12.17.24 | Cancer
Rising Breast Cancer Rates Among Younger Women: Trends, Risk Factors, and Racial Disparities
The most common cause of cancer-related deaths among younger women (under age 50) is breast cancer.
12.6.24 | Policy
NASEM Releases Report Assessing Women’s Health Research at NIH
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a long-awaited and congressionally mandated report assessing the state of women’s health research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
11.8.24 | Women's Health Perspective
Eme’s Endometriosis Journey
My story with endometriosis is still being written. I started my period at ten years old, and I can't remember a time that my periods were not painful.
11.5.24 | Endometriosis
SWHR Board Member and Bioengineer is Reimaging How We Understand Endometriosis
Soon after Dr. Griffith’s inclusion on the 2024 TIME 100 list, SWHR interviewed Dr. Griffith to learn more about her background in research, her journey with endometriosis, and her hopes for the future of gynecologic disease research.
11.5.24 | Liver Health
The Effects of Hormones on Women’s Liver Health
How Do Hormonal Influences Impact Liver Disease in Women?
11.4.24 | Women's Health Perspective
Diane Hermle’s Menopause Journey
When I first started to experience menopause symptoms, my primary physician advised me to go through this biological process “naturally”.
11.4.24 | Alzheimer's Disease
Championing Alzheimer’s Disease Change with Jim Taylor, Voices of Alzheimer’s
Nearly two-thirds of the 7 million adults in the United States living with Alzheimer’s disease are women. As the disease […]
10.24.24 | Menopause
Pressing Play on Menopause: Everybody Has A Part
Dr. Aninye (left) with Claire Gill, founder of the National Menopause Foundation (middle) and SWHR Science Programs Manager Syreen Gloumamine […]
10.19.24 | Women's Health Perspective
Kristen’s Breast Cancer Journey
When I first started to experience menopause symptoms, my primary physician advised me to go through this biological process “naturally”.
10.18.24 | Women's Health Perspective
Elle Murata’s PCOS Journey
I am a neuroscientist whose expertise is mapping the dynamic interplay between hormones and the brain.
