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11 Mar 2010

Surrogate mothers wanted for BBC documentary >

BBC looking for mothers acting as surrogates for their daughters.

15 Feb 2010

Women wanted – for trial of POF hormone treatments >

Guy's hospital in conjunction with King's College London are recruiting women for a study to investigate which form of hormone treatment (if any) is preferable for women with premature ovarian failure (POF).

04 Jan 2010

WHC website is "to be recommended", according to Primary Care Women's Health Journal >

revised Oct 2009

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08 Sep 2009

£10,000 Lottery grant awarded to Women’s Health Concern for Sexual Health campaign >

The Big Lottery Fund has confirmed that it will be helping to support Women's Health Concern's forthcoming campaign on Sexual Health Education and Awareness with a Grant of £10,000.

24 Aug 2009

Volunteers needed for Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Study >

The Eve Appeal, a gynaecological cancer research charity, will undertake consumer research to develop a consensus on gynaecological cancer awareness.

30 Jul 2009

Full programme announced for 20th Annual Symposium on Women's Health, London – for health professionals >

17 May 2009

Keynote Address by Penny Junor, Patron Women's Health Concern to the European Menopause and Andropause Congress ExCeL Centre, London, 16-20 May 2009 >

Penny Junor, patron of Women's Health Concern, gave the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the European Menopause and Andropause Society's triennial congress held in London and hosted by the British Menopause Society. Her upbeat message to 1,450 gynaecologists and other specialists from 73 countries is shown below. We suggest it should be required reading for GPs, practice nurses and every woman approaching the menopause – and her husband, partner and family!

30 Mar 2009

Study evaluating Chinese medicine as a treatment for menopausal women expanded to include all women >

Any woman experiencing menopausal symptoms and not currently receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is being invited to take part in a new study evaluating the value of Chinese medicine as a treatment.

20 Nov 2008

New study seeks volunteers to evaluate Chinese medicine as a treatment for menopausal women >

Westminster and Lambeth women experiencing menopausal symptoms and not currently receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are being invited to take part in a new study evaluating the value of Chinese medicine as a treatment.

23 Jul 2008

Women's Health Concern's new Health Advisory Service introduced to recruitment agency >

In a ground breaking new initiative R P Cushing Recruitment has teamed up with Women's Health Concern for their Health Advisory Service.

25 Mar 2008

HRT: Conflicting reports on risk of breast cancer recurrence >

A clinical trial of HRT in women with previous breast cancer that was prematurely terminated because of an increased risk of recurrence has shown that this risk persists during a follow-up of 2 years.

05 Mar 2008

Women's Health Initiative – estrogen plus progestin three-year follow up: Women's Health Concern's statement on the results >

The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in the USA was a series of clinical trials involving thousands of women, one of which compared the effects of HRT against placebo (dummy treatment).