<p>Historically women have had a hard time being heard in the doctor's office, with dismissiveness and delays in diagnosis all too common. </p><p>The state government in Victoria has held an enquiry into women's pain to come up with recommendations aimed at shifting that experience to a more positive one. </p><p>Also, we get a better sense of what's nature vs nurture when it comes to our attributes and our disease risks. </p><p>And research suggests antibiotics, and their effects on the gut microbiome, could weaken vaccine response. </p><p>References</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01256-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867425012565%3Fshowall%3Dtrue" target="_blank">The effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/01-12-2025-who-issues-global-guideline-on-the-use-of-glp-1-medicines-in-treating-obesity" target="_blank">WHO issues global guideline on the use of GLP-1 medicines in treating obesity</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.tga.gov.au/safety/safety-monitoring-and-information/safety-alerts/product-warnings-updated-glp-1-ra-class" target="_blank">Product warnings updated for GLP-1 RA class - TGA</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.health.vic.gov.au/inquiry-into-womens-pain">Inquiry into Women's Pain - Victorian Government</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/govt-backs-green-whistle-during-iud-insertion-in-response-to-womens-pain-inquiry/">Govt backs green whistle during IUD insertion in response to women’s pain inquiry</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09720-6">Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08796-4">Bifidobacteria support optimal infant vaccine responses - Nature</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30898-0">Antibiotics-Driven Gut Microbiome Perturbation Alters Immunity to Vaccines in Humans</a></li><li><a href="https://sahmri.org.au/research/themes/precision-cancer-medicine/programs/computational-and-systems-biology/groups/lynn-systems-immunology-group/projects/the-antibiotics-and-vaccine-immune-responses-study-avirs">The Antibiotics and Vaccine Immune Responses Study (AVIRS)</a> – people must be in Adelaide to participate!</li></ul>
