8.31.22 | Bone Health
SWHR Releases First Issue-Specific Policy Agenda, With a Focus on Bone Health
The Bone Health Policy Agenda is a call action that builds upon earlier women's bone health policy priorities from SWHR and aims to improve bone health outcomes for women.
7.20.22 | Bone Health
How Osteoporosis Broke My Spine, But Not My Spirit
Christine Thomas shares her osteoporosis story including a spine fracture at age 42 and decades of personal education and advocacy.
6.29.22 | Alzheimers Disease
New Fact Sheet Highlights Disproportionate Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease on Women as Patients and Caregivers
For Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month in June, SWHR launched an Alzheimer's disease fact sheet about the burden of disease faced by women.
6.22.22
Harnessing the Power of Data and Technology to Improve Public Health
Members of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology team— spoke at a Policy Advisory Council meeting about how health IT is helping advance women’s health.
6.15.22 | Maternal Health
The U.S. Infant Formula Shortage Raises Concerns for Infants and Families Alike
The U.S. infant formula shortage deeply impacts parents and children, and has left many families worried about how they are going to feed their babies.
6.14.22 | Women's Health Perspective
Acknowledging the Dual Realities of Parent and Caregiver: A Mother’s Journey with Her Daughter’s Narcolepsy
Tammy Anderson, an advocate and volunteer with Wake Up Narcolepsy, shared her experience caring for her child with narcolepsy.
6.6.22 | Diagnostics
Staying Current on STD Screenings: What You Need to Know
Fewer people were tested for sexually transmitted infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting routine STI services and preventative health care.
6.2.22 | Bone Health
Women’s Bone Health: How Awareness, Policy, and Care Across the Lifespan Can Shape Outcomes
An April meeting of interdisciplinary clinicians, researchers, patients and patient advocates, and policy leaders discussed women's bone health care and research in this SWHR meeting.
5.11.22 | Women's Health Perspective
Then and Now: A Young Adult’s Years-Long Journey with Psoriatic Arthritis
Elizabeth Medeiros, patient advocate and author of "The Girl with Arthritis" blog, spoke about her journey with psoriatic arthritis with SWHR.
4.18.22 | Maternal Health
How One Researcher’s Integrative Biology Background Led to a New Frontier in Pregnancy and Lactation Research
Nicole Danos, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor at the University of San Diego, shared her research on how animals move - and how it relates to pregnancy.
