Women, especially millennial women, are feeling dismissed by healthcare providers at an alarming rate. This is according to a new report from Mira, a women’s health company that provides a personalized and lab-quality tracking system for reproductive health. Medical gaslighting occurs when a patient’s concerns or symptoms are dismissed or minimized by healthcare professionals. Over the past year, there has been growing…
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Remember our “Ask the Expert” Office Hours with Lightmatter’s Head of Product Stephanie Adams? Did you submit a question? Yes? Great! Because today is the day and we’re excited to share her answers to all YOUR most pressing questions about building, launching, and scaling digital health products and services. Meet the Expert: Lightmatter’s Head of Product Stephanie Adams Lightmatter is a US-based agency that brands, designs,…
Product is the top priority for pretty much every startup company, no matter what stage they are at. “Build a product users actually want” is common advice. Implementing it, however, can prove to be challenging (as many of you probably know.) Early stage companies sometimes lose direction, and some never ship. At a later stage, product roadmaps tend to get complex, and…
Mira, an AI-powered at-home hormone monitoring device, collaborates with fertility clinics in the U.S., Canada, and Australia to make fertility care more accessible by reducing the number of patient visits and minimizing testing costs. By using Mira’s fertility tracker, patients can track their hormones from home with lab-grade accuracy and avoid unnecessary clinic visits, and invasive blood draws. On average, 2 million…
Menopause causes significant challenges for women in the workplace, but employers offer little support, according to a new survey by women’s health company Mira. In support of Menopause Awareness Month, Mira commissioned a study to explore how menopause affects individuals at work. Two out of five respondents claim that menopause symptoms have a significant impact on their careers. Additionally, 42% reported that…
Mira’s new Ovum Wand provides lab-accurate detection of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) to predict menopause, evaluate fertility and assist in ovulation prediction. The FDA has listed Mira’s new Mira Ovum Wand as an over-the-counter tool to detect the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in urine. Starting October 2022, the product will be available to US customers. The wands help monitor FSH levels to predict…
On Friday, December 17th, HITLAB Women’s Health Tech Initiative will host its fourth annual Women’s Health Tech (WHT) Challenge, where 8 promising femtech founders will pitch their solutions to a panel of judges in an effort to discover the next wave of innovation that can address the unmet needs within women’s health. The HITLAB WHT Challenge began in 2018, focusing on emerging technology applications and systems that improve medical care and the provision of healthcare among women worldwide. “The Global market…
