SWHR hired Sarah Wells Kocsis, MBA, as its new Vice President of Public Policy.
BlogThis is the first in a four-part series the SWHR about hormones across the lifespan.
BlogThis past year mental health has been at the forefront of national coverage, especially with the recent presidential election, where both nominees acknowledged mental health as an issue of public health concern.
BlogDo endometriosis and uterine fibroids impact bone health? SWHR explores the connection between these gynecological conditions, estrogen, and healthy bones.
EventIschemic heart disease (IHD) refers to the reduced blood flow and oxygen supply to the heart, usually caused by plaque […]
EventSWHR convened an interdisciplinary Alzheimer’s Disease Policy Working Group of policy experts, researchers, clinicians, and patient advocates for a closed, roundtable meeting in August 2022 to discuss policy needs and opportunities as they relate to improving health and quality of life outcomes in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias for women.
BlogSWHR spoke with Taiwo Ajao, MPH, RN, IBCLC CD (DONA) a maternal-newborn nurse, lactation consultant and doula, and Jenifer LaNore, MSW, LCSW-C, PMH-C, a trained full-spectrum doula (DTI) and owner of Gracefully Balanced Perinatal Counseling, LLC, on postpartum depression.
BlogImaging 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.
BlogPregnant individuals and newborns have immune systems that are more susceptible to viral infections than the general population.
BlogThe national opioid epidemic was already raging before COVID-19 hit the United States. During the pandemic, the situation severely worsened, including for those who are pregnant.