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Academics are calling for regulation banning toxic chemicals in period products as a major menstruation conference prepares to open in Brighton. The design, health and sustainability of period products will be a central theme at the Menstruation Research Conference 2026. Keynote speaker Helen Lynn will discuss the lack of regulation and encourage attendees to support [...]

BACKEER and Netalis Medical have won the Women's Health × EmbryoNet-AI Startup Competition, an international initiative designed to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence solutions in women's health. The two winners will receive technical support worth up to €100,000, along with access to investors, to help them develop and validate their minimum viable products. In [...]

"She Had No Clue, Until She Did." draws on real member experiences, from PMDD and painful periods to fertility and mental health. Cycle-tracking app Clue has launched a new campaign, "She Had No Clue, Until She Did.", built around the experiences of seven of its members who found clarity about their health after years of [...]

By Somayeh McKian, a member of the clinical advisory board of Vea, the AI-powered mental health journal app The danger of efficiency culture in women's mental tech is that we are inadvertently optimizing the very patterns that drive our collective burnout. When we look at the explosive growth of the femtech sector, the dominant narrative [...]

Alexander Parker is head of wellness at packaging design and manufacturing company, Burgopak. Burgopak is a world leader in design innovation, with a 25-year-history spanning entertainment, consumer tech and now health diagnostics, including an expanding range of at-home hormone and fertility testing kits. We speak to Alexander to discover what goes into designing robust, functional [...]

From AI embryo analysis in India to couples fertility care launching in the US, Korea's women's health startups are going global, and US investors are taking notice. Vespexx, the femtech company behind couples preconception health platform Soonr, hosted Korea Femtech Summit 2026 on June 30 in Seoul, convening founders, clinicians, and investors from Korea, Singapore, [...]

Our sister publication Health Tech World brings its first live event to London this summer, gathering the people building, buying and regulating healthcare AI for a single afternoon. With a full line-up confirmed and two months to go, tickets are open now, and this first edition is one to book early. Health Tech World Live, [...]

Immunotherapy may temporarily restore fertility in women with autoimmune premature ovarian insufficiency, a pilot study suggests. Three of the 10 women who received treatment later gave birth to healthy babies. Premature ovarian insufficiency, or POI, affects just over three per cent of women worldwide and occurs when the ovaries stop functioning before the age of [...]

Xella Health has launched what it calls the first AI precision health platform built for the XX chromosome. The company says it aims to address a lack of diagnostic precision and clinical research focused on female biology. Women make up half of the population and account for 80 per cent of consumer healthcare decisions, but [...]

An EU committee has backed a report warning of systemic inequalities in women’s health research, diagnosis and treatment across Europe. The European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality approved the report, which was initiated by Renew Europe. Women remain under-represented in medical research and clinical trials. Around 72 per cent of [...]