3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (844+ words) For people at high risk of developing breast cancer, yearly mammograms may not be enough to detect tumors early. To make earlier diagnosis easier, an MIT team has developed portable detectors based on ultrasound, which could be used much more…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (346+ words) New mum-of-two Sammy says giving birth to her second daughter via maternal assisted caesarean was a healing experience. Under the care of obstetrician A/Prof Fiona Brownfoot, Sammy was actively involved in bringing Ruby into the world at Epworth Freemasons…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (532+ words) A group of Hudson Institute and Monash University researchers is among the few in the world studying how menstruation - when it starts, its frequency and reliability, and whether it is painful, heavy or light - affects a woman's likelihood of developing…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (464+ words) Paediatric doctor Priyal was 34 when she received news that completely blindsided her: a breast cancer diagnosis. "I still remember how underprepared I was when the radiologist came into the room with a grim look on his face, pointing to the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (317+ words) Local families now have access to vital early years services closer to home, with the official opening of the new Weir Views Children's and Community Centre this week. State Member for Melton Steve Mc Ghie MP joined City of Melton…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (415+ words) The University of Liverpool has secured significant funding to evaluate an innovation designed to control postpartum bleeding, alongside the launch of a new Women's Health Innovation (WIN) Studio. The WIN Studio is led by Andrew Weeks (Professor of International Maternal…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago  (518+ words) Women with abnormal mammograms often have to wait for weeks to find out whether they have breast cancer. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have found a way to help reduce the wait and the worry by…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (281+ words) These findings strengthen the case for approval of sacituzumab govitecan as first-line treatment of patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer who are not eligible for immunotherapy, which was evaluated in ASCENT-03, and of sacituzumab govitecan plus pembrolizumab as first-line treatment…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (670+ words) The NDA is based on positive results from the pivotal SERENA-6 Phase III trial presented at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine. 1 The FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1533+ words) It's widely known that low-income Black women suffer far higher maternal health risks than low- income white mothers, often because they lack access to quality health care. But in a new book, UC Berkeley law professor Khiara M. Bridges makes a…...