An Urgent Call to Raise Awareness of Heart Disease in Women
By KELLY CARROLL
There is a dire need to raise awareness about heart disease in women. It is the number one killer of American women, and key data points reveal a lack of cognizance among doctors and women.
An assessment of primary care physicians published in 2019 revealed that only 22% felt extremely well prepared to evaluate cardiovascular disease risks in female patients. A 2019 survey of American women showed that just 44% recognized heart disease as the number one cause of death in women. Ten years earlier, in 2009, the same survey found that 65% of American women recognized heart disease as the leading cause o...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Medical Practice heart disease Kelly Carroll Life Essential 8 prevention Womens health Source Type: blogs
Digital Health, Menopause, And The $150 Billion Ignorance
The idea of this story came from personal experience. During the past year, I have spent countless hours and a bucketload of money trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with my health. I was feeling worse and worse, having various symptoms, totally inexplicable with my impeccable test results. During this journey, not a single doctor asked or suggested that my symptoms may come from entering perimenopause – the stage of life of women preceding menopause.
I am 47 years old, and as I have learned since then, extremely average in starting to have perimenopause symptoms at the age of 47. Also very average ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Lifestyle medicine female health menopause tech Source Type: blogs
Women ’ s Health in the Digital Health Market: What 2024 Has in Store
The following is a guest article by Egle Jakimone, Product CEO at Kilo Health
In 2024, we are expecting to witness a significant change in women’s health, particularly centered around the transformative phase of menopause. The notable growth of female wellness apps is helping women to take an active role in managing their health. Additionally, the increased attention to women’s health topics is drawing interest from global players and investors.
As a lead of a holistic health product tailored to women, I have gathered some insights into what to expect from 2024 and how to come prepared.
Embracing the Menopause ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 29, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Digital Health Egle Jakimone FemTech Kilo Health Menopause Menstruation RPM Telehealth Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Drs. Hamori and DiEdwardo: Top Doctors 2024 in New Beauty
Dr. Christine Hamori and Dr. Christine DiEdwardo have been selected as Top Doctors for 2024 as seen in the current edition of NewBeauty magazine, on newsstands now.newbeauty.com/doctor/hamori/FromNew Beauty: Board-certified plastic surgeons Drs.Christine Hamori andChristine DiEdwardo are dedicated to helping women look and feel their best from the inside out. With a focus on women ’s health and wellness, they remain current with the latest research and newest technologies in aesthetics and feminine wellness. In addition to providing transformative surgeries like Mommy Makeovers, labiaplasty, perineoplasty, and vaginoplas...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - January 16, 2024 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Hot Flash: How Understanding Menopause Can Improve Life and Law for Everyone
Naomi Cahn (University of Virginia), Bridget J. Crawford (Pace University), Emily Gold Waldman (Pace University), Hot Flash: How Understanding Menopause Can Improve Life and Law for Everyone (Va. Pub. L.& Legal Theory Rsch. Paper No 2023-73) (2023): Hot Flash:... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 15, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 6th 2023
This study aimed to gather valuable insights from pharmaceutical experts and healthcare practitioners regarding the potential and challenges of translating senolytic drugs for treatment of vascular aging-related disorders. This study employed a qualitative approach by conducting in-depth interviews with healthcare practitioners and pharmaceutical experts. Participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes from the interview transcripts. A total of six individuals were interviewed, with three being pharmaceutical experts and the remaining three healthcare practitioners.
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Source: Fight Aging! - November 5, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Evidence for Menopause in Wild Chimpanzees
Few mammalian species exhibit menopause. It is thought that humans evolved into this state of post-reproductive old age in part because older individuals can help to enhance the reproductive fitness of their direct offspring. This view is known as the "grandmother hypothesis". The same behavior is observed in orcas, one of the few other mammals to exhibit menopause. Researchers here provide evidence for chimpanzees to undergo menopause, which is a strike against the grandmother hypothesis, as chimpanzee elders do not assist their offspring in this way.
