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The story of the Jada for new mothers shows how bias holds back women’s health

The story of the Jada for new mothers shows how bias holds back women’s health

As she prepared her medical-device startup for a make-or-break clinical trial, one of Anne Morrissey’s first thoughts was, There’s no way we can do this clinical trial. There were the usual challenges that test any health care startup, including financial worries—did they have enough money to hire a team, train staff, compensate investigators, gather sufficient data? But there were also some uniquely convoluted ones. Like: When and how could they get informed consent from patients on the verge of giving birth? It was…

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Yes, women’s healthcare is poor – but gender bias is not to blame for that | Zoe Williams

Yes, women’s healthcare is poor – but gender bias is not to blame for that | Zoe Williams

The health secretary, Steve Barclay, this morning unveiled his plan to deal with gender health and fitness inequality. A “landmark moment”, he referred to as it, “in improving the well being and wellbeing of women of all ages throughout the country”. The proposition was unarguable. That the health care procedure was historically built for males, by guys, is evidenced all over the place, from the comparatively reduced everyday living expectancy between women of all ages in inadequate locations to the…

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