@sandrograca.bsky.social
PhD Researcher 🎓 @wlvuni.bsky.social PCOS, AI & Digital Health 📄 👨🏻💻Social Media Editor: @aepcossociety.bsky.social & @eujimonline.bsky.social ✨Director: Evidence Based Acupuncture ✨Board: Society for Acupuncture Research
A reciprocal model-exchange between researchers in Ireland & Australia to test GDM risk models shows that while this method protects privacy, prediction accuracy varies by ethnicity, prior GDM history, and number of pregnancies, highlighting the need for local fine-tuning.
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Deep-learning models forecast a continued rise in PCOS burden through 2040
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👉 Findings characterize the evolving global landscape of #PCOS, providing evidence to support targeted public health surveillance and prevention strategies for adolescent and young adult populations.
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Onwards and upwards, I guess! 🤩✨
💪 @livingwellwithpcos.bsky.social | @wlvuni.bsky.social
We are excited to invite all AE-PCOS EC-SIG members to our next MTP session - with Prof. Michael O'Reilly.
🗓️ April 23, 2026
⏰ 10:30am – 11:30am EDT
(Zoom link sent to EC-SIG members, please check your email)
👉 Hear about Prof. O'Reilly's career;
👉 Ask your questions directly;
👉 Network with peers.
New digital health app led by Professor Rashina Hoda (Monash Faculty of IT) strengthens telehealth by turning complex advice into real-time written summaries. Developed with DHCRC, Healthdirect Australia, Dept of Health Victoria, Monash Health & University of Melbourne.
Read:
“By designing a model specifically for women and grounding it in trusted clinical science and real-world biometric data, we’re setting the standard (…), pairing rigorous science with the lived, longitudinal data that makes @ouraring.bsky.social uniquely powerful.”
ouraring.com/blog/womens-...
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Results show that LLMs still absorb harmful medical fabrications, especially when phrased in authoritative clinical prose, yet, counter-intuitively, become less vulnerable when the same claims are wrapped in most logical fallacy styles.
Living Well with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome at @wlvuni.bsky.social is led by Dr Chris Kite & @sandrograca.bsky.social.
www.wlv.ac.uk/research/res...
#PCOS
This research cluster has adopted a life course approach to the promotion of healthy lifestyles and prevention of ill health & chronic disease.
Living Well with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome #PCOS - part of the “Living Well Across the Life Course” research cluster at @wlvuni.bsky.social, led by Dr Chris Kite: www.wlv.ac.uk/research/res...
Currently, it encompasses projects with children & young people, reproductive-aged women, and older adults
Exercise adherence associated w/ participants' characteristics as well as the trial's primary outcome dx.doi.org/10.4310/SII....
Findings also pointed to a broader focus beyond weight-loss treatment, suggesting that maintaining a high level of exercise adherence may be the key to healthy live births
In this study, patients and health care professionals highlighted the need for a digital health app to:
- improve patient–health care professional communication,
- digitalise supportive care screening & processes, and
- support patient self-efficacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.2196/73829
OncoSupport+
How is IoT technology (apps, wearables, social media, websites, machine learning and phone-based tools) used in PCOS care?
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We identify promising roles in tracking, education and peer support, alongside important concerns around evidence, quality, access and misinformation.
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Global systematic review & meta-analysis of PCOS prevalence 119 studies (n=157,181)
- pooled prevalence 12.1% using Rotterdam criteria,
- highest rates in Eastern Mediterranean (15.1%) and South-East Asia (14.3%),
- potentially different health burden across world regions.
NHS organisations urged to take advantage of a new national registry of 19 suppliers for the technology, which captures clinician–patient conversations & uses AI to accurately generate real-time transcriptions and clinical summaries, while ensuring data protection
www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/nhs-...
Artificial Intelligence, digital twins, and healthcare utilisation behaviour:
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Study demonstrates that attitudes toward AI-based health technologies are closely tied to existing patterns of healthcare usage.
(survey of 1,486 adults in Switzerland, 2023)
👉 Moreover, evaluating the differences in efficacy between segmental and traditional manual acupuncture will further facilitate the optimization of acupuncture methods for uterine fibroids.
doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
@eujimonline.bsky.social
✨This clinical trial will provide substantial evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of uterine fibroids, while also suggesting a mechanism through the analysis of uterine artery indices.
Available to read now in @eujimonline.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
💪✨Starting the year strong, with a publication from a collaboration on a project that I am very grateful for having been invited to join 🙏
Read now: @eujimonline.bsky.social
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Acupuncture for Uterine Fibroids
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Targeted educational interventions focusing on enhancing knowledge and fostering positive attitudes toward healthy #lifestyle and PCOS management would be helpful to mitigate the risk and impact of #PCOS on women of childbearing age with #overweight or #obesity.
Congratulations!! ✨👏👏👏
This study demonstrates the potential benefits of digital health tools in managing hypertension, emphasizing their ability to engage users over long periods and support blood pressure reduction.
doi.org/10.2196/68361
Cohort of 5136 participants who used the digital hypertension management tool.
"Higher BMI exacerbates PCOS severity through enhanced hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance, driving ovulatory dysfunction, infertility, pregnancy complications, and elevated long-term risks, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease."
🔗 journals.lww.com/grh/fulltext...
✍️ Prof Teede & Dr Tay
"PCOS demonstrates bidirectional relationships with obesity: elevated BMI increases PCOS risk while PCOS predisposes to weight gain, with Mendelian randomization confirming causal relationships."
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✍️ Prof Helena Teede and Dr Chau Thien Tay
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Maybe in my 40s I can say the paper was accepted 🙈
"It's the chats with colleagues that get me through. Not the policy, not HR, just knowing you're not alone": women's experiences of #menopause at work and reflections on a workplace menopause policy
doi.org/10.1097/gme....
A small study delivering a very big, important message!
Thanks to you all, 2025 was fabulous 🤩🎉
Let's make 2026 even more impressive 💪✨ ae-society.org/meetings
Our 2026 Update meeting “New therapeutic approaches in PCOS” will take place in Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 on May 9, 2026 👉 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS OPEN!
⏳ Deadline: Tuesday 20 Jan 2026, 5:59pm EST
New #PCOS research reveals 57.8% of patients turn to Complementary Medicine.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
🤔 The biggest driver?
It’s not about symptom severity 👉 it’s perceived benefit!
Healthcare professionals (62.4%) are the #1 influencer 💪 surpassing the internet and friends.
The "Living Well Across the Life Course" research cluster at @wlvuni.bsky.social moves beyond a purely disease-oriented model to a life course approach.
Led by Dr Chris Kite, it prioritises long-term health and wellbeing for women, including "Living Well with #PCOS”.
www.wlv.ac.uk/research/res...
Plan your trip for #ECE2026 now, with recommendations on our website
👉 ow.ly/qBpT50XBMKT
Travel sustainably by direct trains from Austria, Germany or Poland, or you can fly to Prague. Local public transport is included in your registration fee (until 21 April 2026).
How will AI change your acupuncture practice? 🤔
🚨 NEW PAPER out now: doi.org/10.1177/2768...
Society for Acupuncture Research 📍
From ultrasound-guided sensors for precise needle placement to analysing kinetic parameters of manipulation, AI is poised to augment - not replace - clinical skills.