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Women in perimenopause had higher odds of reporting anxiety symptoms than women before or after menopause, a review of 21 studies involving 24,523 women found. Compared with premenopausal women, those in perimenopause had 59 per cent higher odds of reporting anxiety symptoms, while postmenopausal women had 63 per cent higher odds. However, a direct comparison [...]

A global trial will test whether bromocriptine can reduce deaths and complications in women with pregnancy-related heart failure. The study focuses on peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare but life-threatening form of heart failure that develops towards the end of pregnancy or within five months of childbirth. The placebo-controlled trial will enrol approximately 650 women to [...]

UK researchers have secured £800,000 to use AI to study breast cancer recurrence, focusing on why some oestrogen receptor-positive tumours return years after treatment. The funding will support two projects examining how cancer cells survive treatment, remain dormant and later begin growing again. Most breast cancers do not return after treatment, but some cells can [...]

A new study suggests AI and VR could improve access to menopause therapy, although it has not shown whether the technology reduces symptoms. The multicentre study explored using artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) to deliver cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other non-drug treatments for menopause symptoms. Researchers recruited women aged 45 to 60 [...]

An Australian trial will test whether yoga and walking can ease endometriosis pain, with more than 350 women already registering interest. The study will involve women aged 18 and over with medically diagnosed endometriosis who live in regional, rural and remote Australia. Participants will be randomly assigned to four groups: usual care, yoga alone, yoga [...]

Women with autoimmune conditions were more likely than men to have their symptoms dismissed as psychological or psychosomatic, new research has revealed. The findings suggested that women face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment. More than 6,600 people with autoimmune conditions took part in the study. Most participants were women, and most were [...]

A rare form of triple-negative breast cancer may not need the same treatment approach as more common forms of the disease, a study suggests. Researchers analysed long-term outcomes in 24 patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast, or breast ACC, diagnosed between 2000 and 2020. Despite all patients having triple-negative breast cancer, estimated disease-specific [...]

GLP-1 prescriptions among new mothers in the US rose sharply between 2018 and 2025, particularly among women with type 2 diabetes, new research has revealed. Researchers analysed private insurance claims covering just over one million births and tracked new prescriptions started within six months of giving birth. The proportion of postpartum women starting a GLP-1 [...]

Women report more pain than men across all 11 body sites assessed in a global study involving more than six million people. The gap was particularly pronounced for headache, facial and abdominal pain, while pain in both women and men increased most steeply before the age of 55. Researchers analysed self-reported pain data from people [...]

Researchers in Australia have identified two contributors to recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV) infections, a common sexual health condition that affects about a quarter of women around the world. Recurrent BV may result from the condition persisting after antibiotics or from reinfection by a sexual partner, researchers found. BV, occurs when the balance of naturally occurring [...]