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Evvy co-founder & CEO Priyanka Jain joined MENO with Jacqueline Buckingham to discuss why so many people with vaginas are still left guessing when it comes to their health — and how advances in microbiome science can help change that. From the limitations of traditional testing to the growing body of research connecting the vaginal microbiome to fertility, pregnancy, and reproductive health, the conversation explores what becomes possible when we stop relying on incomplete data and start investing in precision care. 🎧 Tune in to hear the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/gFFDnE3y #womenshealth #genderhealthgap #femtech #evvy

Equal Research Day may be behind us, but the reason it exists is as urgent as ever. Women weren't required to be included in U.S. clinical research until 1993 — and the result is a longstanding research gap that continues to shape how diseases are studied, diagnosed, and treated today. As this piece in Ms. Magazine from Katy Brodsky Falco and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf puts it: "Our nation lags in overall commitment to preventing, treating and curing diseases that affect women uniquely, disproportionately or differently than men." Full article linked here: https://lnkd.in/gqvq8brw Closing the gender health gap starts with closing the research gap. That's why this month we're raising money for the Foundation for Women's Health, a nonprofit dedicated to funding research in some of the most underfunded areas of women's health. Learn how to donate — link in comments. #femtech #equalresearchday #genderhealthgap

Today is #EqualResearchDay, created by Evvy to mark the date women were first required to be included in U.S. clinical research: June 10, 1993. The NIH Revitalization Act was an important step forward. It required the inclusion of women and minority populations in federally funded clinical research. What it did not require was that research be designed to understand the differences between those populations. As a result, inclusion has too often functioned as a checkbox rather than a scientific question. When we talk about "women in research," we still frequently rely on findings that do not adequately reflect the experiences, risks, or outcomes of all women. For Black women, Indigenous women, Latinas, and other women of color, being included in a dataset is not the same as being meaningfully studied. Adjusting for race in an analysis is not the same as examining how race, environment, access, and lived experience shape health outcomes. The consequences extend far beyond research papers. They influence how symptoms are recognized, how conditions are diagnosed, how treatments are evaluated, and how clinical guidelines are developed. When evidence is generated without sufficient attention to population differences, the gaps inevitably appear in care. Equal research requires more than representation. It requires intentional study design, meaningful subgroup analysis, adequate statistical power, and a commitment to understanding the populations being studied rather than simply including them. On this Equal Research Day — the mandate was a beginning. The work of doing research equitably is still unfinished. #EqualResearchDay #HealthEquity #WomensHealth #InclusionInResearch #WomensHealthResearch

Today is #EqualResearchDay, the annual day of action to spotlight the need for more inclusive and equitable medical research for women. It falls on June 10th for a reason: that was the date in 1993 when the NIH finally made it mandatory to include women in clinical trials. Before that, women were actively excluded from U.S. clinical research for 16 years. We are still catching up. A few numbers that should stop you in your tracks: 👉 Women spend 25% more of their lives in debilitating health than men 👉 Women are 50% more likely than men to receive the wrong initial diagnosis after a heart attack 👉 80% of autoimmune disease sufferers are women, yet many wait five or more years for an accurate diagnosis 👉 Women with endometriosis wait an average of over six years for a diagnosis 👉 Funding for erectile dysfunction research was six times higher than for endometriosis between 2019 and 2023 This is not a niche issue. It is a public health crisis hiding in plain sight. More research. More funding. More urgency. Thanks to Evvy for helping raise awareness. equalresearchday.com #WomensHealth #EqualResearchDay #FemTech #Perimenopause #Menopause #MyVillage

📣🏛️Today is #EqualResearchDay — June 10, 1993 is when women and people of color were finally required in NIH funded clinical research, thanks to the enactment of the NIH Revitalization Act. (That's around the time Jurassic Park came out and Friends was launched, just for context.) ⮕ But 30+ years later, women remain under-researched, underserved and overlooked in both research and medical care. Adverse drug events are 2X in women in 19 of 20 FAERS categories. From Alzheimer's to autoimmune conditions to lung cancer, women are disproportionately impacted. And while heart disease is the #1 killer of men and women, women are 2X as likely to die post an ER admission tied to a heart incident. Our maternal health mortality and morbidity rates continue to be among the worst with Black maternal mortality rates that are 3X all others. For 700+ conditions, it takes 4 years longer to diagnose in women on average. ⮕ With Women's Health Advocates we are working to change this with our advocacy that has contributed to increased funding for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, integration of women's health research throughout all 27 institutes and centers, new menopause research funding, greater awareness of endometriosis and how impacts the entire body, extension of the maternal health metric for postpartum care from 84 days to 1 year, development of a new women's health innovation pilot at FDA, greater awareness of reimbursement discrimination and gaps, and the full definition of women's health (conditions that solely, disproportionately and/or differently impact women head to toe over the lifespan) being codified along with the acknowledgment that biological sex differences are at the cellular level — requiring our research infrastructure to reflect that. ᯓ★ More change needs to happen. ᯓ★ Change starts with awareness and education. By recognizing this important day in our history, we can drive better policies and funding to close gaps in women's health. Join us! ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ EqualResearchDay.com ⭑ WomensHealthAdvocates.org 🙏 Thanks to Evvy for launching this important public awareness campaign! #WomensHealth #WomensHealthPolicy #WomensHealthResearch

It's #EqualResearchDay, and we're raising money for the Foundation for Women’s Health, a nonprofit research fund created to close the longstanding gaps in women’s health research. If you've ever experienced diagnosis delays, failed treatments, or medical gaslighting — this is for you. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣: 💥 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 at EqualResearchDay.com 🔗 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 directly to the Foundation for Women's Health at FoundationWomensHealth.org 🗣️ 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 in the comments. Every story helps shine a light on the gender health gap. 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬: Evvy created Equal Research Day on June 10th because women weren’t required in U.S. clinical research until June 10th, 1993 — and there are still countless holes ⚫️ in our scientific and medical understanding of the female body that persist to this day. Equal Research Day is a call to promote inclusive research and tell our stories (Think Equal Pay Day but for the gender health gap!) #equalresearchday2026 #evvy #genderhealthgap #womenshealth

When relentless pelvic discomfort threatened to take over every aspect of her life, Clarindria “Claire” Addison refused to accept being brushed off.⁠ ⁠ What she didn’t know at the time was that her persistent itching was linked to a vaginal microbiome imbalance — something Evvy’s at-home vaginal health test helped reveal after years of unanswered questions.⁠ ⁠ At the link, Clarindria shares how advocating for herself helped her find answers, reclaim her confidence, and move forward: https://lnkd.in/gYCNYSVX