Topic: Tips to Help Make Women’s Health a Priority Springtime is a season of renewal, with this year’s transition bringing added significance as many states continue reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As more people become vaccinated and some families start to gather in person again, it may be an ideal time to think about ways…
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Topic: From menopause to anxiety: the new tech tackling women’s health problems Apps tracking hormones and a gadget combatting hot flushes are some of the latest innovations in the femtech market, which is predicted to be worth $60bn by 2027. When lifelong worrier Louise Stevenson asked her husband whether her anxiety was damaging, his answer…
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Topic: Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to autism, attention deficit in children Pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen may increase the odds of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in their children, according to an analysis of cord blood from nearly 1,000 children. The study design has a major limitation: Cord blood provides only a…
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Topic: Israeli company uses AI to detect breast cancer Israeli technology employing artificial intelligence to detect breast cancer has obtained European Union approval, Ibex Medical Analytics announced Wednesday. Tel Aviv-based Ibex was established in 2016 and is focused on developing AI solutions to cancer diagnosis. “Breast cancer is the most common cancer malignant disease in…
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Topic: When to seek mental health help after giving birth Growing up, I don’t think I have ever seen my mother take a break, fall ill, or share her feelings when I would see her crying over something… I noticed this continue into adulthood. I have then realized I am doing as she did, as…
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Topic: 5 Top Tips for Handling Pregnancy Aches and Pains You might be surprised to learn that headaches are very common in pregnancy. Nearly 1 in 5 pregnant women has a migraine at some point during pregnancy. Hormonal changes in pregnancy cause increased blood volume, including around the brain. This can trigger frequent, mild headaches.…
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Topic: Exposure to pollution during pregnancy is linked to asthma in preschoolers Exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution during pregnancy is linked to asthma in preschoolers, according to a new study published in the journal American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine looked at 376 mothers…
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Topic: Can Changing Your Diet Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer? Many “anti-cancer” diets have been proposed but none have been clinically demonstrated to actually reduce the risk of developing cancer. An unhealthy weight has long been known to increase the risk of chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, and there is increasing…
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Topic: COVID-19 puts spotlight on disparities in research on women’s health When Katharine Lee, a postdoctoral research fellow at Washington University in St. Louis, and Kathryn Clancy, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, each say they experienced unexpected menstrual cycles after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, they did what researchers do…
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Topic: Mental health and pregnancy: ‘I couldn’t hold my baby for more than a minute’ Seaneen Molloy was excited to discover she was expecting her second baby during lockdown. With a history of mental illness, she carefully planned the pregnancy, but when her baby arrived she experienced the “terrifyingly rapid” onset of a crisis which…
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