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7x more likely to be sent home during a heart attack.
Not because the symptoms aren’t there —
because medicine wasn’t built to recognize them in women.
💔 Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the U.S.
And underdiagnosis is a major reason why.
Same disease.
Different symptoms.
Missed too often.
It’s time to change that.
Let’s accelerate research & investment into half the population.
🔗 whamnow.org | Source: American College of Cardiology, 2015
#WomensHealth #HeartDisease #WHAMnow #WomensHeartHealth
On the first Monday in May, the world watches fashion. 👠
This year, Venus Williams used the Met Gala to spotlight something bigger:
Only ~6% of sports science research focuses on women’s bodies. 🎾
Not 60%.
Six.
And it doesn’t stop with sports.
Across healthcare, women’s bodies have historically received far less research attention — affecting everything from diagnosis to treatment to prevention.
Venus turned one of the world’s biggest stages into a conversation about women’s health research. And honestly? More people should be talking about it.
At WHAM, we’re working to help change that by accelerating:
🔹 Research
🔹 Investment
🔹 Innovation in women’s health
Because better research leads to better outcomes for everyone.
✨ Support women’s health research: whamnow.org/donate
📖 Read more at our link in bio
#MetGala #WomensHealth #WomenInSports #WomensHealthResearch #WHAMNow #3Not30
🚨 Cancer is rising in younger adults and women are at the center.
📊 Women under 50 now have 82% higher cancer rates than men
(across colorectal, breast, uterine, pancreatic + more)
And we’re still asking… why?
This isn’t one cancer.
It’s a pattern. ⚠️
🧬 Hormones
🧠 Biology
🌎 Early detection
What are we missing?
📅 May 19
🎯 Cancer: Rising Risk, Missed Signals, and the Path Forward
Join the conversation on what needs to change—now.
🔗 Register in bio
Because “too young” should never mean missed.
#WHAMNow #3Not30 #WomensHealth #CancerAwareness #EarlyDetection
💡 Cancer rates are rising—and younger women are increasingly part of the story.
So what are we missing?
⚠️ Signals across prevention
⚠️ Earlier diagnosis
⚠️ Opportunities for detection
And what needs to change now?
Join WHAM for a conversation focused on exactly that.
We’ll cover:
🔸 Why cancers are still being missed
🔸 How sex differences impact risk + diagnosis
🔸 What it takes to move from reactive → proactive screening
🔸 Where research + investment can drive real change
🎤 Hear from leading experts shaping what comes next
📅 May 19 | 1–2 PM ET
🔗 Register in bio
Because if the trends are changing—our approach has to change too.
#WHAMNow #3Not30 #WomensHealth #CancerAwareness #EarlyDetection
💔We’ve normalized women’s pain.
We’ve normalized missed diagnoses.
We’ve normalized delays in care.
And it shows up everywhere:
💡Hashimoto`s thyroiditis is about 7–10x more common in women than men
💡ADHD in girls is often missed in childhood because symptoms present differently than boys
💡 ~80% of women experience menopause symptoms—many don’t receive adequate care or information
💡 ~25% of women with an autoimmune disease develop a second condition
💡 By age 50, up to 70–80% of women develop fibroids—yet many are told pain and heavy bleeding are “normal”
This isn’t random.
It’s a pattern.
And we can’t fix what we keep normalizing.
It’s time to change the standard.
✨Learn more at whamnow.org
#WomensHealth #WomensHealthData #WomensHealthFacts #WHAMNow #3Not30
And the list goes on…📝
WHAM is here to change that—by driving research and investment to transform women’s lives.
Learn more at whamnow.org
#WomensHealth #WHAMNow
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Women are 51% of the population but receive only a fraction of biomedical research funding. Sex differences are still often ignored, even in diseases that hit women hardest. Advancing sex-based research closes that gap, sparks innovation, and delivers more precise care for everyone. Support the future of health—for women, and for all.
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Donate to Autoimmune Disease Research
Four out of five Americans with autoimmune disease are women—40 million lives impacted—yet the science hasn’t kept up. In 2019, only 7 % of the NIH’s rheumatoid arthritis budget focused on women. Dedicated funding can pinpoint why women are so vulnerable and drive better diagnostics, therapies, and quality of life. Fuel research that will change lives.
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Donate to Brain Health Research
Women make up two-thirds of Alzheimer’s cases and are twice as likely to suffer depression—yet we still don’t know why. Targeted, sex-specific studies can reveal the biological and clinical differences that unlock earlier diagnosis, smarter treatments, and healthier minds. Your gift drives that discovery.
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Donate to Cancer Research
Most cancer studies still default to male models, overlooking critical sex differences in how cancers start, spread, and respond to therapy. Lung cancer now kills more women than breast, ovarian, and cervical cancers combined, and rates are soaring among young, non-smoking women. Boosting sex-based cancer research will reveal why—and lead to breakthroughs in screening, care, and survival. Help us accelerate that work.
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Donate to Heart Health Research
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, but it remains underfunded, under-researched, and underdiagnosed. Nearly half of women over 20 have cardiovascular disease, pregnancy heart risks are widespread, and women are 50% more likely to die after a heart attack. Focused research can rewrite those odds—changing how heart disease is detected, treated, and prevented in women. Invest in saving women’s hearts.
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