Let’s Not Be Quick To Dismiss ‘Breast Implant Illness’
Breast Implant Illness, or BII, is so far little known in the UK but has exploded in the US in…
Women’s Health
Confusing and Contradictory Fertility Advice
New data released today by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) highlights widespread concern and worry UK women…
Concerns over Breast Implants Linked to Rare Form of Cancer
Textured breast implants manufactured by Allergan were withdrawn from the European market in December 2018 after a small number of…
AI can predict survival of ovarian cancer patients
Researchers have created new machine learning software that can forecast the survival rates and response to treatments of patients with…
Brand new drug kills cancer cells from within
A brand new type of cancer drug that acts as a ‘Trojan horse’ to get inside tumour cells has shown…
Yoga and women’s health
Yoga is an eight-part system which influences the whole person, mind and body. It is an ancient practice which incorporates…
Seven ways to treat swelling during pregnancy
Much of the weight gained during pregnancy isn’t from the baby itself. Rather, it’s from extra fluid that your body…
Global medicine and women’s health
Professor Alison Fiander, former clinical lead of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist’s Centre for Women’s Global Health and…
Mother’s smoking affects baby’s DNA
Smoking during pregnancy causes chemical changes to a baby’s DNA that affect its risk of smoking-related conditions in adulthood, a…
Omega-3 supplements reduce risk of premature birth
Daily omega-3 supplementation reduces the risk of birth before 37 weeks by 11 per cent, and reduces the risk of…