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So, what needs to happen next in menopause?💡
Leaders across research, healthcare, industry, and investment to tackle just that. The result? Six priorities:
1️⃣ Define menopause
2️⃣ Educate with authority
3️⃣ Rethink clinical care
4️⃣ Generate the data
5️⃣ Support the workforce
6️⃣ Fix coverage + reimbursement
Different challenges. One shared goal: better evidence, better care, and better outcomes for women.
Now, it’s time to turn priorities into action❗
📖 Click our link in bio to read the full report.
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These stats hit different when you realize they’re about half of the population.🫨
▫️Over half of women say a doctor has dismissed or ignored their pain at some point.
▫️Women are more likely to develop anorexia nervosa, the mental illness with the highest mortality rate.
▫️Celiac disease is diagnosed about twice as often in women as men.
▫️Women are more likely than men to experience dry mouth, which can increase the risk of cavities and other oral health problems.
▫️Restless legs syndrome affects women about twice as often as men.
What`s one women`s health fact you wish more people knew? 👇
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What will the next chapter of menopause care look like? 👀
We brought together leaders across research, medicine, industry, and investment to talk about what’s changing and what still needs action.
From new treatments + wearable data to research + investment, the conversation covered the big questions shaping the future of menopause care. 🏥
A few takeaways:
→ The science is moving. Care needs to catch up.
→ Better data could change how menopause is understood.
→ Investment can help turn promising ideas into real solutions.
Big questions. Bold ideas. A field ready for what’s next.
Thank you to our incredible speakers, moderators, and everyone who joined us. 💜
🎥 Link in bio to watch the recording & read our new white paper on investing in menopause.
#WomensHealth #Menopause #WHAMNow #WHAMVirtualRoundtable
We know more about women`s health than ever before, but there`s still so much missing.
▪️ For decades, car crash tests weren`t designed around the female body. The first anatomically correct female crash test dummy was released in 2025.
▪️ Women make up 70% of rheumatoid arthritis patients, yet just 7% of NIH funding for the disease goes to women-focused research.
▪️ Women account for about two-thirds of people living with blindness or visual impairment from major eye diseases.
▪️ Diabetes increases heart disease risk by four times in women.
▪️ Women have about 1.5x the risk of insomnia compared with men.
WHAM is funding the research to close these gaps and uncover what`s next.
Help make the next breakthrough happen: link in bio
Which fact surprised you most? 👇
#WomensHealth #WHAMNow #WomensHealthFacts #WomensHealthResearch
🚨NEW RELEASE: WHAM White Paper, Investing in Menopause
Menopause affects billions.So why are we still leaving so much opportunity on the table?
In June, WHAM brought together scientists, physicians, and investors to dig into the big questions:
🔹 What’s holding menopause research back?
🔹 Where are the biggest opportunities for investment?
🔹 What could the FDA’s removal of boxed warnings mean for hormone therapy?
🔹 Could wearable technology change how we understand and manage menopause?
And what we found is clear:
▪️The market is bigger than we think.
▪️ Demand isn’t the problem. Payment is.
▪️ The evidence gaps are real, but addressable.
▪️ Success stories already prove the opportunity.
The conversation around menopause is changing.
The opportunity is here. Now we need to act on it.
📄 Read the full white paper: link in bio
Huge thanks to everyone who joined our roundtable and to join_goodwin for hosting us in June.
What do you think comes next? Tell us below 👇
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What`s next in menopause? Join us tomorrow for a virtual conversation with leading experts in research, medicine, and women`s health.
We`ll dig into the biggest research gaps, where innovation is headed, and what recent changes to hormone therapy could mean for care.
📅 September 24 | 1-2PM ET
🔗 Register: link in bio
With @organonllc @harvardmed @bidmchealth @upmcnews @usagainstalz
Know someone who should be there? Send them this post. 💜
#Menopause #MidlifeHealth #WomensHealth #WHAMNow
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Join us in support of our 3Not30 goals. WHAM has developed an action plan to create impactful and sustainable change by identifying the economic impact of accelerating research and investment in businesses focused on the health of women. Your voices need to be included. These goals will affect your health and the health and well-being of future generations. Let’s eliminate the health gap. Help advance the health of women by supporting these goals:
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