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SWHR Announces New Interdisciplinary Sleep Network Members

SWHR selected two additional members to join its Interdisciplinary Network on Sleep, Dr. Jodi A. Mindell and Dr. Judette Louis.

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DiabetesSisters and the Society for Women’s Health Research Release A Report On Women and Diabetes

Women and Diabetes: 10 Relevant Health Topics for Women Living with Diabetes, Advancing Women’s Health through Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Management

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Imaging The Effects Of Menopausal Hormone Therapy On The Brain

Imaging provides a window into brain changes due to dementia decades before someone begins to show clinical symptoms of the disease. Volume of the brain gradually declines with advancing age, but this decline takes a faster course in people who experience more cognitive decline than is expected for their age and go on to develop dementia.

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Poor Sleep Makes You More Than Just Sleepy

We’ve all experienced times where we haven’t gotten enough sleep, whether it’s pulling an all-nighter to cram for a test, caring for a newborn, or stressing about a project at work.

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SWHR Joins Members of Congress, Partners for Reintroduction of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act

SWHR joined Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), and Robin Kelly (D-IL), along with representatives from the Fibroid Foundation and The White Dress Project, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

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Examining Research Gaps and Barriers to Care for Fibroids

SWHR hosted a roundtable meeting last month to discuss gaps in research, clinical practice, policy, and patient education that need to be addressed to improve health outcomes for patients with fibroids.

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COVID-19 Impedes Career Progress for Women in STEMM

The COVID-19 pandemic has imperiled the careers of many women in the biomedical workforce as they face disproportionately greater caregiving responsibilities at home and related productivity losses at work.

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Addressing the Intersection of Narcolepsy and Maternal Health Care

During the 5th Annual Scientific Conference of SBSM earlier this month, SWHR held the symposium “Addressing the Intersection of Narcolepsy and Maternal Health Care.”

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SWHR Releases Statement on NIH Director Retirement Announcement

SWHR issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, will step down as the director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year.

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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.