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Men who eat more ultra-processed food may be more likely to face fertility issues, a study suggests. Ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, include bread, cakes, pastries, fried foods and salty snacks. They contain artificial ingredients and high levels of fat, sugar and salt. Previous studies have linked UPFs to at least 32 serious health conditions, including [...]

Common menopause symptoms such as brain fog and memory problems do not appear to have a lasting impact on cognitive performance, a study suggests. The study found that while brain fog is a real symptom commonly experienced by perimenopausal and post-menopausal women, there is no evidence that it has an ongoing impact on core cognitive [...]

Hull landmarks are being lit yellow to raise endometriosis awareness, campaigners say. Hull City Hall, Hull Minster and Bridlington Spa are among the buildings being lit in yellow from 18:30 GMT on Friday to mark Endometriosis Awareness Month. Hull-based Hey Endo has called on local businesses, shops and homes to join in by turning their [...]

A blood test could help guide breast cancer treatment for women aged 70 and over, a small study suggests. Researchers analysed blood samples from women with oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, a common type fuelled by the hormone oestrogen, who were considering endocrine therapy as their main treatment while forgoing surgery and radiation. Endocrine therapy works [...]

California plans US$3.4m for menopause care, screening and treatment access in a budget proposal advocates say could begin to close care gaps. If approved by the legislature through the budget process, the proposal would require menopause screening for all women from age 40, direct health plans to expand coverage of FDA-approved menopause treatments, meaning treatments [...]

More light activity and less sitting in pregnancy may cut the risk of high blood pressure conditions by nearly 30 per cent, early research suggests. The study looked at nearly 500 pregnant women at three healthcare centres in the US and found that time spent sitting and doing light physical activity were the strongest predictors [...]

By Adrianne Nickerson, founder and CEO, Oula The numbers get the headlines. Maternal mortality rates. Access deserts. Workforce shortages. These are real and urgent problems, but they're not the whole story. There's a quieter breakdown happening inside routine appointments, and it's driving outcomes in ways that never show up in formal reports. Women [...]

A UK researcher is to co-lead a new Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Women's Mental Health. This is the first global initiative to systematically connect biology, social context and clinical care for women's mental health across their entire life course, and to translate that knowledge into actionable change, using precision psychiatry as its central framework. It [...]

Women who enter natural menopause before age 40 face about a 40 per cent higher lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease than women who experience menopause later, according to a large study that is the first to calculate lifetime heart risk associated with premature menopause. The findings suggest that doctors should routinely ask women [...]

Women's Health Week USA, taking place May 13-14 at the New York Academy of Medicine, has confirmed a new wave of speaker additions to a programme already anchored by some of the most commercially significant voices in the industry. The additions reflect a deliberate shift in focus: from early-stage innovation to the Era of Scale. [...]