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Women who are being treated for asthma are more likely to miscarry and need fertility treatment to get pregnant, according to a new study. However, the study also suggests that most women with asthma are able to have babies. For the study, reproductive outcomes for all Danish women born from 1976 to 1999 were analysed, [...]

A new study has shown that postmenopausal women who use hormone therapy see less biological ageing than those who do not use hormone therapy. The research team explores the association between hormone therapy use and differences in both biological and chronological age in postmenopausal women. Th study was a population-based, retrospective cohort study that included [...]

In response to the growing need for accessible fertility treatments and the urgent demand for egg donors in the UK, Apricity Fertility has introduced a new initiative - Egg Sharing. Against a backdrop of the cost of living crisis and NHS criteria this programme aims to make IVF more affordable, while simultaneously addressing the nationwide [...]

New research shows that states that have the most severe restrictions on abortion may also have the poorest reproductive health care and support infrastructure. The United States Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in June 2024 revoked constitutionally guaranteed access to abortion for women. Since the ruling, 14 US [...]

A new study suggests that pregnancy-related hypertension can lead to heart disease during menopause. For the study, researchers sought to assess the association between a self-reported history of preeclampsia or eclampsia, gestational hypertension, and gestational diabetes with cardiovascular outcomes in postmenopausal women. What they found is that a self-reported history of gestational hypertension was associated [...]

Men taking valproate and their partners are being advised by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to use effective contraception because of new data suggesting a potential small increased risk of harm to children if used by a father at conception. This precautionary advice follows the analysis of a retrospective observational study [...]

New research has shown that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital stethoscope helped doctors identify twice as many cases of heart failure compared to a control group that received usual obstetric care and screening.  Heart failure during pregnancy is a dangerous and often under-detected condition because common symptoms – shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and trouble [...]

A new study has has found that women who received a false-positive result that required additional imaging or biopsy were less likely to return for that follow-up screening. Early detection of breast cancer through mammography screening continues to save lives. However, abnormal findings on mammograms can lead to women being recalled for additional imaging and [...]

White women are paid up to eight times more for their eggs than Black women in the US, according to data uncovered by the author of a new book which exposes the lesser-known ramifications of egg donation. Eggonomics by Diane M. Tober reveals statistics and stories which illuminate the rarely-told, complex realities of egg donation, [...]

By Annie Theriault, managing partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV)