Articles

Elsevier,

Journal of Cancer Policy, Volume 43, March 2025

Compared to male patients, sexual health remains poorly studied in women and sexual gender minority (SGM) patients with cancers. This national study addresses this.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 50, March 2025

This study has shown that even with imperfect coverage of HPV vaccination targeting preadolescent girls, substantially lower incidence of CIN2+ is already observed. Thus, vaccinating population through organized and publicly funded programme should be encouraged and efforts to increase vaccination coverage should be given.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Digital Health, Volume 7, March 2025

Editorial highlighting the 2 papers above, discussing challenges in the field of women's health, and recommendations to address these.
Elsevier,

Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 22, 1 March 2025

This article examines the exposures and health impacts experienced by female sugarcane workers in Guatemala, focusing on heat stress, particulate matter exposure, and kidney function. The key findings indicate that these women face elevated levels of heat and particulate matter at work, leading to dehydration and reduced kidney function. The study highlights the need for gender-responsive interventions to address the unique health risks faced by women in agricultural settings.
Elsevier,

Social Science and Medicine, Volume 369, March 2025

Food insecurity increases women's vulnerability to intimate partner violence in transactional sex relationships.
Elsevier,

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Volume 43, March 2025

The article explores the impact of infertility on the mental health of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.The article highlights the need for tailored psychological support and interventions.
Elsevier,

Journal of Frailty and Aging, Volume 14, April 2025

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and risk factors of frailty in people experiencing homelessness (PEH).�

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Women's Studies International Forum, Volume 109, 1 March 2025

Based on interviews with Israeli mothers during COVID, this article asks: What practices do mothers use to mark and erase their children's disabilities? What practices are marked as good mothering? How do these processes of marking and erasing negotiate classed ideals of normativity for children and mothers? The findings indicated that low-income mothers mark disability to acquire professional support for children's disabilities, claiming this as their ‘proper’ mothering role, whereas middle-class mothers erase disability through intensive mothering, marking it as theirs.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Digital Health, Volume 7, March 2025

The AI-ECG model treats sex as a continuum, rather than a dichotomy (the current paradigm). This (and a derived biomarker) allows them to show that in those at low cardiovascular (CV) risk, female individuals (but not male individuals) with a higher biomarker score are at increased risk of CV death. The method can help mitigate exisiting inequities in CV healthcare.
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Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Volume 43, March 2025

Investing in midwifery education is an investment in health and economic development, as midwives can provide about 90% of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and adolescent health needs

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