April 10, 2024
Undertaking the majority of daily physical activity in the evening is linked to the greatest health benefits for people living with obesity, according to researchers who followed the trajectory of 30,000 people over almost 8 years.
Does the time of day you move your body make a difference to your health?
April 10, 2024
A new review of research evidence has explored the key differences in how women and men sleep, variations in their body clocks, and how this affects their metabolism.
Research uncovers differences between men and women in sleep, circadian rhythms and metabolism
April 10, 2024
Researchers showed that AI assistance potentially could improve breast-cancer screening by reducing the number of false positives without missing true positives.
AI-assisted breast-cancer screening may reduce unnecessary testing
April 9, 2024
A new expert consensus statement aims to improve endometriosis evaluation. Endometriosis is a common condition with substantial diagnostic delay, leading patients to experience pain, infertility, lost wages and interrupted relationships. The consensus provides recommendations for augmenting routine pelvic ultrasounds through additional maneuvers and imaging to improve diagnosis of deep endometriosis.
New consensus statement aims to improve endometriosis evaluation
April 8, 2024
The Purdue Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI) has awarded four 2024 research grants through its Women’s Health Research Pilot Grant Program. The Purdue projects address health issues that are critical to women throughout the world.
Purdue News: Women’s Global Health Institute awards four women’s health research grants
April 8, 2024
Pregnancy may carry a cost, reports a new study. The research shows that women who reported having been pregnant looked biologically older than women who had never been pregnant, and women who had been pregnant more often looked biologically older than those who reported fewer pregnancies.
Pregnancy accelerates biological aging in a healthy, young adult population
April 8, 2024
New technology uses a smartphone to analyze heart movement and detect heart failure.
Researchers developed new method for detecting heart failure with a smartphone
April 8, 2024
Focusing attention on your mobile phone instead of your partner doesn't just strain your relationship -- it also affects women's creativity in the workplace, caution researchers.
Prioritizing your phone over your partner affects creativity in the workplace for women
April 5, 2024
A new 'atlas' of the human ovary provides insights that could lead to treatments restoring ovarian hormone production and the ability to have biologically related children, according to engineers.
Atlas of the human ovary with cell-level resolution is a step toward artificial ovary
April 2, 2024
The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy in obese women have long been questioned. New research supports the idea of lowering or removing the current recommendation of a weight gain of at least 5 kg.
Women with obesity do not need to gain weight during pregnancy, new study suggests
