Modern tech work blurs the boundary between focus and fatigue. Notifications spill into evenings, side projects jostle for attention, and the same screens we use to...
By Ruby Raut, founder and CEO, WUKA If you have ever noticed that your cramps feel sharper, your mood dips harder, or your energy seems to...
By Ruby Raut, founder and CEO, WUKA When we think of period products, the usual concerns are comfort, absorbency, cost and maybe sustainability. But there is...
With delayed parenthood now the norm, a new wave of biotech innovators is targeting the root cause of rising infertility rates. Oxford-based startup U-Ploid tells Femtech...
By Ruby Raut, founder and CEO, WUKA Over the past year, headlines about “toxic period products” have been hard to ignore. Stories about PFAS, heavy metals,...
Women experience slightly worse recovery than men in the first year after stroke, with more difficulty with daily tasks such as eating, dressing and driving. The...
Caesarean births (surgical births) have overtaken vaginal deliveries in England for the first time, with 45 per cent of births now by caesarean, NHS data show....
A large real-world study has found that an AI-powered digital tool developed by Megi Health can significantly reduce blood pressure over time while maintaining high long-term...
A team of UK researchers has published a new study examining how middle-aged, middle-class British women describe the effects of regular open water swimming on their...
Ultromics, a developer of AI-driven cardiology solutions, has announced an investment from the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Venture Fund, a fund within American...
Wales has opened its first women’s health research centre, backed by £3m to tackle health inequalities through research and innovation. The centre, led by Women’s Health...
Early pregnancy therapy can cut postpartum depression and anxiety by tackling prenatal anxiety, new research has revealed. A trial of 1,200 pregnant women in Pakistan found...
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced the forthcoming “maternal morbidity indicator system” in its formal response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s...
Football injuries during periods are more severe and take longer to heal, though menstruation does not itself raise injury rates, according to new research. The study...
Flex partners with Clue to make Clue Plus eligible for HSA and FSA spending in the US, letting users pay for menstrual health tools with pre-tax...
Pregnant women who received a Covid-19 vaccine were far less likely to experience severe illness or deliver prematurely, according to a major new study. The research,...
A combination of THC and CBD derived from cannabis was shown to kill ovarian cancer cells without harming healthy cells in laboratory studies. The findings suggest...
The risk of women in England suffering severe post-birth bleeding has risen to its highest level in five years, prompting fresh concerns about NHS maternity care....
IVFmicro has raised £3.5m to advance its microfluidic device designed to improve IVF success rates in routine clinic use. The Leeds-based spinout from the University of...
HRT (hormone replacement therapy) may not increase breast cancer risk in women with BRCA mutations, new research suggests. Women who inherit harmful mutations in the BRCA1...
