Emma Barnett: We cant ignore endometriosis, a disease that leaves women like me in agony

Weighted vests have become a trendy fitness accessory, spotted on celebrities and promoted on social media for purported benefits like weight loss and muscle gain. They’ve become particularly popular among older women, said Kristen Beavers, PhD, professor of gerontology and geriatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine—largely due to the belief that they can…

James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Jeff Dowling/EMBL-EBI Researchers developed the code for the AI model which looks for patterns in people’s medical records Artificial intelligence can predict people’s health problems over a decade into the future, say scientists. The technology has learned to spot patterns in people’s medical records to calculate their risk of more…

Iolo Cheung, BBC Wales and Jacob Morris, Newyddion S4CBBC Wales Tessa Marshall Tessa Marshall says without access to abortion, she would probably have a 13-year-old child now A candidate for the Senedd election in May has said she hopes sharing her own experience of having an abortion aged 15 will empower others to “understand the…

Richard said: “It’s a horrible thing at Bex’s young age to have to go through, so if we can stop one person, one single person, having to go through this journey, and finding it earlier would stop that, then it’s a win for us, so that’s why it really means something to us. “

Supplied Alex Allan is a nutritionist and said more needs to be done for women who have polycystic ovary syndrome When Alex Allan was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) aged 22 her GP told her the symptoms could only be managed and to come back when she wanted to have a baby. Thirty years…