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Women going through menopause, when periods stop, have a drop in their natural hormones which can cause symptoms such as low mood, sleeplessness, night sweats, anxiety, and joint pain. For some women, these symptoms can be distressing and affect their everyday lives. HRT tops up the estrogen levels in a woman's body and can help alleviate these symptoms.
The number of patients being prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in England has increased by almost a third in a year from 1.8 million to 2.3 million, official figures show. It follows menopause awareness campaigns by celebrities like Davina McCall and government action over a recent shortage of certain HRT drugs. The figures suggest patients are now receiving a wider range of HRT.
Find out more in this story via BBC.
One of the topics we will be covering at our conference about menopause is HRT, under the title โFinding Balance: Exploring Natural and HRT Solutions for Menopauseโ.
Join us on May 16th for a day of insightful talks, educational panels, thought-provoking discussions, groundbreaking research, and a showcase of best practices and innovations. We are bringing together key stakeholders: researchers, scientists, clinicians, startup founders, pharma, investors, policymakers, organisations, and media to have a conversation about menopause.
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๐ฏ 2024 Tech4Eva Call for Application โ a joint program between EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel
Do you have an innovative and disruptive femtech solution and are you looking to accelerate your progress and gain visibility? Then join the growing FemTech community of Tech4Eva and apply to this six-month game changing accelerator starting in April 2024!
For this 4th cohort, they are looking for 10-15 innovative solutions in one or more of these areas: Pregnancy & post-partum โ Mental health & wellbeing โ Period health โ Fertility & infertility โ Endometriosis โ Sexual & pelvic health โ Oncology โ Menopause care โ Prevention & treatment โ Bone & Brain Health โ Immune & Heart Diseases โ Nutrition/Digestive/Hormonal Health
*Tech4Eva welcomes global solutions of all areas and stages to apply. Preference will be given to start-ups with scientific evidence, having or ideally building a clinical or animal model, or in vitro for the mechanism of action, ideally IP protected or in submission, or having proof of concept / prototype / users / data / early adopters.
More info on the program: www.tech4eva.ch
Deadline to apply is March 15, 2024.
๐ Equity 2030 Alliance membership is open for all established entities that want to commit to building an equitable future for all. Join the Alliance by taking action that contributes to closing gender-equity gaps in science, technology, and financing solutions. Actions can include creating a project, a use case, an initiative, a policy, an investment target, or any other category in which efforts can be demonstrated to integrate gender equity at all stages of product solutions development; and/or investing in women-centric solutions; and/or developing and producing more women-centric solutions.
All actions committed by Equity 2030 Alliance members will be made public and featured on the Equity 2030 Alliance website. In case you have any questions, please reach out to equity2030@unfpa.org.
๐ The womenโs health gap is cutting short the potential, and lives, of women around the world. The World Economic Forumโs latest report in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute finds that investing in womenโs health could help billions of women live healthier, longer lives, and transform the global economy through increased participation and productivity in the workforce.
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