Each year Hologic, the women’s health focused medtech company, releases the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index, one of the largest studies done on women’s health and wellbeing. The report found that more than 1.5 billion women worldwide lack screenings for cancer, heart disease, diabetes or sexually transmitted diseases and infections. It also identified many barriers to preventive care for women. These hurdles…
The National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years, pending the availability of funds, to accelerate the widespread use of artificial intelligence by the biomedical and behavioral research communities. The NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (in short: Bridge2AI) program is assembling team members from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to generate tools, resources, and richly detailed data that…
A study led by researchers at Alife Health, a fertility technology company building artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed to improve in-vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes, found that an interpretable machine learning model can help doctors optimize ovulation trigger injection timing to improve patient outcomes for a significant number of patients. When undergoing IVF, patients are prescribed fertility medications to stimulate the ovaries to…
Healthcare marketplace Zocdoc makes it easy for people to find and book in-person or virtual care across more than 200 specialties and 12,000 insurance plans. A few days ago the company has now released its first women’s health-focused report, a comprehensive data analysis, of women’s health-related appointment booking trends. For the report Zocdoc explored how American women are engaging with healthcare professionals, and how…
As part of the launch of their new leak-proof underwear collection, global sports company PUMA and leak-proof apparel company Modibodi have commissioned a global survey which interviewed girls all over the globe, that investigated the reason girls are leaving sport. The new report found that 1 in 2 teens are skipping sport because of their period. The PUMA and Modibodi global survey…
Yes, it is indeed this time of the year again… Modern Fertility has released this year’s Modern State of Fertility report and this year it’s in collaboration with dating app Bumble. The focus, unsurprisingly given its partner, is on Fertility and Dating this time. Have you talked about fertility on a first date? Are kids essential for living a fulfilled life? This…
Maven Clinic, the virtual clinic for women’s and family health, has released findings from a new study exploring women’s perceptions of their fertility and what influences their beliefs about their ability to become pregnant. The study, which captured the sentiment of 1,500 women ages 28-38 living in five large U.S. cities, sheds light on the factors contributing to women’s emotional wellbeing as…
Maven, the 24/7 virtual clinic for women’s and family health, offers continuous, holistic care for fertility, pregnancy and parenting supported by providers from 30+ specialties. Since its founding in 2014, the company has raised more than $200M in venture funding. In order to further develop its care model Maven has now announced two new programs with the goal to bring clinical innovation…
