This Week in Women’s Health: Top 5 Headlines

🔬Researchers  have created a cervix-on-a-chip that models the structure and function of the human cervix. This microfluidic model captures the complex interactions between different cervical cell types and aims to improve understanding and treatment of diseases affecting the female reproductive tract.

SOURCE: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

🚀A group of women’s health leaders recently launched the first-ever bipartisan Women's Health PAC, dedicated to making women’s health a sustained national political priority in the US. Candace McDonald, Jodi Neuhauser, and Liz Powell co-founded the group.

SOURCE: FORBES

📱 Ovum, Australia’s first AI health assistant for women, developed by Dr. Ariella Heffernan-Marks, has entered its pilot phase. The app aims to revolutionise women's healthcare by addressing systemic gaps with a comprehensive health management system, integrating medical records and interactive functions.

SOURCE: PACE

🧠A study by University College London and the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health reveals that women exhibit quicker reaction times and fewer errors during menstruation, despite believing their performance would worsen.

SOURCE: MEDICAL XPRESS

🔍 Researchers are investigating if a ‘less is more’ approach to breast cancer treatment will give patients equally good or better outcomes. Two key clinical trials are at the forefront of this research:

•      OPTIMA, is a promising international trail that has made its way to Australia. The trial aims to identify if breast cancer patients with high-risk hormone positive breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy and be treated with hormone-blocking tablets instead.

•      PROSPECT, which will ‘use a new technology, breast MRI, in combination with review of pathological features of the breast tumour to prospectively identify women who can safely avoid radiotherapy because their risk of local recurrence is very low.’

SOURCE: WOMENS AGENDA