Why is it so important to talk about content at a tech conference? Because, although technology powers our modern society, it is the stories we tell, and content we create, that drives how that technology is applied and what we choose to use tech for. 

Think about it: would Instagram or TikTok or Facebook or even OpenAi (especially OpenAi and their large language models (LLMs)) be anything without content, without stories? No.

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Women are 34% more likely than men to experience severe side effects from cancer treatments (for immunotherapy that number rises to a 50% increased risk of serious side effects).

A study conducted by a major cancer centre found that cancer treatment often fails to take into account the personal needs of women:

Read More “Why is women-Centric-Cancer-Care a prime case study for redesigning healthcare with women in mind?”

As children, we absorb the stories we are told.  Fairytales. Marvel superheroes. We soak up their meanings and structures as facts and organizing principles.

As a society we function in the same way: we live guided by unseen codes and hidden systems. The problem with hidden systems? They hold us back without our ever even knowing it.

That’s certainly the case with #womenshealth — what we fund impacts what we know, what we study and the therapies that come to market.

Read More “How The Stories We Tell Shape Our Society (in Women’s Health and Beyond)”

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Let’s take a look at a few companies that are taking action to close the gender data gap in healthcare.

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We asked Roche why they wanted to collaborate on this year’s FemTechnology Summit. Check out their answer and take a look at the beautiful venue for the FemTechnology Summit 2023!

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Happy International Women’s Day! International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year to commemorate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is also a day to raise awareness of gender inequality and advocate for women’s rights.

Read More “Why does international Women’s Day Matter? A closer look at the inventor gender gap”

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Read More “Women’s Health Innovation Summit returns to Basel!”

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FEMTECHNOLOGY SUMMIT is back! The first in-person edition of FemTechnology Summit will be held on Roche Campus in Basel, Switzerland June 7th 2023. 

Read More “? FemTechnology Summit 2023: June 7”

Why do we need to innovate in women’s health? And what does it mean to reimagine the patient journey with women in mind?

Read More “The Patient Journey and Women’s Health”

What if FemTech was healthcare’s next great redesign? (Or, in other words, why does healthcare need a redesign).

Read More “FemTechnology University Series (a crash course on the state of women’s health)”

Read More “Building The Pipeline of Innovation in Women’s Health”

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In the UK, gynaecology waiting lists faced the biggest increase in delays of all medical specialities post pandemic: growing by 60%. Women with conditions like endometriosis, prolapse and heavy bleeding waited more than a year to receive NHS care in England – because the surgeries were classified as elective procedures for benign conditions.

Read More “Women’s health is seen as a luxury: what does that mean?”

In the U.S. 41 million women have mental health struggles. 23 million of those women will go untreated.

Read More “What doe the future of women’s mental health look like?”

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Innovation in women’s health can only occur from a 360 degree perspective: core stakeholders in that mission are femtech founders, clinicians, researchers and of course patients themselves. That’s why at femtechnology we strive to include the full range of perspectives to have a holistic overview of where the field is headed. As we kick off a new season of interviews we thought we’d share some of our favourite interviews:

Read More “Top 3 Researcher, FemTech Founder & Clinician 2022 Interviews”

Did you know that for women with epilepsy the concentration of their medication drops during the lutealphase of their menstrualcycle? Women can have breakthrough seizures as a result. But instead of tailoring the dosage of their medication so that the concentration varies in function of the menstrual cycle, doctors either increase the dosage across the board or they tell women they can’t drive and have to have follow-up appointments with neurologists.

Read More “How does male-centric medicine endangers women’s lives?”

Did you know that 1 in 3 women will have a reproductive pathology at some point in their lives? The female reproductive system is highly dynamic and does not just impact the uterus or ovaries but metabolism, sleep, mood, weight, cognitive function, heart, bones … 

Read More “What does it look like when women have access to information about their own fertility?”