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The numbers for funding spent on research for women’s health is abysmal. I hope that 2024 and the commitment that The Biden Administration has made to invest in it yields more than just a fate we take stock of every year. Good health for women and girls is a #gendermultipliereffect

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory

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Things were supposed to be better by now. ▶ In 1985, the Public Health Service Task Force released a report showing that the lack of women in clinical trials was leading to suboptimal women’s healthcare. ▶Eight long years later, the 1993 NIH Revitalization Act became law. It required the NIH to ensure that researchers include women and minority individuals as subjects in clinical trials and, just as important, that they track how study variables might impact them differently from other subjects. ▶This legislation was supposed to significantly reduce the gender gap in health research, but that didn't happen. ▶A 2019 review of 142 NIH-funded clinical trials in the U.S. concluded that NIH policies created in response to the 1993 Revitalization act had not led to significant increases in reporting results by sex, race, or ethnicity. ▶ The review authors reported that too many researchers continue to exclude female humans or female animals in their studies. When they do include females, they frequently fail to analyze or report data separately by sex, much less by gender. Without that information, the authors state, we’re “leaving women’s health to chance.” Thank you to Evvy for shining a spotlight on this truly effed reality and introducing #EqualResearchDay. We are with you 100% and excited to see women's health companies spearheading research — across many fields, including pelvic health — to help fill the gap.

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Heart attacks are mislabeled as anxiety. Autoimmune disease diagnoses are delayed, which can lead to serious complications. Pain is often minimized or outright ignored. And we haven’t even peeked beneath the iceberg yet. More than half of women report delaying healthcare due to frustration with the healthcare system. What would the healthcare landscape look like with #equalresearch? Where not only are women’s health issues taken into consideration, but women’s bodies as well?

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory
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It's #EqualResearchDay again, and there is still so much work to be done. Check out the 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap, compiled by Evvy.

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory

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Have you ever been diagnosed with an "unexplained" medical condition? I have and it changed my life. The gaps in women's health knowledge would shock you. Unexplained poor health experiences are a direct result of the funding gap for women's health. Read below to learn more and ways to support. #EqualResearchDay

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory

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Today is #EqualResearchDay! We are proud to partner with Evvy to bring light to the gender health gap and the impacts that are still felt today. Our co-founder and CEO, Stephanie Winans, MBA shared a message about the importance of closing the gender health gap. Check out the 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap and join us in supporting equal research for better health outcomes. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #ironheath #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory
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Women make up 80% of autoimmune patients, yet men represent 2X more participants in autoimmune clinical research. That's a scary stat, especially for someone who's been personally impacted by one of these conditions. Not to mention, 45% of us are labeled as "chronic complainers" in the average 4.5 year, 5 doctor diagnostic odyssey to get answers. There's no doubt in my mind that this phenomenon is due to the fact that autoimmune disease largely impacts minority populations, like women and people of color. Solving the autoimmune crisis has to start from the ground up: we can't expect to close the gender gap in healthcare if the makeup of our clinical studies doesn't reflect the populations who are disproportionately impacted by these conditions. Grateful to the Evvy team for creating #EqualResearchDay and shining a light on conditions like autoimmune disease that primarily impact women and are underfunded and under-researched. This is why we do what we do at WellTheory: to raise the standard of care for a population that's been underserved and overlooked for far too long.

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory

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I love this initiative started by Evvy!💥 Did you know women weren't required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993? That's why, on #EqualResearchDay, we're raising awareness about the gender health gap. This gap in research has led to countless holes in our understanding of the female body. The result? Delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, unexplained symptoms, and medical gaslighting for women everywhere. Why is fertility care often separated from overall health? The unfortunate truth is that our healthcare system isn't designed around the female anatomy. As a result, conditions and diseases that disproportionately affect women are under-researched and overlooked. This leaves women and their families bearing an unfair burden of out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, placing women at an economic disadvantage for a significant part of their lives. Fertility is not just a "women's health issue" - everyone has a fertility journey! 🪷 At Lotus Fertility Insurance, we're committed to closing this gap by supporting research and innovation in fertility health and by building a new, innovative insurance product to ease the financial burden. #EqualResearchDay is a reminder that we still have a long way to go to achieve health equity. Let's work together to ensure everyone has access to the care and treatments they deserve.

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory

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Starting in 2020, I suffered through a long, painful diagnostic odyssey to understand my debilitating chronic pain. I saw over 20 different specialists, had 10 different invasive pain relief procedures, and sat on a 6-month waitlist to see a neurologist, even in a major metro like New York City. I saw firsthand how our healthcare system is fundamentally broken for specialty care, particularly in areas like neurology and so many areas of women’s health. Data is not properly leveraged, specialist wait times are worsening, comprehensive care is scant, and fee-for-service visits aren’t aligned with longitudinal improvement. On top of this, many pain conditions disproportionately affect women, who have been left out of clinical research for an appalling number of decades. For example, women make up about 75% of the 30 million Americans who live with migraine. Neura Health was founded to help close the access gap and support the 140 million Americans who suffer from conditions like migraine, sleep disorders, multiple sclerosis, dementia, and others. We’re excited to be building in a time when many other women’s health companies are working to advance access and research in condition areas that disproportionately affect women. Today we’re honored to share our support and collaboration on Equal Research Day with Evvy. #EqualResearchDay #Healthcare #WomensHealth

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It’s #EqualResearchDay! 💥 Evvy created #EqualResearchDay on June 10 because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) To this day, there are countless holes ⚫ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body — and that directly impacts us as patients. If you’ve ever experienced delays in diagnoses, failed treatments, mystery symptoms with no answers, or medical gaslighting — #EqualResearchDay is for you. This year, we brought together 46 innovative companies and compiled 100 Effed Facts about the Gender Health Gap across 12 health areas: ⚫ Autoimmune Disease ⚫ Brain + Mental Health ⚫ Cancer ⚫ Endometriosis ⚫ Fertility ⚫ Heart Health ⚫ Hormonal Health ⚫ Maternal Health ⚫ Medical Gaslighting ⚫ Menopause ⚫ Menstrual & Sexual Health ⚫ Vaginal & Urinary Health Earlier this week, we launched a limited-edition coffee table book featuring all 100 Effed Facts to benefit Women's Health Access Matters (you can order a copy at EqualResearchDay.com before they sell out... !) But we decided these facts are too important not to share widely — so we are posting a public version here on LinkedIn. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 Share this post (and add your story about why equal research matters to you)! 💥 Learn more and shop the limited edition coffee table book to benefit WHAM at EqualResearchDay.com The female body shouldn’t be a medical mystery — together, let’s close the gender health gap for good. #equalresearchday2024 #evvy #genderhealthgap #closethegenderhealthgap ——— 2024 Equal Research Day Collaborative: Evvy Aavia adyn Allara AOA Dx Bloomer Tech Caraway Clue Cofertility Conceive Diem DotLab Doveras Elektra Health Elix Frame Gabbi Gaia Gameto Health In Her HUE HerMD Hey Jane The Honey Pot Company Iron Health Julie Products Inc. Live UTI Free Looni Love Wellness Midi Health Millie Neura Health Origin Oova Poppy Seed Health Paloma Health Rescripted Rosy Wellness Ruth Health (YC S21) Seven Starling Stripes Sunfish Teal Health Thirty Madison TMRW Vella Bioscience Veracity WellTheory

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