5.17.16 | Cancer
Cancer Advocates Press for Swift Implementation of the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015
Advocates and experts fighting for improved treatments for invasive breast cancer today called for swift action by Congress and the Obama Administration to implement the provisions of the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 (BCPEA).
5.16.16 | Menopause
VVA: What Is It, And What Does It Mean For Post-Menopausal Women?
For post-menopausal women (meaning, women who have gone more than one year since their last period and therefore have completed menopause), vaginal health issues are a prevalent concern.
5.13.16 | Mental Health
Mental Health: The Hidden Illness Plaguing Minority Communities
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being and impacts how we think, what we feel, and how we act.
5.11.16 | Maternal Health
In Opioid Addiction, Both Babies and Their Mothers Deserve Care
Every 19 minutes, an infant is born in the U.S. who will suffer from opiate withdrawal.
5.10.16
The Society for Women’s Health Research Talks Revolutionizing Healthcare & Research Through Data at Annual Gala Dinner
SWHR held its annual black-tie gala May 4, 2016, this time to discuss the growing trend of big data and its impact on health, science, and medicine.
4.21.16 | Heart Health
12 Percent of People Will Be Diagnosed With This Life-Threatening Heart Disease
The prevalence of aortic stenosis is as high as 12 percent among those 75 and older, and because women generally outlive men, many women are likely to develop the disease.
4.1.16
We Don’t Need a Zika Czar. We Need a Women’s Health Czar.
Pregnant women are more susceptible to infectious disease than the general public. Yet a dearth of research leaves them and their babies vulnerable time and time again.
3.30.16 | Research and Clinical Trials
Outcomes from SWHR’s Multi-stakeholder Workshop on Achieving Meaningful Subgroup Data in Clinical Trials Released
SWHR released the outputs of its two-day workshop “Achieving Meaningful Subgroup Data in Clinical Trial Design and Development: Scientific Approaches and Considerations.”
3.29.16
Afraid of Colonoscopies? Alternative Noninvasive Tests Are Available but Inaccessible
Aversion to colonoscopies is incredibly common and is preventing many women — who are at high risk for colorectal cancer — from getting the care they need.
