Women's Health Updates — August 2023

Learn about recent developments in women's health as well as SWHR's activities that promote the study of sex and gender influences on health and serve our mission to improve women's health through science, policy, and education.
Thank you to everyone who shared and/or participated in our Menopause in the Workplace Survey. We look forward to sharing outcomes and insights from the study in the coming months. Stay tuned!
HAPPENING THIS AUGUST
IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH
Women make up to 80% of the health care decisions in the family and play an important role in vaccine education.
Read SWHR’s Vaccine Roadmap, intended to engage women and their communities in crucial vaccine conversations.
Have questions about the HPV vaccine? Watch the #SWHRtalksHPV Video Series.
Vaccines are also important for the health of mom and baby. Check out the Maternal Immunization: Quick Guide.
PSORIASIS AWARENESS MONTH
Over 7.5 million U.S. adults suffer from psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis affects about 30% of people with psoriasis. Download and explore the SWHR Psoriatic Arthritis Toolkit to learn more about psoriasis and related conditions.
AUG 1: WORLD LUNG CANCER DAY
Lung cancer is the second most common non-skin cancer in women, and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States – for both women and men. Learn more about the risks and screening options in the new SWHR fact sheet: Value of Diagnostics within Women's Health: Lung Cancer.
Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and several other health partners, World Breastfeeding Week is held the first week of August every year. WHO recommends breastfeeding, if possible, to promote childhood health.
Chronic debilitating conditions are a significant burden on the health of women. A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee will hold its third public meeting on this topic virtually on August 9. Speakers will explore themes relevant to understanding chronic conditions in women.
Join this CDC online session to learn about the latest census updates and how they could impact public health practices. This event is designed to help public health practitioners stay up-to-date with the latest trends in census data.
Join SWHR on Tuesday, August 29 at 1:00 p.m. ET for a webinar about the strategies supervisors can take to improve the workplace for midlife and postmenopausal women. This event is held in recognition of Labor Rights Week. Follow #SWHRtalksMenopause on social media for more.
Mark your calendars for Ladies Night with the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball Team, on Thursday, August 31, at 7:05 p.m. ET! When you purchase a Ladies Night Special Ticket, you will receive an exclusive Ladies Night Belt Bag, and $5 of each ticket sold will be donated to the Society for Women's Health Research. Use this link to purchase tickets: https://fevogm.com/event/SHWR
SAVE THE DATE FOR THIS FALL
Join the industry’s most powerful leaders spearheading this progression at Reuters Events: Total Health 2023, as they share major success stories and new innovations that when combined, can help form the blueprint for building the innovative, forward-thinking, and ultimately, more prosperous health system of tomorrow! USE CODE SWHR200 FOR 200$ OFF ALL PASSES
Check out SWHR's event calendar for more SWHR and other women's health events.
SWHR is always seeking stories about diagnoses, seeking or providing care, and living with lupus, menopause, autoimmune disease, HPV-associated cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, or other conditions or life stages. Visit swhr.org/shareyourstory  or click the button above to learn more.
LATEST RESOURCES
SWHR Publishes Lung Cancer Fact Sheet

One in 17 women will develop lung cancer in her lifetime. For women who smoke, this risk increases. Lung cancer is the second most common non-skin cancer in women, and the leading cause of cancer death in the United States – for both women and men.

Do you have a lung health story? Share your story with SWHR by visiting swhr.org/shareyourstory and you could help inform future resources.

Innovations in diagnostics provide access to health information and can help women make informed decisions about their lung health and care. In recognition of World Lung Cancer Day on August 1, SWHR published the Value of Diagnostics within Women’s Health: Lung Cancer Fact Sheet. Download your copy today! 
This fact sheet is part of the Value of Diagnostics within Women’s Health Series, created to share educational information about the value of innovative diagnostics across disease states and conditions. This year's series focuses on cancer and healthy aging.

Check out Value of Diagnostics within Women’s Health webinars:
POLICY
ON THE BLOG
SWHR SPOTLIGHT
What's SWHR Reading?

On Menopause: “Menopause Job Accommodations Could Change How Women Work” by Verywell Health covers the trends and importance of menopause accommodations at work.

On Sports: “Why this summer's big sporting events might look a little different” by NBC News discusses how recent changes in the Wimbledon dress code, and other sports norms, have benefited female athletes.
Thank you to our Summer Fellow, Taiwo!

SWHR had the pleasure of working with Taiwo Abraham, MBA, as our Science Policy Fellow this summer.

"My summer at SWHR proved extraordinarily enriching. I most enjoyed the meaningfulness of projects tackling impact-driven women’s health advocacy alongside SWHR’s phenomenal team. Learning about menopause by participating in the menopause survey design and analysis was a particular highlight, as were contributions to the Alzheimer’s and endometriosis programs. This experience illuminated how little I previously understood about women’s health. As I continue my career in academia, my time at SWHR has helped me realize the necessity of incorporating biological sex as a research variable and policy consideration. I now know workplaces lose immense potential productivity by failing to accommodate women’s unique health needs, one of which is menopause. As a volunteer ambassador of women's health in the workplace now, I will ensure my future colleagues and students also appreciate women’s health issues."

On Uterine Health: “Bacterial infection may be ‘key event’ in common but mysterious endometriosis, study says” by STAT explores new research in endometriosis and questions about how and why the disease occurs.

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