New app from Manchester Uni reduces hospital visits for pregnant women
A new app is helping clinicians to monitor pregnant women for high blood pressure and glucose levels at home thanks to a team at Manchester University...
Women’s Health
The Women’s Health section explores a wide range of topics relating to women’s health, including breast and ovarian cancer, fertility, childbirth, and sexual health. It emphasises the importance of a global, multidisciplinary approach to these issues, addressing challenges such as delayed endometriosis diagnoses and the impact of climate change on pregnant women. The section also delves into the psychological aspects of health, like managing ‘chemo-brain’ in breast cancer survivors, and explores the genetic links between conditions like endometriosis and IBS, highlighting the diverse and complex nature of women’s health concerns.
New implant could help women experiencing infertility or recurrent miscarriages
New implant could help women experiencing infertility or recurrent miscarriages: Doctors and researchers at the University of Southampton are trialling a novel implant device they...
Why do Dry January? A Priory expert explains
Why do Dry January? Priory expert Dr Niall Campbell explains that Covid has “changed the drinking landscape” and become the “enabler” of unhealthy drinking habits...
Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion (MACS), diabetes and high blood pressure
Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion (MACS), diabetes and high blood pressure: Researchers from the University of Birmingham reveal scale of prevalence of a condition that can...
Prebiotic supplements help women reduce sugar intake by 4%
Prebiotic supplements help women reduce sugar intake by four percent, finds study: The prebiotics used in this study were galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) which increase the amount...
Dry January challenge
Dry January is the UK's one-month alcohol-free challenge. It isn’t about giving anything up. It’s about getting something back. Get your fun back. Get your energy back....
Premature baby risk strongly linked to pre-eclampsia
Women who gave birth to a premature baby after developing pre-eclampsia were 17 times more likely to experience another preterm birth if pre-eclampsia emerged again,...
Mediterranean diet or mindfulness during pregnancy reduces the risk of a low birth weight baby
Mediterranean diet or mindfulness during pregnancy reduces the risk of a low birth weight baby: A clinical trial for pregnant women at high risk of...
The Calmer Sutra: Iconic sex guide reinvented for menopausal women
The Calmer Sutra: Iconic sex guide reinvented for menopausal women: Iconic sex guide The Kama Sutra has been reinvented for menopausal women by Menopause Experts...
Placentophagy: does it work beyond a ‘placebo’ effect?
Placentophagy: does it work beyond a ‘placebo’ effect? Sallyann Beresford has been a doula, or professional birthing partner, for the last 20 years. Over that...
