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11.10.22 | Lupus
Lupus Wellness Toolkit Aims to Answers Women’s Health Questions  

The Living Well with Lupus Toolkit for Women aims to educate women and their support systems around lupus risk factors, symptoms, wellness tips, and conversations with health care providers.

10.31.22 | Sleep
Narcolepsy Toolkit Strives to Make Women’s Sleep Health A Priority

The Narcolepsy Toolkit includes information about sleep health across the lifespan to support women living with narcolepsy and their families as they navigate diagnosis, treatment, and care.

10.31.22 | Alzheimer's Disease
Identifying Policy Solutions to Improve Outcomes for Alzheimer’s Disease: Takeaways from an SWHR Roundtable Discussion

Takeaways from SWHR's Alzheimer's Disease Working Group highlight needs for improved disease education, research, and care equity for women impacted by Alzheimer’s, both as patients and caregivers.  

10.27.22 | Policy
SWHR Releases Updated Health Care Value Assessment Principles

These new Policy Principles build upon SWHR's 2019 principles, now accounting for changes in the health care value assessment landscape that specifically impact women.

10.25.22 | Autoimmune
SWHR Toolkit for Women Living with Psoriatic Arthritis Centers Lifelong Care

The Psoriatic Arthritis Toolkit is part of SWHR's program of materials to raise awareness about PsA’s burden on women and support women living with PsA.

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.

10.6.22 | Vaccines
SWHR Infectious Diseases Network Meeting Explores Strategies to Address Vaccine Uptake  

The Infectious Diseases Network meeting in fall 2022 covered the role of education in vaccine uptake and renewed hope for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rate in the United States.

9.30.22 | Policy
Congress Passes Stopgap Spending Measure, Averting Government Shutdown

Congress passed a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded at current levels through December 16, 2022, providing lawmakers more time to reach a deal on fiscal year (FY) 2023 spending legislation.

9.27.22 | Autoimmune
Education and Access Play Key Role for Improving Well-being for Women Living with Autoimmune Diseases

These are takeaways from SWHR's August 2022 meeting of an interdisciplinary group of policy experts, researchers, clinicians, and patient advocates in women’s autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases.