SWHR congratulates the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Women’s Health for 20 years of working to improve the health of women.
EventOn International Women’s Day this year, Nature is put the spotlight on some of the amazing women working in academia, […]
BlogThe most common, most underdiagnosed, and most undertreated pregnancy-related complication in the United States is perinatal depression — depression that occurs during pregnancy or within the first year after delivery. An estimated 10 to 20 percent of new mothers experience perinatal depression (a more inclusive term than postpartum depression), with half of these women going undiagnosed and untreated.
BlogThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, showing that more work needs to be done in reporting and analysis policies to further ensure women and minorities are being accurately represented in clinical trials.
BlogSWHR announces the start of a new initiative focused on examining sex and gender differences in Alzheimer’s disease.
BlogNIH has doubled its research budget for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), to $15 million this year. This is a very small research budget given that hundreds of thousands, even as high as 2.5 million men, women, and children suffer from this syndrome.
EventThis event discusses how to improve health outcomes through recognizing and addressing symptoms, comorbidities, treatment options, and barriers to accessing quality care, while highlighting the diverse experiences of women during and after the menopause transition.
ResourceTo decrease the substantial health and economic burden of migraine on individuals and society, researchers need to address how the […]
EventMenopause affects 1 million people each year in the United States,1 and up to 80% of them may experience hot flashes […]
EventMost medical providers still don’t know enough about perimenopause and menopause. This isn’t surprising when considering that 80 percent of […]