Why We Can't Stop Talking About Women's Health

Her House: Built for Women's Health is all about engaging and encouraging women to be proactive advocates in their healthcare experience. We strive to celebrate leaders and care providers who are building solutions for the betterment of women's health. 

Did you know?

Women weren’t required to be included in U.S. clinical trials until 1993.
That means decades of medical research was built primarily on male biology.

Women’s bodies have been underrepresented in basic research.
In animal studies, male mice were often the default — despite sex differences that could affect outcomes.
 
Sex-specific analysis and dosing has historically been rare in drug approvals.
Even though women metabolize many medications differently than men.

Thankfully,

Funding for women’s health research has nearly doubled in the past decade.
Major public and private initiatives are prioritizing sex-based research like never before.

The FDA is increasingly mandating sex-based data analysis in clinical trials.
More therapies are now being evaluated and approved with women’s unique biology in mind.

Femtech is one of the fastest-growing health sectors.
Startups are driving innovation in menstrual health, fertility, menopause, and chronic conditions affecting women.

Read the Women's Health Access Matters Report

Episode Transcript

Melissa (00:03):
Shortfalls in my healthcare experience have
always frustrated me. I canvividly remember my first GYNO
appointment because it was soshockingly uninformative and
uncomfortable. Fast forward fromthat first appointment, or maybe
for you, it was the collegecampus health center - Does
anybody else notice veterinarianoffices that look more

(00:23):
comfortable than the standardOB/GYN? Maybe you've also
questioned, why does it seem sochallenging to find answers and
solutions for issues thatseriously impact you?
Bouncing between doctors, diets,and back to a never ending
search online, I've personallybeen told it's just hard being a

(00:44):
woman.
It is hard, but it's also a factthat women's biological
differences have been underinvestigated and underserved
because medicine treated womenas if we were small men. The
truth is out, but in case youhaven't heard, women's health
has been underfunded and many ofthe drugs we take haven't even

(01:07):
been studied on women.
After years of venting to my momand hearing horror stories from
friends, it's so exciting to seeincreased awareness and
investment finally drivinginnovation. Scientists are
studying the X chromosome,proving differences between how
sex genes present themselves anduncovering how these differences

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mean a whole lot more than we'veever truly understood before.
On Her House, we're goingstraight to the source, telling
stories about the experiences weall share and hearing from
leaders that are reshapinghealthcare for women. What's
being discovered, what's beingbuilt, and how will these
innovations make life better foryou and all of the women that

(01:53):
you love? From cutting edgescience, bold technologies, and
new approaches to medicine, thefuture is brighter for you, your
mother, your sister, yourdaughter, and we can't stop
talking about it.
Join us as we chat with leaderswho are innovating for a new era
of care, one built for women'shealth.