A new deep learning challenge has been launched by the UEF Cancer AI research team at the University of Eastern Finland, led by senior researcher Hamid Behravan, PhD, and funded by Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund. The challenge aims to develop an architecture capable of automatically estimating the breast percentage density from mammograms. High breast […]
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Breaking the chains of medical hierarchy: a plea for progressive perimenopausal and menopausal care by GP Dr Ceri Cashell. This is a call to my GP colleagues to stand up and challenge new draft NICE guidelines for managing the menopause, which have the potential to seriously damage the progress we are making in women’s health. […]
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The consistent undertreatment of women with cardiovascular disease may have led to preventable heart attacks, strokes and even death, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. In the first study of its kind to look at cardiovascular disease over a long period of time, data from more than 25,000 participants spanning over 25 […]
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The Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, has multiple research initiatives over women’s lifespan and across generations under its belt What do retinal scans and eating meals rich in greens, whole grains, legumes, and nuts, and moderate amount of fish, have to do […]
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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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Hand Washing Habits: 13% of Office Workers Only Wash Their Hands After A Number 2! The shocking study reveals that 13% of British office workers would ONLY wash their hands after answering nature’s call, the research also unveils which industry has the most inadequate handwashers. Cleanology, a leading London commercial cleaning company asked British office […]
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children: Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released by United Nations (UN) agencies ahead of the global Conference of the Parties (COP28) negotiations on climate change in Dubai. According […]
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Women wait for endometriosis diagnosis with multiple symptoms: Australian women with endometriosis can experience symptoms including severe period pain, depression and back pain for around a decade before being diagnosed, a University of Queensland study has revealed. Researchers from the UQ School of Public Health analysed data from 7,606 women born between 1973 and 1978 […]
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A pioneering multi-disciplined team of researchers from Northumbria University and Imperial College London has received funding for a novel study that will explore biological, psychological and social factors associated with brain health in female military veterans. Recent research has indicated that female veterans show poorer brain health in later life compared to male veterans and […]
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Weight gain is a common phenomenon during pregnancy, but excessive gain may be a sign of adverse health issues for mothers. According to a recent study of pregnant women with low-risk pregnancy complications in Singapore, approximately 60% of them either gained too little or too much weight during pregnancy. Exceeding the recommended weight gain was […]