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9.20.24 | Menopause
Moving from Invisibility to Empowerment for Women in Midlife  

Midlife represents about 63% of women in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Yet, health research focused on this critical window for healthy aging interventions in women has been understudied.

10.12.23 | Bone Health
Exercise for Bone Health: A Call to Action

Guest author Rebekah Rotstein, NCPT, founder of Buff Bones® and member of SWHR Bone Health Working Group, shares tips for building healthier bones across the lifespan.

12.16.22 | Alzheimer's Disease
SWHR Celebrates 2022 Champions for Women’s Health

SWHR is proud to honor Claire Gill of the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation and Pamela D. Price of The Balm In Gilead for their work in women’s health in 2022 and beyond.

10.24.22 | Diagnostics
Diagnostic Testing Can Help Women Improve Health at Every Stage of Life

The Value of Diagnostics within Women’s Health series in 2022 featured six public forums that sought to highlight the role of screening and diagnostics throughout a woman’s lifespan.

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.

6.2.22 | 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.

5.25.22 | Bone Health
New Fact Sheet Recommends Moving to a ‘Predict and Prevent’ Model for Bone Health Policy

The Women’s Bone Health Care fact sheet explores screening tools and policy recommendations for improving outcomes and reducing costs associated with osteoporosis in women.

5.11.22 | Health Equity
Illuminating Disparities and Addressing Outcomes with the Women’s Health Equity Initiative 

The SWHR Women’s Health Equity Initiative highlights statistics on women’s health in the United States, to improve health equity across disease states, conditions, and life stages.