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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised after a human error caused 11 years of maternity data to be overwritten. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/IP5pOFr #Menopause #HotFlush #WomensHealth #Perimenopause #MenopauseSupport
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Short-term oral HRT was linked to a 60 per cent higher rate of serious blood clots in women aged 50 to 69, a large study found. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/z4bvsLt #HRT #Menopause #WomensHealth #HormoneTherapy #BloodClots
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Black mothers across most of England lack targeted maternal mental health support despite facing higher risks during and after pregnancy, a report finds. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/8XQOXmP #MaternalMentalHealth #BlackMaternalHealth #WomensHealth #MentalHealth #Pregnancy
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A 拢254m UK funding package will expand reproductive health access for millions of women and girls across 54 countries. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/u0ccGfH #MaternalHealth #WomensHealth #FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealth #GlobalHealth
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A health trust will decide how far back to review breast cancer cases after more than 30 women were found to have undergone unnecessary surgery. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/7ETj6t2 #BreastCancer #WomensHealth #CancerCare #PatientSafety #NHS
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Parents affected by pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will gain a legal right to up to two weeks of unpaid leave from April 2027. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/u9AvF3q #PregnancyLoss #Miscarriage #WomensHealth #BereavementLeave #IVF
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Breast cancer patients in Scotland face a testing gap that could limit access to two newly approved NHS treatments. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/UO3DbaD #BreastCancer #MetastaticBreastCancer #NHSScotland #CancerTreatment #PatientAccess
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A urine and vaginal fluid test could help rule out womb cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding, potentially reducing invasive checks. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/xIfRxUl #WombCancer #WomensHealth #CancerDiagnosis #PostmenopausalBleeding #CancerResearch
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has apologised after a human error caused 11 years of maternity data to be overwritten. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/YGzVuQd #MaternityCare #WomensHealth #NHS #PatientData #MaternalHealth
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Mira has launched an at-home cortisol tracking kit that allows women to monitor stress-related patterns over time using urine samples. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/cYPyn67 #WomensHealth #Cortisol #HormonalHealth #StressTracking #FemTech
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A targeted nanotherapy reduced endometriosis lesions and pain sensitivity after a single dose in mice, early research has found. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/3sY5K12 #Endometriosis #WomensHealth #Nanotherapy #MedicalResearch #ChronicPain
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CHSS has launched a three-year Women鈥檚 Health Plan setting out actions to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support for women in Scotland. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/HH8Dxrt #WomensHealth #HealthInequalities #HeartHealth #Stroke #Scotland
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Four doctors couldn't explain why Elena Ikonomovska was pre-diabetic. So the machine learning scientist used AI to find the answer herself - a missed thyroid issue driving the problem. That became Diadia Health: AI that connects genetics, biomarkers and medical literature into a whole-body view of patient health, built to reason logically so clinicians can trust it. 馃弳 Winner, Femtech World AI Innovation Award. Read the full interview below. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/cju79E4 #FemTech #WomensHealth #AIinHealthcare
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These are the 200+ companies that you can meet this October at Women's Health Week Europe This October, Emirates Stadium becomes the meeting point for the women's health industry doing serious business: Women's Health Week Europe (7-8 October) brings 700+ attendees, 80+ speakers, and 200+ companies across two stages: Global Stage for market trends, policy, and regulation; and Scale Stage for growth, commercialisation, and expansion. This is prime territory for meeting investors, partners, and buyers who are actively looking to connect. Want to know exactly who's coming? Get the full breakdown of attending companies and job titles here: buff.ly/lqLdYhb Then register and download the app to start booking meetings before you even land in London. Use code FEMTECHWORLD for a special discount on us: Register for Women's Health Week Europe: buff.ly/YJitvbS #WomensHealth #WHWEurope #whweu
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Women in Europe鈥檚 health and care sector face a 19 per cent hourly gender pay gap, according to a new WHO report. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/7MDyozm #GenderPayGap #WomensHealth #Healthcare #WomenInHealthcare #GenderEquality
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Higher BMI at 20 was linked to a lower risk of post-menopausal breast cancer in an analysis of more than 33,000 women. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/VQ1VC1m #BreastCancer #WomensHealth #BreastDensity #BMI #CancerResearch
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We sat down with Zahra Bhatti and Katrina Zalcmane, co-founders of V茅a - the AI journaling app built for the female mind - to talk burnout, breakthroughs and their Femtech World Award win 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/SN3YBjF #MentalHealth #WomensHealth #Femtech #AI #FemtechWorldAwards
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Women with the same medical conditions as men were less likely to receive the same treatment across several specialties, a global research review found. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/itRuIM0 #WomensHealth #GenderHealthGap #Healthcare #HealthInequality #MedicalResearch
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Women entering pregnancy with multiple long-term health conditions face higher risks of miscarriage and other complications, a UK study found. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/AVoNRYF #Pregnancy #WomensHealth #MaternalHealth #MentalHealth #PregnancyRisks
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Manchester City has launched a female athlete health platform covering menstrual, pelvic and breast health, as well as nutrition. 馃敆 Full story: buff.ly/qC9ep2y #FemaleAthletes #WomensHealth #WomenInSport #AthleteHealth #Football
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