#SWHRat30: "Women want and need to be heard," states Dr. Owens during her acceptance speech. She strives to empower female patient voices through her own practice & research work at @abbvie. #WomensHealth
Opinion: Achieving gender equity in STEM is possible. It will take strong leadership and creative follow through. But we all deserve what the best minds can bring to bear on the future of science and medicine. https://t.co/4fFc1xSbt2
Attention #migraine warriors: Check out @SWHR’s new Migraine Patient Toolkit to learn about prevention and treatment options, tips for talking to your health care provider, how deal with health insurance, and more! #SWHRMigraineToolkit https://t.co/ZDrOal0NGz
Menstrual period symptoms may be linked to nearly nine days of lost productivity every year through presenteeism, suggests the largest study of its kind, published in @BMJ_Open today https://t.co/FgY2cxyWyF #periods#menstruation
New study in @JAMAInternalMed: 4% ↑ in proportion of women authors (8% ↑ in women as last authors) over past 10 yrs across medical specialties. In some specialties, women authors are still underrepresented compared to their representation w/in faculty. https://t.co/pGVqSKTesv
“If temperatures are cold, men are much better than women. So there is this gender gap. But then when temperature increases, the gender gap disappears," on some tests, the researcher said. https://t.co/SxAfpzKTdw
“Although we are now trying to backfill this missing knowledge, women and their doctors are still forced to make health care decisions with information that is often based solely on male biology.” - @SWHRAmy@SWHR
New story by @roseveleth in @motherboard: only 36% images from anatomy textbooks with an identifiable sex were female. About the same % as a similar study done in 1994!
New study in @JAMAPediatrics shows #autism can be reliably detected starting at 14 months. Earlier detection can hopefully lead to opportunities for earlier interventions and services. https://t.co/HlzxpeSkbC