📣 Save the date! On December 12th, The future of ART is now! The 6th symposium Catedra Eugin - @upf.edu will happen at the @prbb.org Registration is free - tuit.cat/l7reG #AssistedReproduction #artificiallntelligence

with @marcdemanuel.bsky.social @bolagrace.bsky.social @martamele.bsky.social @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social @mirimiam.bsky.social cc @francesccalafell.bsky.social

For this year's #BMJChristmas issue, we invite you to read @drmattmorgan.bsky.social's selection of 25 medical neologisms crafted for the experiences of doctors and healthcare workers. Every day between 1 and 25 December, a new word will appear in the link ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Spot the difference 🎄 Our Christmas tree has arrived & decorations will be appearing this week, just in time for students to celebrate an early Christmas (aka Bridgemas) together before the end of term. Thank you to the many different teams at Catz who make sure we look our festive best!

Interested in studying Women's Health? 🔬 Join @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social tomorrow at our Women's Health MSc online information session, where you’ll meet Programme Directors and find out what it’s like to study at a world-leading institution. 📆 27 November, 12:00-13:00 GMT Secure your place now ⬇️

Physics has a reputation for being dominated by men, especially a century ago, as quantum physics was just being invented – but there have been so many women who helped shaped the field since its inception

“Who holds the power? How is this product empowering women?” Dr Bola Grace on why we must question who truly benefits from #FemTech innovation. Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation. www.bmj.com/collections/... #WomensHealth #Innovation #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth

“There is a lot of fear in doing research, particularly around pregnancy and reproduction, which has led to a stagnating of innovation around those conditions.” Jane Hirst on why women’s health research needs innovation to be more inclusive. Part of The BMJ’s Collection www.bmj.com/collections/...

#ICYMI: our @bmj.com Collection on women’s health innovation, exploring how better data, leadership, and policy can drive equity in women’s health. @jocalynclark.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social Explore the full collection: www.bmj.com/collections/...

How is AI reshaping the clinician–patient relationship? The BMJ’s new series examines what responsible, transparent #HealthAI use looks like in clinical practice. @dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social www.bmj.com/collections/...

“Innovations without equity can actually reproduce the same hierarchies and discriminations those innovations claim they wish to disrupt.” Dr Ebere Okereke on why global health innovation must include women. Part of The BMJ’s new Collection on women’s health innovation. www.bmj.com/collections/...

Our latest article 🎉 on #fertilityawareness in the age of AI: we conducted a comparative analysis of different #LLM platforms and information provided on various fertility topics #reproductivehealtheducation @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social ➡️https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14647273.2025.2584673

NEW: The BMJ launches a series introducing “triadic care,” exploring how #AI has become a third party in the clinician-patient relationship. www.bmj.com/collections/... #MedTech @dafraile.bsky.social @crblease.bsky.social @sarariggare.bsky.social @kamranabbasi.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social

📣 BMJ Medicine is now on Bluesky 📣 Follow them at @bmjmedicine.bsky.social

Documents discovered in 2023 revealed more about Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving DNA’s structure go.nature.com/4hS2gpr

In this passage from the opening of Grace Chan’s sci-fi novel, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to her protagonists as they spend time in a virtual utopia which is becoming increasingly tempting in a dying world

A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them

Do you know a Year 12 student from a Black African, Caribbean or mixed race background who is thinking about applying to Cambridge? Target Oxbridge is a free mentoring programme that has helped over 500 students to secure Oxbridge offers. Apply at targetoxbridge.app.candidx.io/roles before 23 Nov.

Huge pleasure presenting at the #ASRM annual scientific conference in sunny San Antonio. Presented our @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social research on #LLM #GenAI and #womenshealth evaluating #PCOS #endometriosis #fertility. Great conference, great city. Next stop, Boston for the digital implementation summit!

Fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain all over the body, is poorly understood, but two studies – made up of millions of participants – are helping us get to the roots of the condition

It’s great holding in my hands the first ever (and likely the only) printed issue of the @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social journal. It was a true honour to contribute to the first issue of this long awaited #womenshealtn journal.Online version can be accessed here ➡️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Are you thinking of studying Women’s Health? 🔬 Join us this November at our online information sessions where you’ll meet Programme Directors and find out what it’s like to study at a world-leading institution. 📅 25 Nov, 13:00-14:00 GMT 📅 27 Nov, 12:00-13:00 GMT Secure your place now ⬇️

"Women’s health is not only underfunded and under-researched—it lacks the political priority and urgency that only political solidarity and action can hasten." @jocalynclark.bsky.social via @bmj.com #womenshealth Upending women’s health

Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research go.nature.com/4hriohE

Experiencing severe hardship in childhood can have a lasting impact. Understanding this better could open the door to more effective treatments

Our bodies contain a ghostly web of thread-like vessels and bean-shaped nodes, called the lymphatic system. My latest cover story looks at how it could be a secret ingredient in treating some major health conditions from Alzheimer's disease to cancer. www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

Join us online Tuesday 21 October at 14.00 BST for the official Launch Event of the The BMJ and @gatesfoundation.bsky.social Collection on #WomensHealthInnovation #GlobalHealth #WomensHealth bit.ly/3WFaM1k @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social

We asked 3,785 PhD students across 107 countries about their experiences. Where do you think the happiest doctoral candidates were? go.nature.com/3Wzz2lL

An electronic eye implant has restored vision in people with blindness caused by age-related macular degeneration go.nature.com/48JVwrv

Thinking of studying women’s health? Learn more at our online information sessions where you’ll meet Programme Directors and find out what it’s like to study @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social - a world-leading institution. 🌍

It has remained mysterious for millennia, but we’re finally uncovering the profound role the lymphatic system plays in everything from preventing dementia to fighting cancer

How can inclusive innovation close the global women’s health gap? The BMJ and @gatesfoundation.bsky.social are examining this question in a new Collection. Join us online Tuesday 21 October at 14.00 BST for the official Launch Event #GlobalHealth #WomensHealth bit.ly/3WFaM1k

⏰ Please join us online Tue Oct 21 at 14.00 UK time for the official Launch of @bmj.com Collection on #womenshealth #innovation Dr Ebere Okereke and Dr Ru Cheng & the authors will discuss how we chart an equitable, ethical & data-driven path for impact and catalyse more investment. 🔗 Register:

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

A gene that causes obesity is paradoxically linked to a reduced risk of having heart disease and high cholesterol, according to an analysis of thousands of people with obesity. go.nature.com/4o2YDzC

Scientists have identified five sleep profiles, each of which is linked to distinct mental health symptoms and brain activity patterns

Open Access UCL Research: Digital health technologies to transform women’s health innovation and inclusive research discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

New @bmj.com paper alert 🎉 Insightful analysis article on #Womenshealthinnovation using #digitalhealthtechnology #inclusiveinnovation by Prof Bola Grace, @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social Prof Lauren Wise DrMarzena Nieroda DrJennifer Egbunike DrN Usman #Healthequity #globalhealth ➡️ www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand why

Ethical use of #digitalhealth technologies is imperative to ensure research improves systems for #womenshealth

🚨 Check out our new @bmj.com Collection on #WomensHealth #Innovation www.bmj.com/collections/... And register to join our Oct 21 webinar in the QR code below:

Older fathers are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children, due to sperm becoming increasingly selfish with age.

Simply listening to the experiences of women with conditions such as endometriosis will help to end the long-standing inequalities they face when it comes to medical progress

Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews go.nature.com/4mXJjn6

A new AI tool can forecast a person’s risk of developing more than 1,000 diseases, in some cases providing a prediction decades in advance go.nature.com/42nN2lV

People who do several very short bouts of strenuous activity each day are much less likely to die in the next few years than those who do no exercise at all

Great to see Catz alumna @bolagrace.bsky.social (2019, Business Management) writing for @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social on how digital technologies & agile methodologies can be used to accelerate innovation in women's health research: www.sciencedirect.co... @jbs.cam.ac.uk

From large national databases to bespoke sample collections, biobanks offer a wealth of avenues for scientific enquiry. go.nature.com/4nlybAb

Governments are looking to ban social media for children but can't get enough of AI – a technology parents are far less equipped to deal with

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are often overlooked in policy-making, leading to individual-focused health initiatives. In @thelancetph.bsky.social, authors call for a shift from individual accountability to systemic solutions to address SDOH: tinyurl.com/2s44vyuc