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Our new website is live! Check it out: http://www.whamnow.org

You’ll find new resources, up-to-date news, and ways to get involved in our work to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and conditions that exclusively or disproportionately affect women.

Did you know cardiovascular disease kills 1 in 3 women per year, but only 38% of participants in clinical cardiovascular trials are women? Heart disease can affect women at any age, so it is vital to prioritize women in health research! #WomensHealth https://thewhamreport.org/report/heart/

🚨Our new website is live! Join WHAM as we take action to advance women’s health research in our focus areas:
- Autoimmune disease
- Brain Health
- Hearth Health
- Cancer
Discover how you can help advance women’s health research today. Visit: https://whamnow.org/

Welcome to the newest members of The WHAM Collaborative! These leaders are making huge strides to advance women’s health research. We’re excited to see the Collaborative grow as we pursue our mission to advance women’s health everywhere. https://whamnow.org/news/ten-leading-medical-experts-and-scientists-join-wham-collaborative-to-advance-womens-health-research/

A new study shows that female scientists aren’t getting the credit they deserve, significantly impacting their careers – they are “13 percent less likely to be named as authors on articles and 58 percent less likely to be named on patents [than men].”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/22/women-scientists-authorship-credit-study/

“The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in women to men is 3 to 1. For lupus it’s 10 to 1.” Post-Roe, women with autoimmune diseases are being denied methotrexate, the ‘gold standard' treatment for many debilitating conditions.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-11/post-roe-many-autoimmune-patients-lose-access-to-gold-standard-drug

Women make up 57% of the workforce and make 83% of spending decisions—yet despite our economic significance, women still aren’t represented at the level necessary to make a critical difference in medical research and outcomes.
https://insights.northerntrust.com/story/elevating-women-magazine-women-and-wellness/page/4/1

Happening today! Tune in at 9am PT/12pm ET for a conversation with our CEO @Caroleewham on innovations and opportunities for women’s health at the FemAging Era Exchange. Don’t miss it: https://www.femaging.com/femagingera/
#femaging #femtech

“To ensure that results of clinical research benefits all the individuals affected by a disease, clinical trial populations should align more closely with the demographics of the population affected by disease,” says @BrighamConnors Dr. Primavera Spangolo.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-06-23/women-still-underrepresented-in-many-clinical-trials

This Thursday, July 21 at 9am PT/12pm ET join the virtual conversation with our founder and CEO @caroleewham during the FemAging Era Exchange! Register now: https://www.femaging.com/femagingera/
#femaging #femtech

Have you designed a product or service focused on women’s health beyond fertility? Apply by July 21 for the Fast Pitch competition to win $10,000 cash to fund your innovation.

Apply here: https://www.femaging.com/femagingera/
#FemTech

"It's a female-specific finding -- perhaps one of the strongest associations of a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's in women.” New sex-specific research gives us clues why more women than men are diagnosed with the disease. Sex-based research matters!
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/health/female-alzheimer-gene-discovered-wellness-scn/index.html

Join our CEO @caroleewham for the FemAging Era Exchange on July 21st 9am PT/12pm ET, the only #FemTech event and pitch competition exclusively focused on bringing in professionals to discuss opportunities for women’s health beyond fertility.
Register NOW https://www.femaging.com/femagingera/

Did you know heart disease is the #1 killer of women? Yet, only 1 in 3 clinical trial participants are female.

Excluding women in health research is fatal. At WHAM, we’re sounding the alarm to prioritize women’s health research. Sign up for updates: https://thewhamreport.org/#signup