Effect of lockdown on mental health in Australia: Victorian women experienced greater mental health decline compared to the rest of Australia during 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, new University of Melbourne research has found. The negative impacts of lockdown were more severe for women in couples, with children under 15, and for women who lived in flats […]
New research led by the University of Aberdeen has shown that poverty is already affecting the growth of unborn babies from as early as mid-way through pregnancy. This is the first time that size differences have been found at such an early stage of development, and also the first time it has been compared across […]
New research shows that lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman’s risk of developing womb cancer*, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study led by the University of Bristol and published on the 19 April in BMC Medicine**. The study from the University of Bristol is one of the first to find that for every […]
Mobile device use can help or hinder bonding with babies in the womb: New Curtin research has found how and why parents used mobile devices during pregnancy was an important factor in whether or not that use helped them feel closer to their unborn baby. Lead author, Curtin PhD student Rebecca Hood from Curtin’s School […]
Colitis, the debilitating gut condition affecting thousands of women: New resources published today by Guts UK to raise awareness of microscopic colitis show that women are 700% more likely than men to suffer with the condition. The charity is calling for more research to determine the reasons behind this gender disparity in the hope it […]
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Women battling to recover from long COVID say their problems are not taken seriously… new survey finds: The devastating toll long COVID is taking on UK women’s physical and mental health is revealed in a new survey. The poll of 1,000 women with long COVID by the digital health platform Healthily found three quarters (76%) were suffering […]
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The next pandemic? Sleep problems: Ahead of World Sleep Day 2022, Priory experts on what affects quality of sleep – and how to improve your sleep patterns Anxiety is the chief ‘enabler’ of poor quality sleep, even after falling asleep Alcohol is a bad ‘hypnotic’, making a person sleepy but dehydrated, so they wake up earlier […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines on abortion care , in a bid to protect the health of women and girls and help prevent over 25 million unsafe abortions that currently occur each year. “Being able to obtain safe abortion is a crucial part of health care,” said Craig Lissner, acting Director for […]
Video Message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on International Women’s Day 2022. “On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women and girls everywhere. We celebrate their contributions to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Their ideas, innovations and activism that are changing our world for the better. And their leadership across all walks of life. […]
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You may have heard a lot about endometriosis recently, with many high-profile female celebrities and influencers going public about their battle with the illness. Lena Dunham, who opened up about her decision to have a hysterectomy, Alexa Chung and Julianne Hough to name just a few. Despite endometriosis affecting an estimated 1.5 million women in the UK and […]