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Patients insured by Medicaid are less likely to get prenatal diagnosis of heart defects than those with private insurance, and this disparity can be partly attributed to lower rates of 20-week ultrasound in pregnant people with public insurance, according to a study led by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in collaboration [...]

A prominent global organisation which aims to advance women in the business of healthcare has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). Varduhi Kyureghyan joins the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association's (HBA) mission to advance the impact and influence of women in healthcare. Kyureghyan brings to the HBA more than 15 years of financial management experience in [...]

Digital health platform Ovia Health by Labcorp is aiming to plug a gap for postpartum support in the US via a new programme. It has launched the Postpartum Experience – a 12-month programme designed to help women manage multiple aspects of the postpartum period through personalised recovery modes, symptom tracking and alerts, and mental health [...]

Virtual care clinic for women aged 35+, Midi Health, has seen prominent figures from business, entertainment, sport and the media among those joining its oversubscribed US$63m series B round via a US$5M special purpose vehicle (SPV). Among the new investors are actors/producers Amy Schumer, and Connie Britton, Phenomenal Media's Meena Harris, soccer star Brandi Chastain, fashion designer/entrepreneur Tory Burch, [...]

With over 180,000 patients having now been treated with Magtrace across 1,000+ centres worldwide, the argument to switch to a completely magnetic, non-radioactive approach couldn’t be stronger…  Hear from some of the world’s most prominent surgeons to find out why they love using Magtrace, particularly: How the unique injection flexibility with Magtrace allows them to [...]

By Victoria Roberts

Scientists have pinpointed thousands of genetic changes in a gene that may increase a person’s risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, paving the way for better risk assessment and more personalised care.  Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators focused on the ‘cancer protection’ gene RAD51C, finding over 3,000 harmful genetic changes [...]

By Melissa Wallace, co-founder of the Fierce Foundry

Digital health firm Syrona Health, which supports gender-inclusive healthcare services, has agreed a new partnership with virtual cancer "survivorship" clinic Perci Health. The agreement is aimed at providing a new cancer care solution in the UK for employers and insurers. Syrona’s cancer screening and Perci’s personalised prevention and post-diagnosis rehabilitation programmes will be combined for [...]

Award-winning entrepreneur and founder of Birmingham-based Rem3dy Health and Nourished, Melissa Snover, has been named as one of ten winners in the Department for Business & Trade's (DBT) Venture Capital Unit's inaugural Female Founders initiative. The national campaign was launched by the DBT to identify a cohort of ten of the UK’s most promising female-led [...]