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UK gender gap in health: How can remote monitoring create fair female healthcare?
Natalie Duffield explains how Inhealthcare – a UK leader in digital health and remote monitoring – is helping NHS organisations to develop and deliver technologies that can help close the gender gap in health outcomes and provide fair access to women’s clinical services.
Female health & wellness should be a priority as the NHS rebuilds following COVID-19
FemTechLab brings together experts to discusses why female health and wellness should be a top priority as the National Health Service (NHS) rebuilds following COVID-19.
Male health: The serious challenges with which boys and young men contend
Boys' and young men's health is on the global research agenda with a partnership between Dr. Christine Wekerle, Associate Professor, Pediatrics at McMaster University and Dr. Mark Kavenagh, Head of Research and Policy, ECPAT International to foster youth resilience in challenging contexts.
Female alcohol dependence: Mental health struggles in women
Participants in women-only meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous experience a strong feeling of loneliness and rejection, due to the social stigma tied to female alcohol dependence.
Exercise can alleviate health burdens of female childhood trauma
Exercise has been found to lessen cardiovascular and psychological effects of adverse childhood experiences, especially in reducing female childhood trauma.
Sexual risk-taking & mental health issues in adolescent females – an urgent call to...
Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN and Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, issue an urgent call to action when it comes to combatting sexual risk-taking and mental health issues in adolescent females.
Movember: Male cancer and mental health awareness
Wesley Baker, CEO of ANCON Medical, highlights the importance of Movember in raising awareness for male cancer, with particular focus on prostate cancer, and mental health illness.
Men’s Health Week: Raising awareness about male breast cancer
During Men’s Health Week (10-16 June 2019) Breast Cancer Haven aims to raise awareness of breast cancer amongst the male population and remind the public that the charity’s services are available to anyone affected by the disease.
Ovaries – The true beginning of a woman’s reproductive lifespan and healthspan
The ovaries play a significant role in a female’s overall reproductive health, which can affect susceptibility to age-related conditions. Dr. Paula Benny and Adjunct Assistant Professor Zhongwei Huang from the NUS Bia-Echo Asia Centre for Reproductive Longevity and Equality discuss the factors influencing reproductive lifespan and healthspan.
Analyzing sex and gender data to improve women’s health outcomes
Irene O. Aninye, PhD, Chief Science Officer at the Society for Women’s Health Research, examines the consequences of overlooking sex and gender differences in research and clinical care.
Climate change and the rise of adult male dropouts
Masahiro Yoshida from Waseda University’s Department of Political Science and Economics explores the link between global warming and male labor force participation.
Male victims of intimate partner violence: Insights from twenty years of research
Denise A. Hines, Ph.D., Enochs Endowed Professor of Social Work at the College of Public Health, George Mason University, explores the often-overlooked issue of male victims of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Iron deficiency- a modifiable social determinant of health in chronic pain?
Iron plays a role in pain perception- it is critical to the synthesis of serotonin, a neurotransmitter known for its powerful pain-modulating effects. Symptoms of iron deficiency are similar to those of chronic pain conditions, such as fibromyalgia.
Asia’s health flutter: Innovation or crisis?
Prof Himanshu Rai at the Indian Institute of Management Indore, guides us through Asia’s health flutter, exploring if this is innovation or crisis.
First Nations health: Closing the gap and improving lives
Open Access Government examines the factors affecting the health and wellbeing of First Nations people in Australia, highlighting the significance of establishing culturally sensitive healthcare that recognises their specific needs.
WHO issues new recommendations to end “medicalised” female genital mutilation
New evidence shows female genital mutilation is increasingly being carried out by health workers, with one in four girls undergoing the procedure at their hands.
Can premenstrual symptoms help improve women’s healthcare?
Professor Belinda Pletzer from Paris Lodron University of Salzburg explores if the assessment of premenstrual symptoms can help improve women’s healthcare.
A call for gender-responsive health systems to achieve global equality
As International Women's Day approaches the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on Women, a landmark blueprint for gender equality, shows that progress towards achieving gender parity remains slow.
Why you shouldn’t ignore your lung health
Patchy progress means many millions of people are still impacted by lung conditions and unaware of the risks that exist in their everyday lives. Dr Andy Whittamore, Clinical Lead at Asthma + Lung UK, discusses the multitude of risk factors impacting the nation’s lung health and provides health advice to mitigate those risks.
Hidden battles: The unseen crisis of men’s mental health
The prevalence of men’s mental health disorders is increasingly a subject of concern. The recent rise in the number of deaths by suicide in that same demographic tells us an alarming story and suggests that it impacts more men than we might think. Sandra Stein tells us more.
