The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance proposing new age-specific thresholds for interpreting the CA125 blood test — a first step towards more personalised and accurate detection of ovarian cancer in primary care. The move is aimed at helping GPs identify women at higher risk of ovarian cancer earlier, while reducing unnecessary investigations in those at lower risk. Ovarian cancer affects around 1 in 50 women in their lifeti

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has thrown her support behind an unusual but symbolically significant campaign for more women’s toilets in the National Diet building, reflecting how the country’s rapidly changing political landscape is exposing outdated infrastructure and persistent gender inequalities. Nearly 60 female lawmakers, from across political parties, have signed a petition calling for an expansion of restroom facilities for women inside the parliament compl

Dr Hadiyah-Nicole Green, an American medical physicist, is steadily advancing research on a novel cancer treatment that uses laser-activated nanoparticles — a therapy that has eradicated tumours in early animal studies and is now being prepared for eventual human trials, her supporters say. Dr Green, one of the few Black women in the United States ever to earn a PhD in physics, has spent more than a decade developing a technology known broadly as Laser-Activated NanoTherapy (

Scientists in the United States continue to make progress on an experimental artificial womb system known as EXTEND, a technology designed to support the development of extremely premature babies by mimicking conditions inside the human uterus. EXTEND — short for Extra-uterine Environment for Newborn Development — was developed by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania. The system is intended for babi

Textile and fibre artist Alexandria Masse is attracting widespread attention for an ambitious and politically resonant work titled Birth Control Tapestry  — a massive crochet installation that stitches, word for word, a birth control information sheet into yarn as an artistic statement on bodily autonomy, reproductive rights, and informed consent. The project, which Masse began in January 2025, has grown into a monumental piece measuring approximately 12 feet by 6.75 feet (37

Gameto, a New York–based biotechnology company, is gaining global attention for its pioneering fertility technology, Fertilo, which aims to make in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and related reproductive treatments less invasive, shorter, and more accessible than conventional methods. The company’s work has already yielded multiple pregnancies and live births worldwide, and it is now advancing clinical research in the United States and other major markets. Fertilo is based on a no

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The European Union has officially banned trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (TPO) —a key ingredient in many gel nail...

The microscopic bacteria living in women’s bodies could hold the key to transforming healthcare, according to a major new review...

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