One in six pregnancies among women in Britain are unplanned
One in six pregnancies among women in Britain are unplanned, and one in 60 women (1.5%) experience an unplanned pregnancy in a year, according to new results from the third…
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Women's support groups improve neonatal survival rates
Women’s community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas of India, according to a study published today in the ‘…
Study finds delay in referrals for older women with ovarian cancer
A study of electronic patient records, funded by the Wellcome Trust, suggests that older women with suspected ovarian cancer may be referred by their GPs for investigation…
How can we protect pregnant women from rising temperatures?
Dr Gloria Maimela, Director of Climate and Health at Wits RHI in South Africa, outlines the impacts of excessive heat on pregnant women – and shares some of the ways research…
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Dr Gloria Maimela
One in six men and women feel that their health affects their sex life
A new study, published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), systematically assesses the association between…
One in ten women in Britain report having experienced sex against their will
One in ten women (9.8%) and roughly one in seventy men (1.4%), when asked “Has anyone actually made you have sex with them, against your will?”, said yes, according to new…
Report reveals issues that might turn women away from academic science
Lack of mentoring and career support along with a low number of female role models have been cited as key factors that may be driving women in science to move away from…
At least four out of ten men and women have had a recent sexual problem
Around half (51%) of women and four out of ten (42%) men report having had a recent sexual problem, but only one in ten say they are worried or distressed about their sex…
Why women wiggling in high heels could help improve prosthetic limbs and robots
People walking normally, women tottering in high heels and ostriches strutting all exert the same forces on the ground despite their very differently shaped feet, according…
£17m for global research into climate change and maternal and child health
Wellcome has awarded £17m to 9 different research projects around the world to investigate how extreme heat is impacting maternal and child health.
A Gambian midwife’s perspective on extreme heat and pregnancy
Extreme heat will only get worse with climate change, and it has been linked to health risks for pregnant women and their babies. We spoke to a midwife and a researcher in…
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Jane Bracher
A postcoital switch: mapping the changing behaviours in the female fruit fly's mind
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn’t be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal ‘Current Biology…
Frequent antenatal screening dramatically reduces maternal mortality on Thai-Myanmar border
Frequent antenatal screening has allowed doctors to detect and treat malaria in its early stages on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, dramatically reducing the number of…
Wellcome Photography Prize 2021
The Wellcome Photography Prize announces its 2021 winners, chosen from photographs exploring the human side of three urgent health challenges: mental health, infectious…
Pregnant, constipated and bloated? Fly poo may tell you why
Clues about how our gut helps to regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source: fruit fly faeces. Scientists at the University of Cambridge are using the fruit…
How mental health ‘first-aid-kits’ are helping people cope
“If all systems fail you, and you have no supportive community to help you, where do you turn to?” Sebastian Mar photographed Russian women along with the mental health…
Sexually transmitted infections and risky sex still an issue in the UK
New results from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), published in The Lancet, provide a picture of sexually transmitted infection (STI)…
Genetic variants linked to increased risk of common gynaecological disease
Research published today identifies two genetic variants that increase the risk of developing endometriosis, a common gynaecological disease. The study provides clues to the…
Malaria during pregnancy: new study assesses risks during first trimester
The largest ever study to assess the effects of malaria and its treatment in the first trimester of pregnancy has shown that the disease significantly increases the risk of…
Chapter 2: Experience of anxiety or depression
Wellcome Global Monitor 2020 Chapter 2