SWHR is convening an interdisciplinary Menopause Workplace Education Working Group of menopause and workplace wellness researchers and strategists, human resource professionals, advocacy leaders, and health care providers for a series of closed meetings throughout 2023.
BlogDespite recommendations from the CDC and the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for annual chlamydia and gonorrhea screening for sexually active women younger than 25, experts are concerned that not enough women get tested and therefore don’t know they are infected.
BlogIn the midst of COVID-19, pregnant women and new moms are being forced to confront unexpected challenges and possible worst-case scenarios about delivery and the postpartum period.
BlogFor 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.
BlogOur bladders work hard, and sometimes they aren’t quite as effective as we would hope. The majority of women, pregnant or not, have at some point in their lives dealt with incontinence, the unintentional loss of urine.
EventLet’s Talk Menopause, a national nonprofit organization, is pleased to bring you this Menopause Talk: Knowledge Really Will Be Our […]
BlogThis guest blog by Laura Marrone and Pratik Shukla, MD, assistant professor of radiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School explores uterine fibroid embolization as a way to treat uterine fibroids.
BlogIn the ongoing quest to ensure women’s inclusion in medical research, many stakeholders consider research involving pregnant and lactating women as the next step forward. At the NIH, these efforts are being led by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
BlogThe Society for Women’s Health Research commends the Task Force on Research Specific to Pregnant Women and Lactating Women for its comprehensive, evidence-based report with pragmatic recommendations for addressing critical knowledge gaps on safe and effective medication for pregnant and lactating women.
BlogJune is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a time to bring awareness to and expand education around Alzheimer’s and brain health, including its wide impact on women.