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EVERYTHING
Women’s Health: The $360 Billion Ghost Market
What: It seems like we get one of these a month…but this one involves “ghost markets.” Fortune has the details on a report from Amboy Street Ventures, showing that women’s health is a $360 billion opportunity in the U.S., and lots of markets have zero competition (or entrants!)
Key Line: “The firm defines ghost markets as markets where solutions are still emerging and competition doesn’t yet exist….The report identified those 40 specific unmet needs within menopause, sexual health, healthy aging, menstruation, contraception, LGBTQ health, maternal health, and fertility, which all add up to that $360 billion figure.”
Source: Fortune
DNA Test Aids Tailored Treatment for Vaginal Infection
What: Drexel researchers created a new DNA test to better treat bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common vaginal infection. Using standard lab procedures, the test can identify which antibiotics will work best for each patient, preventing unnecessary side effects and treatment recurrence.
Key Line: “‘If this test becomes available to patients, they can avoid taking the wrong antibiotic, avoiding additional potential side effects and financial costs,’ said lead author Katherine Innamorati, PhD, an instructor in Drexel University College of Medicine. ‘Faster treatment and better antibiotic stewardship is especially important for patients who may need to take multiple courses of antibiotics to fully eliminate the infection.’”
Source: Drexel University
ABORTION ACCESS
17 States Challenge Abortion Privacy Rule and HIPAA Validity
What: Seventeen Republican-led states are trying to get rid of a rule that protects the privacy of people seeking abortion and other reproductive care. A federal judge in Texas is questioning the constitutionality of the entire HIPAA law, which safeguards private health information.
Key Line: “Ashley Emery, senior policy analyst at Partnership for Women and Families, said the lawsuits take aim at a deeply needed line of defense against abortion criminalization…’These challenges to HIPAA are designed to take protections away from patients and try to allow anti-abortion politicians to have more control, and I think that power deficit is really important to note, and it should be very chilling,’ she said.”
Source: Michigan Advance
MENOPAUSE
It’s Oprah’s Menopause Night
What: Tonight is the Oprah Winfrey special on menopause (airing at 10pm EST on ABC.) She gave a sneak peak to Good Morning America, recounting her own challenges–including a loss of concentration that affected her book club.
Key Line: “‘I didn’t have night sweats, and I didn’t have hot flashes, but I had never heard that heart palpitations [were] a symptom of menopause,’ Oprah said, adding later, ‘When I was going through it, there was nothing. There was nobody. I felt literally like I was going to die every single night.'”
Source: ABC News
CARDIOVASCULAR
Women with Chest Pain May Not Need Intensive Medical Therapy
What: A randomized control trial presented at the American College of Cardiology conference found a three-drug regimen did not significantly improve outcomes for women with insufficient blood flow to the heart but no artery blockages. The trial compared intensive medical therapy–taking low-dose aspirin and high-dose statin, among other drugs–with usual care.
Key Line: “While the trial does not move the needle in terms of informing guidelines, researchers said that it does provide valuable insights on feasibility and medication tolerability, adherence and prescribing practices that can help to inform future trials on the optimal treatment for women experiencing signs of ischemia without CAD.”
Source: American College of Cardiology
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