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As Lupus Awareness Month and Women’s Health Month come to a close, it is crucial to remember that our efforts should not end here. Raising awareness for women’s health, lupus, endometriosis, medical gaslighting, and healthcare disparities is an ongoing necessity. Every day, we have the opportunity to make a difference by: Educating Ourselves and Others: Learn about lupus, endometriosis, their symptoms, and their impact on daily life. Understand the unique health challenges women face and the importance of advocating for their health. Advocating for Better Healthcare: Speak up about medical gaslighting and the importance of taking women's health concerns seriously. Support policies and initiatives that aim to reduce healthcare disparities. Supporting Research and Funding: Contribute to organizations that fund research for lupus, endometriosis, and women's health issues. Increased funding can lead to better treatments and outcomes. Promoting Inclusivity and Equity: Encourage a healthcare environment where all individuals, regardless of gender, race, or socioeconomic status, receive fair and adequate treatment. Creating Safe Spaces: Foster communities where individuals can share their experiences with lupus, endometriosis, and other health issues without fear of dismissal or misunderstanding. Let’s commit to these actions and ensure that awareness and advocacy continue every day, making a lasting impact on women's health and well-being.

Are we thrilled about the major new funding from The White House earmarked for women's health research? Yes, of course. But Midi CEO Joanna Strober joined forces with female founders Ellen Rudolph and Priya Abani to point out that women's health is in crisis. We need more than what the White House has promised to make real progress and help all women thrive. Women are widely underserved by healthcare, particularly in areas such as heart disease, autoimmune disease, and menopause. Read on to learn more about why digital health innovators are key to filling these and other care gaps, and how government institutions, venture capitalists, employers, payors, and health systems can support them.

The healthcare industry has faced a shortage of impactful research and treatments targeting women's health issues. Patient-reported outcome (PRO) surveys can provide crucial insights into health-related quality of life, fueling a variety of clinical research and care initiatives. Learn how to revolutionize women’s health using patient-first data from PROs: https://lnkd.in/du63ht-T

This is ambitious (and overdue). What’s your favorite part? I’m torn: standardizing data to improve research on women’s health, increasing innovation in women’s health through investment in businesses, or creating a comprehensive research agenda on menopause? All of it. We need to create high-quality data, we need to coordinate research to efficiently fill knowledge gaps, and we need to get basic research out of the lab and into clinical practice and usable tools to empower women. I’m encouraged by the robustness of this plan (and a little skeptical that the politics and funding will bear out my optimism). But, let’s not wait and see. As they say, LFG! https://lnkd.in/gNzgMTBb #womenshealth #healthtech #menopause #research

May is Women's Health Month. I know it's not Friday, and usually I do my fun facts on Fridays, but this is something that I want to throw out there so people realize how much women's health needs to be recognized as an issue. Did you know that women were not included in clinical trials for prescription medications until the early 1990s? 🤯😳 I did a double-take myself when I read that. Women were not generally included in federally funded studies either until the 1980s. So, in essence, women during that time and even today were put on medications that had never really been tested on women to see how their bodies would react to the chemicals in the medication. Make that one make sense. And we saw this come to light even more when drugs that were pulled off the market in the late 1990s for various reasons, and they actually were classified as having a 'greater health risks to women'. And even today, 80% of the preclinical studies are conducted just one male mice. Preclinical studies determine the safety and efficacy of drugs and medications. Needless to say that we need to have a huge expansion into women's health. As women make up 49.6% of the world's population, we need to make sure that we understand how we can improve the health of women. If you are a woman, ask the questions and be your best advocate when it comes to your health care. It's imperative that you do. #compasshealthcoachingllc #navigateyourwaytoahealthieryou #healthcoach #wellnesscoach #functionalmedicine #womenshealthmonth #womenshealth #healing #healthjourney #wellnessjourney #inspirechange #carlislepa

Why don’t we invest in women’s health? It’s National Women’s Health Week—a time to explore the woeful gap in research and investment, and what biotech and the government are doing about it. Why it matters: Women’s health is poorly understood and poorly researched, receiving less than 1% of the venture capital investment in biopharma. Women face unique challenges—endometriosis, fibroids, menopause, cervical cancer (to name just a few). Twice as many women have Alzheimer’s disease compared to men, and they have different heart attack symptoms. And women’s health is a great a business opportunity—after all, 27% of health products generating more than $500 million in annual revenues are for women’s health, and women control 80% of household health decisions. What biotech is doing: The Women’s Health Initiative Task Force of Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) seeks to foster greater innovation in women’s health. BIO and members helped build the Women’s Health Innovation Opportunity Map, a public-private initiative to identify unmet needs and gaps. What government is doing: President Biden’s March 18 executive order on women’s health focuses on coordinating federal agencies with $200 million to promote research. The theme of this year’s Women’s Health Week is empowering women to take charge of their health. There are several ways we can do this. 1. Educating women so they can better advocate for better healthcare. I had not fully understood the deficiencies of digital breast tomosynthesis and it caused me to get a later stage breast cancer diagnosis. Educating each other on the shortcomings of our healthcare can enable other women to advocate for better care. 2. Putting more women in charge. Women comprise 49% of the biotech workforce, but only 34% of executives and 20% of CEOs, a BIO report finds. We need a more equitable representation in decision-making roles. 3. Increasing the amount of funding going towards women’s diseases by allocating more of the NIH budget for their research and increasing private investment in these diseases. #womenshealth #equitableaccess

Health Equity isn't just about fairness -- it's about providing safe, effective care for everyone. From unequal treatments, potential health risks and less effective outcomes, overlooking older women in medical research has real consequences. #Research #MinorityResearch #HealthEquity #Healthcare #GenderStudies https://lnkd.in/exbT58_Z

Here are four areas where life sciences companies — particularly those with a digital focus — can create value in the women’s health market. #OWHealth

Here are four areas where life sciences companies — particularly those with a digital focus — can create value in the women’s health market. #OWHealth

Maybe it takes a village to raise a child, but sometimes the mum’s needs don’t get the attention they deserve… Big topic I know, and I won’t solve it all for you today (or even try… I promise!), though one aspect often overlooked and neglected are the symptoms related to pelvic floor dysfunction. >>> Suffered by 1 in 3. Can cause incontinence, prolapse, back pain and dyspareunia. Health-seeking delayed many years. Limited (or no) help or support offered to all but the most severe cases. <<< <<< and not just postpartum, obvs. >>> Proud to share how my friend Wendy Powell and MUTU System has demonstrated some pretty conclusive evidence that early interventions can be lighter-touch, low cost, scalable and effective in preventing deterioration. An excellent evaluation paper has just been published, and this ties in beautifully with the Women’s Health Strategy for England and Core20PLUS5 objectives. https://lnkd.in/egZ-CkDg The HI KSS website announcement of the report is here https://lnkd.in/eqFGSJJT (PS Wendy is an Alumni of the NHS Innovation Accelerator and the FemTech Lab , the pilot was supported by Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex and Unity Insights with GPs, specialist women's health physios, and data from > 9,000 programme users… so maybe that’s a village too?) Plese read it - share it - and shout about it if the commissioned services in your area are.... well, as sparse as the rest of the UK! #Core20PLUS5 #digitalhealth #innovation #femtech