The fight against ‘medical misogyny’ is far from over | Women's health

The fight against ‘medical misogyny’ is far from over | Women’s health

I welcome the relaunched women’s health strategy (Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’, 14 April) but with caution. The system appears responsive, but the root causes in health inequality outcomes remain untouched. It names urgent issues many women have long experienced: navigating the gynaecology referral queue that would stretch over 191 miles…

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Sunday Edition: King Raw | Food Safety News

After one of the most significant public health events in U.S. history, pasteurized milk became almost universally adopted. But there are hold-outs, and raw milk and raw milk products are responsible for human illnesses and deaths 161 years after pasteurization became available. Published: April 19, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from the food safety arena this…

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Are you a woman who makes life easier for everyone else? Beware – you could endanger your health | Emma Beddington

Are you a woman who makes life easier for everyone else? Beware – you could endanger your health | Emma Beddington

Women, a warning from Instagram: “You really need to be a bitch or you’re going to develop an autoimmune disease. It’s that simple.” Versions of this scientifically dubious statement have caught the imagination of a corner of the internet, getting algorithmically nudged my way multiple times (a TikTok to this effect has 40,000 likes; a…

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