A team of researchers studying the Ngogo community of wild chi...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 3, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Menopause and chronic disease [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Susan J. Baumgaertel, an internal medicine physician. In this conversation, we dive into her book, The Menopause Menu, as Susan sheds light on navigating the complex intersection of menopause and chronic diseases. Susan J. Baumgaertel is an internal medicine physician. She discusses her
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Menopause and chronic disease [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 30th 2023
In conclusion, reported adherence to a healthy lifestyle is associated with reduced risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality. Adherence to all four lifestyle factors resulted in the strongest protection.
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Source: Fight Aging! - October 29, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Sex Differences in Cholinergic Neurons in the Context of Alzheimer's Disease
Why are most Alzheimer's disease patients women? The longer female life expectancy is not enough to explain all of this difference, so researchers investigate the underlying biochemical differences between sexes in search of an explanation. The goal is to use this difference in outcomes to identify mechanisms that are important to disease progression in all humans. One might look at a recent paper on microglial biochemistry, for example, and compare with this examination of the activity of cholinergic neurons. It is worth noting that the two are linked, with cholinergic neurons likely regulating microglial behavior to some...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 24, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Reviewing the Aging of the Ovaries
The ovaries, like the thymus, undergo a form of degenerative aging that occurs somewhat in advance of the aging of other parts of the body. It leads to the phenomenon of menopause and subsequent consequences to health and function, which, interestingly, is a feature of aging that is shared with only a few other mammalian species. That makes the ovaries and their surrounding tissues an interesting target for the development of ways to slow or reverse loss of function. Maintained ovarian function may prove to modestly slow aging in older women; it is a reasonable hypothesis and goal to pursue given what is known of the inter...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 17, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Women ’ s Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 125
For the 125th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are joined by special guest host, Brittany Quemby, Editor at Healthcare IT Today, to discuss women’s health IT! We begin our deep dive into this topic with telemedicine and other digital health apps. We discuss how these tools can be used to empower women in managing their own health and well-being as well as looking at what challenges these tools face in doing so. We then look at IT solutions, in general, to see how they can be tailored to what women need and make their experiences in healthcare better. Next, we narrow our discussion down to how data analytics a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Brittany Quemby Tags: C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Brittany Quemby Digital Health Apps Health IT Podcasts Healthcare Inequality Healthcare Podcasts John Lynn Source Type: blogs
Midi Health Raises $25M in Series A Funding Led by GV (Google Ventures) to Expand Access to Expert and Affordable Midlife Care for Women
The Leading Virtual Clinic Delivering Insurance-Covered, Expert Care for Women Perimenopause and Menopause, Midi Health Plans Major Expansion of National Footprint
Midi Health, the emerging digital leader in women’s midlife healthcare, today announced the close of a $25M Series A funding round led by GV (Google Ventures). Investors Frederique Dame and Cathy Friedman from GV are joined by current investors Felicis, Semper Virens, Icon, 25M, and Operator Collective, bringing the company’s total funding raised to date to $40M.
In the year since the company officially launched to consumers, Midi Health has...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 25M Cathy Friedman Felicis Frederique Dame Google Ventures GV Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment ICON Joanna Strober Midi Health Operator Collective Semper Virens Source Type: blogs
Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed
There are a lot of rules and regulations in place in the world of healthcare. These are put into place in order to protect patients and organizations. However, the world of healthcare is constantly changing and evolving as we come up with new ideas and solutions. Have the regulations done the same though? Or are there areas that are missing regulations? Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back?
In search of answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas they would add, remove, or update re...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations 1upHealth 4medica Amanda Heidemann Andrea Mazzoccoli Andrew Norden MD Bill Charnetski Cheryl Cheng Commur Source Type: blogs
Navigating chronic diseases and menopause: healthier habits for aging
An excerpt from The Menopause Menu. Whether it’s heart disease or cognitive decline, arthritis or diabetes, getting older is linked to an increased incidence of many different chronic diseases. The menopausal journey adds an extra layer of health risks to some of them but is also an opportunity to fine-tune healthy living goals in a
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Navigating chronic diseases and menopause: healthier habits for aging originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Susan J. Baumgaertel, MD Tags: Conditions OB/GYN Rheumatology Source Type: blogs
