Sarah Sinclair

1 week ago | femtechworld.co.uk | Sarah Sinclair

Dr Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, the Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health at Tufts University School of Medicine, believes we are facing a “maternal health crisis”. Even with its vast resources, in the US, Black women are two to three times more likely to die during childbirth than their white peers. It’s no better in the UK, where maternal mortality for Black women is currently almost four times higher than for white women.

4 weeks ago | femtechworld.co.uk | Sarah Sinclair

A first-of-its-kind whitepaper published this month by sanoLiving, a digital health platform for women’s midlife care based in Canada, analyses real-world data from thousands of women using its flagship programme sanoMidLife. The results show that having access to comprehensive menopause care helps women manage symptoms, improving their well-being and engagement at work.

1 month ago | femtechworld.co.uk | Sarah Sinclair

Located in the women’s health building at BioGrad’s 10,000 square foot facility in Liverpool, UK, floor to ceiling windows allow for a clear view through the diagnostic laboratories and into the biobank where hundreds of thousands of tissue samples are stored, waiting for their moment to contribute to science. Specialising in laboratory testing, BioGrad is the company behind Europe’s first Research Tissue Bank, focused on women.

1 month ago | femtechworld.co.uk | Sarah Sinclair

When Alisa Vitti was diagnosed with PCOS in her early 20s, like millions of other women, she was told birth control was the only possible solution. Having had no cycle since the age of 12, she was overweight and suffering from painful cystic acne, depression, anxiety and hair loss. Her future looked bleak, if her doctor’s advice was anything to go by. Studying at Johns Hopkins at the time, this diagnosis sent Vitti on a quest to find alternative options.

2 months ago | lexology.com | Natasha Hood |Sarah Sinclair |Scott Thompson |John Conlan |Stephanie de Groot |Paul Foley | +4 more

At the end of 2024, Transpower, along with Northland’s electricity distribution businesses Northpower and Top Energy, released their Resilience, Reliability and an Energy Bridge – Te Tai Tokerau Northland discussion paper. This paper followed the June 2024 Northland tower collapse which cut electricity to 88,000 people and caused a financial loss of more than $37.5 million.