Previous studies have reported an overall lower breast cancer incidence in women from Asian and Black backgrounds compared with white women. Age standardised and age specific incidence rates in the largest specific ethnicities within Asian and Black groups are not reported. This important study uses data on population size and the age distribution of women in five ethnic groups of interest (white British, Black African, Black Caribbean, Indian and Pakistani) were extracted from the Office for National Statistics 2001, 2011 and 2021 census data for England.
This retrospective cohort study linked primary care prenatal data and intrapartum data from women with singleton pregnancies. With the linked data, the researchers explored the association between the timing of Gestational diabetes screening and macrosomia, Large-for-gestational age, shoulder dystocia and caesarean section.
This article provides Physician-patient discussion points on how metabolic bariatric surgery impacts lactation, the micronutrient and caloric needs for women post-surgery, and data to support this patient population with successful breastfeeding.
This content aligns with Goal 5: Gender Equality by examining revascularization outcomes in coronary artery disease and their sex-specific differences. Gaps exist in our knowledge of sex-based outcomes and these gaps warrant further investigation.
This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 5: Gender Equality by demonstrating the difference by sex in age of presentation with myocardial infarction. It also examines differences in risk factors and in accuracy of prognostic tests between men and women, which had not previouslty been well-described.
This article introduces the series that Trends in Ecology & Evolution has run throughout 2025. In this series, we have interviewed ecologists and evolutionary biologists with disabilities and have asked them how we can make the field more inclusive
Individuals with disabilities typically have lower levels of wellbeing compared to those without disabilities. Tools designed to evaluate wellbeing and its key aspects—emotional, psychological, and social—may not be as accessible or suitable for people who have complex communication needs (CCN).
Ableism is a type of discriminatory bias, like racism and sexism, that one standard human norm exists and any ways of being human that don’t meet this standard are considered inferior. This paper interrogates the impact of ableism on providing optimal paediatric care for children with disabilities and how the pervasiveness of ableist discrimination impacts on children's health and well-being (SDG3) and heightens inequalities (SDG10).
IBA 50:50 by 2030 Progress Report was released by the IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) in collaboration with the LexisNexis Rule of Foundation
The review explores the role of gut microbiota in high-altitude adaptation, highlighting how microbial alterations impact host physiology and metabolism under hypoxic conditions and discussing potential strategies for enhancing acclimatization through microbiota modulation.
