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Denmark will compensate Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls for forced contraception, with payouts of 300,000 kroner (about £35,000) each, after decades of practices by health authorities. The health ministry said women given contraception without their knowledge or consent between 1960 and 1991 can apply for individual compensation starting next April. Claims can be made until [...]

Mismanaged heavy bleeding care is costing the NHS millions each year, a new analysis suggests. Experts say thousands of patients could be treated earlier in the community rather than in hospital. Heavy periods, affecting at least one in three women, are defined as blood loss that disrupts daily life. Symptoms can be linked [...]

Telling women their breast density after screening was linked to higher anxiety and confusion than no notification, an Australian study suggests. Breast density is the proportion of glandular and fibrous tissue compared with fat. Dense tissue is a risk factor for breast cancer and can make mammograms harder to interpret. Women undergoing screening in Australia [...]

Milken Institute has launched the Women’s Health Network digital platform with Velir x Brooklyn Data to speed collaboration and investment across research, care and technology. The new website creates a hub for members to share content, connect and coordinate projects, with branding and the first public Drupal build delivered by Velir x Brooklyn Data. A [...]

Long-term heart disease risk among women with uterine fibroids is more than 80 per cent higher than in those without, according to a new study. Fibroids are predominantly benign growths that develop from the muscle tissue of the uterus. Study author Julia D. DiTosto is a PhD candidate in epidemiology at the Perelman [...]

A sperm donor carrying a cancer-linked TP53 mutation fathered at least 197 children across Europe, a cross-border investigation has found. Some children have already died and, for those who inherit the mutation, only a minority will escape cancer in their lifetimes, the investigation by 14 public service broadcasters found. The sperm was not sold to [...]

Femtech World explores the latest research developments in the world of women’s health. Fertility treatments linked to higher mutations than natural conception Mice that were conceived with IVF in the lab have slightly increased rates of DNA errors, or mutations, compared to pups conceived naturally, a new study suggests. While the results do not directly [...]

Ten FemTech innovations have been chosen for Accelerating FemTech: Evaluate, led by Health Innovation South London and DigitalHealth.London with UK partners. The accelerator, part of the Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst, supports women’s health solutions at technology readiness level 4 or higher, meaning prototypes proven in a lab or relevant setting and preparing for market entry. [...]

A new AI model can predict a person’s risk of developing breast cancer up to five years in advance by analysing mammograms. The technology could make screening more effective by identifying women who need additional imaging. In one study, women the algorithm flagged as high risk were four times more likely to develop breast cancer [...]

UK couples undergoing IVF are exploiting a legal loophole to rank embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ, height and health, a Guardian investigation has revealed. The screening method, which scores embryos from their DNA, is not permitted at UK fertility clinics and critics have raised scientific and ethical objections, saying the approach is unproven. But under [...]