Socioeconomic factors, like education and location, can affect access to life-saving prenatal care services. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital are taking steps towards implementing strategies that improve access to prenatal care: estimating how many pregnant people attend the recommended number of visits and identifying pregnant people who are at high risk of failing to attend. This could help policymakers allocate resources […]
The findings are concerning to the researchers, as women may rely on website information to decide whether to have the test. They also may make decisions or plans to conceive or delay doing so, or seek potentially unnecessary fertility treatments such as IVF or egg freezing, on the basis of test results. The study was published in JAMA Network Open, examined 27 […]
The quality of life of millions suffering from endometriosis – a painful disease where sensitive tissue grows outside of the uterus – could be improved by a new artificial intelligence (AI) system with technology developed by the University of Adelaide in South Australia, in partnership with researchers from the University of Surrey. The IMAGENDO® system uses AI to analyse data […]
Amid widely differing capacities of available menstrual hygiene products, a menstrual disc—similar in shape to a diaphragm—may be best for dealing with heavy monthly blood flow as well as indicating excessive blood loss, suggests research published online in the journal BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. Despite the fact that 800 million women around the globe will be on their period every […]
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