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Babies in the womb ‘smile’ for carrots and grimace for greens, scans reveal

Babies in the womb react to what their mothers eat and grimace when they taste and smell greens but smile for carrots, researchers have found. For the first time, scientists recorded evidence that babies react differently to various smells and ...

22 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Womb transplants are safe and effective, study suggests

Womb transplants are a safe and effective way of managing infertility for those without a functioning organ, according to Swedish experts who have reported the births of nine children. They say they have carried out the world’s first complete ...

14 Jun 2022 at 14:06

Health & Wellbeing

TV’s Linda Barker: Menopause gave me alopecia and ‘hideous’ forgetfulness

Linda Barker says one of the most upsetting symptoms of the menopause for her was hair loss. “I had frontal lobe alopecia for a while – horrible, you know? Thank goodness it stopped, for some women it doesn’t stop,” says the 61-year-old. The ...

05 Apr 2023 at 09:00

Health

Woman, 34, told she was ‘too young for cancer’ by doctors diagnosed with womb and ovarian cancer three months apart

A woman who went to her GP about changes in her period and backache was diagnosed with womb and ovarian cancer within three months of each other, leaving her “completely shocked” as doctors previously reassured her she was “too young” for ...

10 Mar 2023 at 07:00

Woman born without womb says UK’s first transplant gives her ‘glimmer of hope’

A woman who was born without a womb has said the UK’s first womb transplant has given her a “glimmer of hope” that she can one day carry her own child. Hannah Vaughan, who lives in Cheshire but is originally from North Wales, found out ...

23 Aug 2023 at 19:19

UK’s first womb transplant a ‘massive success’ after sister’s donation

A woman has been given a womb by her older sister in the UK’s first womb transplant. The 34-year-old married woman received the organ – also called the uterus – during an operation lasting nine hours and 20 minutes at the Churchill ...

24 Aug 2023 at 10:25

How did surgeons carry out the UK’s first womb transplant?

Surgeons worked all day and into the night to ensure the UK’s first womb transplant went smoothly. Its success was down to meticulous research, years of sharing knowledge between experts around the globe, and the hard work and ...

23 Aug 2023 at 00:01

UK’s first womb transplant paves way for dozens more

The UK’s first womb transplant means that, in future, dozens of women born without a functioning organ can carry babies of their own. – What has happened? Surgeons have performed the UK’s first womb transplant on a ...

23 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Womb transplants for trans women ‘many years off’ – UK surgeon

Womb transplants in transgender women in the UK are likely to be “many years off”, one of the surgeons who carried out the UK’s first such operation on a woman said. Professor Richard Smith, from Imperial College ...

23 Aug 2023 at 05:10

Health & Wellbeing

Everything you need to know about the UK’s first womb transplant

23 Aug 2023 at 08:17

New womb cancer treatment to benefit hundreds of patients each year

A drug which could buy women with advanced or recurring womb cancer more time with their loved ones before the disease progresses is to be made available on the NHS. The move is expected to benefit hundreds ...

05 Mar 2024 at 07:02

New womb cancer test to be used in the UK

New womb cancer test approved for UK use

Women with signs of womb cancer can be offered a less invasive test to rule out disease, scientists have announced. The new test, WID-easy, uses some of the same technology used in Covid PCR tests. ...

04 Mar 2025 at 12:43

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