Every December, we like to pause, not just to reflect on the year behind us, but to look squarely at the one ahead. 2025 brought seismic shifts across healthcare: scientific momentum accelerating faster than ever, communication standards evolving in real time, and long-overlooked areas finally stepping into the spotlight. So, to close out the year, …
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On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it was removing the long-standing “black box” warning from many menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) labels. For many women, that warning created fear and confusion about whether hormones are “too risky,” even when facing unmanageable symptoms.Menopausal HRT involves taking estrogen, with or without a …
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In the previous chapters of this series, we revealed how the historic exclusion of women from research, along with long-standing gaps in addressing female-specific health issues continues to have far-reaching consequences for diagnostics, treatment options and outcomes. Decades of underrepresentation within clinical trials, gaps in provider training, the legacy of the WHI 2002 report on …
Continue reading “The Care Gap, Chapter 7 – Charting a Path Forward”
As we continue our series on The Care Gap – Rethinking Women’s Health in Medicine, this sixth installment focuses on mental health − an area with complex disparities. While women seek professional help for depression at twice the rate of men, gender biases in diagnosis and treatment have disadvantaged both men and women. In the …
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In this second part of Chapter 5, we continue our focus on issues specific to women’s health and discuss gaps in supporting pregnancy from preconception to postpartum care. Maternal Morbidity: Behind the eight ball In the USA, after decades of decline, the number of women who die from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth started …