Clinician / health professional

By Women As One Women receive advice. Men receive advocacy. If we want to close the gender gap, it’s time to be intentional about sponsorship. Building a career in cardiology takes more than hard work; it requires access, visibility, and support. One of the first pieces of career advice physicians receive is to find a [...]

A Newcastle physiotherapist has secured £75,000 in Innovate UK funding to develop a pelvic health app, aimed at making pelvic floor support more accessible.

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 [...]

By Women As One Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death across European Society of Cardiology (ESC) member countries. Yet the latest 2025 ESC Atlas project report tells a story of progress. Over the past three decades, cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality rates have declined, reflecting advances in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and healthcare delivery. [...]

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 [...]

A health trust will decide how far back to review breast cancer cases after more than 30 women were found to have undergone unnecessary surgery. It has already been established that hundreds of patients came to harm during treatment at the breast unit at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT). The trust has apologised [...]

Women with the same medical conditions as men were less likely to receive the same treatment across several specialties, a global research review found. The review found differences in care for conditions including cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and Parkinson’s, with women less likely to receive some active treatments. Of 38 studies analysed, 33 found women [...]

Menopause is often absent from women's electronic health records, a study of nearly 396,000 women has found. Researchers found menopause appeared almost seven times more often in participant surveys than in electronic health records (EHRs). The findings suggest important reproductive health information, including age at menopause, may often be missing from health records used for [...]

Weight loss surgery was linked to more regular periods and fewer polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) symptoms in women aged 18 to 45 living with obesity in a recent study. The researchers recommend that women undergoing the procedure have access to preconception care and reproductive counselling to support their reproductive health. Researchers at [...]