal phase that lasts approximately 14 days, with ovulation covering half of the [...]

A widespread lack of awareness of how a common virus is the primary cause of cervical cancer is leading to thousands of needless deaths every year, concludes a global report. But embracing more advanced screening tools and the willingness of more women to self-collect health data could be pivotal in addressing the issue. That is [...]

AOA Dx was founded in 2020 with the aim of giving women access to the most innovative early detection platform in their fight against cancer. Femtech World caught up with CEO and co-founder Oriana Papin-Zoghbi for our latest Insider Insight piece. What is your morning routine? I try to wake up before my toddler to [...]

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins, medtech company Paxman is raising awareness of a critical and often overlooked side effect faced by many cancer patients: the risk of developing persistent chemotherapy-induced alopecia (PCIA) as a result of cancer treatment. The efficacy of scalp cooling in preventing PCIA has once again come to the forefront through [...]