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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicWomen health

Topic: women health

Women’s health is a moral issue & an economic opportunity—worth $1 trillion

Despite comprising 49.7% of the world’s population, women’s health receives just 5% of global healthcare research and development funding.

AI can aid in early, precise detection of breast cancer, show results of 1st randomised trial

Cancer detection rates were 6·4 per 1,000 screened in the group that underwent mammography with AI use compared to five per 1,000 in the control group.

Why is Health Insurance Crucial for Working Women? Here are the Key Reasons

Health insurance for women is a crucial investment that offers financial protection, quality healthcare, and peace of mind.

Creches, hostels, ‘3 crore Lakhpati Didis’ — BJP manifesto promises more women in workforce

New Delhi: From equal growth opportunity to women-friendly infrastructure to increasing women’s participation in the workforce — in its Sankalp Patra (manifesto) for the...

3 innovations are closing the gender health gap across the world

A new global health alliance aims to drive innovations in women's health, such as one-shot HPV vaccines and self-administering family planning solutions.

Women hardly part of research on gym exercises. It’s written by men for men

When studied separately, women have proved to be more fatigue resistant than men during weight training. They also take a longer time to recover from it.

1.4 million unplanned pregnancies were reported in 2021. Put women’s healthcare on priority

Sexual and reproductive ill-health accounts for one-third of the global burden of disease among women of reproductive age. We need to act fast.

How women sugarcane workers in Maharashtra’s Beed deal with side effects of hysterectomy

A good night’s sleep is a distant memory for Sheela Waghmare. “I cannot sleep at night…it has been years,” says Sheela, 33, seated cross-legged on...

Women more likely to become Covid-19 ‘long-haulers’, US study shows

In a preprint paper published last week, researchers from the US said the group in which symptoms had persisted for 61 and above days consisted of 58.9% females.

Lack of access to contraceptives, rise in domestic work — how Covid, lockdown affected women

As part of the 'Safe and Sound' series, in association with Facebook, experts discuss how women's health was more acutely affected during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Camera

1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case still haunts Indian policy-making in Kashmir

The kidnapping—followed by the killing of four Indian Air Force officers soon after, and the executions of Intelligence Bureau personnel—made the triumph of jihadism seem inevitable.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.