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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The Revolution of Women’s Health in the Last Decade: Power, Progress, and Promise: Imagine hopping into a time machine and dropping by to chat with our younger selves from 10 years ago about women’s health. I bet our jaws would drop! We’ve seriously grown and evolved. Remember when women’s health topics were those behind-the-hand whispers? […]
A recent study conducted by the Skin Health Alliance reveals that menopausal skin changes are having a shocking impact on every aspect of women’s daily lives and confidence. 43% of menopausal women believe they have become less attractive, 28% no longer like looking in the mirror and 22% feel stressed and/or depressed by the changes […]
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Perspectus Global and Comms Agency DAPS have collaborated on a newly released White Paper, reflecting on menopause in the workplace in 2023, observing midlife women from different cultures, the benefits they bring to an organisation and the challenges they face. The White Paper includes comments from a range of experts, as well as brand new […]
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A device has been created that could carry out Clinical Breast Examinations (CBE). The manipulator, designed by a team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, is able to apply very specific forces over a range similar to forces used by human examiners and can detect lumps using sensor technology at […]
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The British Heart Foundation are campaigning for more people to recognise the signs and symptoms of heart attacks in women. Many people have the misconception that heart attacks only happen to men and this has led to thousands of women failing to realise that they are experiencing a heart attack and consequently not seeking the necessary medical […]
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Menopause comes as a shock for nearly a third of people who experience early onset menopause caused by cancer treatment. “I didn’t realise the menopause would be harder than my cancer treatment.” Alice, 41 New research, carried out by cancer support charity Maggie’s, shows that 30% of people diagnosed with cancer weren’t aware that their […]
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Research company Perspectus Global and Comms Agency DAPS have collaborated on a newly released White Paper, reflecting on menopause in the workplace in 2023, celebrating and observing midlife women from different cultures and observing the benefits they bring to an organisation. The White Paper includes comments from a range of experts, as well as brand […]
Healthily survey finds cost of living crisis is hitting British women’s health hard: Women hit by the cost of living crisis are having to make difficult spending choices – at the expense of their health – a new survey has revealed. Skipping meals to save money, drinking more alcohol, lying awake worrying about food and fuel […]
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The MISFIT project – Maximising Inclusiveness in Sports through Female-centric Innovation and Technology will see the development of wearable technology to support women to remain active as they age. New wearable technology will be developed as part of a project to help older women stay active and keep playing sport. The University of Exeter and […]