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A £2.3 million UK-wide study will trial a tailored pain management programme for women with endometriosis whose symptoms persist after surgery or medication.

IV iron therapy in pregnancy reduced blood transfusion rates by 37 per cent compared with oral iron, a new analysis of clinical trials has found.

Vespexx Inc., an AI femtech company building Soonr, a preconception health platform designed for couples, today announced that it has been named a Quarterfinalist in the 2026 Digital Health & AI Awards in the Rising Star track, Women's & Family Health category. The Digital Health & AI Awards recognise companies and innovations helping shape the [...]

September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, an important opportunity to raise awareness of symptoms, screening and early detection. It should also prompt a broader question: Is innovation in women’s health keeping pace with a changing cancer landscape? A recent global analysis of breast, cervical, uterine and ovarian cancers estimated 3.7 million new cases and 1.3 [...]

The NHS is urging pregnant women to have the RSV vaccine at 28 weeks to help protect newborn babies from serious respiratory illness. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms but can lead to severe lung infections in infants. The NHS in the South West is encouraging expectant [...]

Stockholm Region is rolling out AI as an independent second reader across its breast screening programme, covering up to 250,000 mammograms a year.

Cycle-tracking app Clue has partnered with insurer Flora Fertility, giving policyholders free premium access while introducing its 100 million users to fertility insurance.

Blood markers that change during menopause are linked to poorer memory and higher Alzheimer’s disease risk in older women, a study found. Researchers identified 16 molecules linked to brain health that shifted during the menopause transition. The changes were more closely associated with hormone levels than with age. The findings were correlational, meaning they do [...]

Chronic pain after caesarean delivery is associated with poorer quality of life and disrupted daily functioning months and years after birth, new research has revealed. A review of 30 studies involving 28,295 women found persistent pain was associated with difficulties affecting activity, walking, work, sleep, mood, fatigue and, in some cases, sexual function. The authors [...]

Xella Health has integrated Oura wearable data into its women’s health platform, allowing members to share trends with clinicians alongside diagnostic results. Members can choose to share information including sleep, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, temperature trends, recovery, activity and menstrual-cycle data. The integration is intended to help clinicians investigate biological factors that may [...]