Perimenopause Anxiety: Sometimes It’s a Progesterone Deficiency
Perimenopausal anxiety isn't simply in our patients' heads. It's often the result of complex physiologic changes involving hormones, sleep, metabolism, and the nervous system.
MedCity FemFwd: Opportunities in the Fertility Market
In this episode, we’re joined by Claire Love, deals strategy principal at PwC. We discuss PwC’s recent report showing the opportunities in the fertility and reproductive health market.
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From Blind Spots to Better Outcomes: How SNF Data Transparency Strengthens LTSS
What if health plans could identify member decline before an avoidable hospitalization occurs? Real-time clinical visibility into long-stay SNF members uncovers risk earlier and drives better outcomes.
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Women, Substance Use, and the Need for Gender-Responsive Care
While SUD affects people across all demographics, a growing body of research and clinical experience makes one point clear: gender meaningfully influences how substance use develops, how it is experienced, and what supports effective treatment.
Advancing Women’s Heart Health Through Prevention and Rapid Diagnosis
Early intervention based on accurate diagnosis of both metabolic risk factors and acute cardiac events could help make the difference between life and death for women.
The Reimbursement Challenges Hurting Women’s Health Companies, Per Milken Institute
Women’s health startups should plan for reimbursement early, as limited research and evidence can make securing coverage difficult, a new report explains.
MedCity FemFwd: Employer Strategies for Women’s Health
In this episode, we’re joined by Cheryl Larson, president and CEO of the Midwest Business Group on Health, for our first in-person recording at MedCity News’ recent Bullseye event.
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Automation Didn’t Dehumanize Care. Bad Systems Did.
We have the opportunity to design systems that give people greater capacity for the work where human presence matters most: listening, understanding, reassuring, deciding, and caring.
Juno Bio Raises $3.8M to Support Vaginal Health
Juno Bio’s funding was supported by Ada Ventures, Artesian, Entrepreneur First and Illumina Accelerator.
Menopause Is an Overlooked Driver of Cost in High-Risk Populations
For someone already managing chronic disease, menopause can disrupt stability and complicate treatment plans in ways that aren’t always immediately visible but show up over time in outcomes and utilization.
The Truth About Testosterone in Women: What Medicine Has Overlooked
Testosterone is not just a “male hormone.” Women need it too. And pretending otherwise has left countless women struggling through midlife while being told everything looks “normal.”
The Terminology Gap Undermining Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
While the Pap identifies the cell changes, the HPV test determines the root cause before those changes even happen. Both tests have saved lives. But they are not interchangeable, and treating them as such puts the patient at risk.
The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
Xella Health Emerges from Stealth to Give Women Answers the Healthcare System Hasn’t
Women’s health platform Xella Health launched with a $499-per-year membership. The platform provides women the kind of connected healthcare that has typically only been available through expensive concierge medicine, said CEO Kelly Lacob.
Women’s Health Is Not a Wearable Feature — It’s an Operating System Problem
The issue is not only functional. It is experiential. Many women do not need more scores. They need continuity, context, and support that feels companionable rather than corrective.
Winona Launches Menopause Research Initiative
Winona launched a new research initiative to fund and support menopause and women's health research.
Reducing Admin Waste in Women’s Health: The Financial Case for Upstream Workflows
Capital is flowing into the broader women’s health ecosystem at a pace we have not seen before. The practices that will capture value from that momentum are the ones that get their operational house in order now.
Women’s Health Is Central to the Future of Digital Health
Innovation in women’s health technology is about improving input data, refining performance criteria and ensuring design assumptions align with biological reality and real-world usage. When those fundamentals are in place, products are more accurate, more trustworthy and more likely to be adopted by clinicians and consumers alike.