Health

Extra cancer scans for women with dense breasts could save 700 lives a year – UK study

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/21/breast-cancer-dense-extra-scans

Symptoms of androgen excess in women are too often being overlooked – or dismissed as ‘just cosmetic’

https://theconversation.com/symptoms-of-androgen-excess-in-women-are-too-often-being-overlooked-or-dismissed-as-just-cosmetic-255743

Is Bleeding During Pregnancy Normal? Here’s What to Know

https://www.self.com/story/bleeding-during-pregnancy-what-to-know

Can A Weighted Vest Amp Up Your Walks?

https://chatelaine.com/health/fitness/weighted-vest-women-walking/

N.L. medical teams filling a ‘desperate’ need for women’s health care in Uganda

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-uganda-medical-care-1.7538703

A new generation of birth control skeptics leans right

https://19thnews.org/2025/05/birth-control-skepticism-politics-maga/

Cervical cancer rates rising in Canada, but other countries are close to eliminating it

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/cervical-cancer-rates-rising-canada

Is your nighttime routine setting you up to fail? Here’s what a sleep expert has to say

Sleep impacts every part of our lives: our mental health, our decision-making, our ability to cope with stress, and our overall well-being. And yet, for so many women, qu…

By Lisa Thibodeau