Women in Healthcare: Of Leaky Pipes and Sluggish Middles
Corporate America is not on a path to gender equality, which, even purely economically speaking, is a matter of considerable urgency. These findings are based on a recent Women in the Workplace survey McKinsey conducted in partnership with LeanIn.org — involving 30,000 employees surveyed and data from 118 companies of which 10 are from the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries — to better understand the context and the path to gender equality. Healthcare vs. Other Sectors Relative to other sectors such as automotive and industrial, and electronics/technology hardware, the healthcare sector in the US fares be...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Policy Source Type: blogs

Symposium on Disability and the Sustainable Development Goals
The speech below was first posted here on Medium. It was given by Liz Ditchburn, Director of Policy Division for the Department for International Development (DFID) during the first day of the 2016 International Symposium Disability in the Sustainable Development Goals. The theme for this symposium was: Forming Alliances and Building Evidence for the 2030 Agenda. Speech as delivered: “Much of what Catalina said I would like to give my own take on. I was very privileged to be in the UN General Assembly when the gavel came down on the Global Goals. This is going to be something which I hold in my heart for the rest of my ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Disabilities DW UK Source Type: blogs

What Is a Healthy Bladder?
Today’s post first ran February 4 on HuffPost Healthy Living. Many women can take a road trip, jump on a trampoline with their kids, go shopping, or go for a morning run without thinking twice about their bladder. For others, though, this simply isn’t the case. Some women have a condition physicians refer to as “bladder on the brain” – meaning they constantly keep aware of the nearest bathroom due to strong, uncontrollable urges to void. Such compulsions can even interrupt daily plans and tasks and cause the sufferer to continually think about preventing urine leakage, protecting clothing from...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Women's Health Source Type: blogs

The Cost of Aging and the Burden on Female Caregivers
Getting older comes with a price. As the U.S. population ages, more seniors are opting to remain in their homes and communities instead of relocating to long-term care facilities. This “aging in place” movement will increase the demand for caregivers and home health aides. The cost of each of these services can be burdensome on members of the aging population and their families. Due to the rising costs of long-term care, family caregivers provide a large portion of unpaid care. In 2009, family caregivers provided more than $470 billion in unpaid care, which was more than four times what was spent by Medicaid on long-te...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Aging Cost Source Type: blogs

TBT – Teen eating disorders: A personal story about the battle for control
February is Eating Disorders Awareness Month so today’s TBT post is one we posted in 2012, it is one individual’s battle with an eating disorder. Sadly the statistics show, even four years later, her battle is not unique…in the US, 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life. A decade: that is how long I have been battling my eating disorder. I would like to say that is a long time, but according to everything I have read and what my therapist has told me I will be dealing with it the rest of my life… which I hope is long. You hear...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy TBT Source Type: blogs

The Deadly Disease You Don’t Hear Enough About
Ovarian cancer is always the bridesmaid, never the bride. At weddings, there’s a reason we focus on the bride. It’s her big event. She’s the center of attention, and rightly so. But sometimes, the bridesmaid’s speech has more to tell us — and we should listen. We hear a lot about breast cancer. It affects a quarter of a million women and is fatal 15 to 20 percent of the time. Breast cancer is a serious and important disease that merits the time, money, and resources we spend on funding and public awareness each year. But what do you know about ovarian cancer, a disease with a fatality rate of 65 to 70 percent? Fo...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Cancer Women Veterans Source Type: blogs

February Man of the Month: Dan Miller
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we are proud to announce our February Man of the Month…Dan Miller. There is no greater gift of love than saving a life. Happy Valentine’s Day! On the topic of organ donation, Dan Miller had a consistent message: “Do the research.” For Dan, a healthy, 20-year-old junior at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., this meant seeking out the evidence needed to justify the life-changing decision of whether to donate a kidney to someone he’d never met. Dan talked to his sister, Lauren Miller, who had successfully undergone the same procedure in December 2014 and h...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Man of the Month Source Type: blogs

Sexism in Medical Education
The medical school professor stands affront  a group of first year students in a mid-size auditorium. “I need a go-to guy,” he says, “someone to direct my questions towards.” He scans the room. “I’ve never actually had a go-to girl, before,” he admits. Later in the lecture, he makes a joke at a male student’s expense. “I joke!” he laughs. “Usually I don’t pick on the girls of the class – they can be too emotional – its true! My wife tells me it’s true.” During an exercise aimed at discussing issues of public health, the facilit...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Health Professions Source Type: blogs

Heart Disease Matters More for Women Than You Think
February is American Heart Month, a good opportunity to learn the facts about heart disease. The following post was originally published February 2 on HuffPost. In 2015, approximately 370,000 Americans died from heart disease. That’s one in seven deaths. In the time it takes for you to read this article, two more people will die [1]. These statistics are alarming, so what can YOU do? We have an answer: Recognize American Heart Month this February by learning about the signs of coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common form of heart disease. Find out whether that huffing and puffing you experience while walking u...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Chronic Conditions Women's Health Source Type: blogs

News from across the pond
As we mentioned late last year every couple of weeks we will post a roundup of health news from across the pond. Enjoy! According to estimates more than two-fifths of UK health spending is spent on people over 65. With the increase in the nation’s aging demographic this is likely to grow. The data shows that an 85-year-old man costs the NHS about seven times more on average than a man in his late 30s. For more on this read The Guardian’s coverage here. To reduce the risk of miscarriage pregnant women in the UK will get a safer and more accurate test for Down’s syndrome on the NHS. The test would prevent thousands...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: DW UK Source Type: blogs

Today is National Wear Red Day
National Wear Red Day® is a special day dedicated to bringing attention to this staggering fact that each year, 1 in 3 women die of heart disease and stroke. Today we wear red to encourage women to raise their voices, know their cardiovascular risk and take action to live longer, healthier lives. For more information visit: http://www.goredforwomen.org/wearredday/. In honor of National Wear Red Day® we are re-running the post below. Heart Disease – It Looks Different From a Woman’s Perspective By Terri L. McCulloch Lara D. knew that heart disease ran in her family. Her father had his first heart attack at 46.  Hi...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Women's Health Source Type: blogs

Latest Survey Findings from the Society for Participatory Medicine
A new national survey from the Society for Participatory Medicine found that patients overwhelmingly believe a partnership with their health care provider improves their overall health. The survey also found that people see benefits in monitoring and sharing their health information between visits. The results can be seen in the infographic below (also available for download here). For more information on the survey and its results visit: http://e-patients.net/. ___ The Society for Participatory Medicine (SPM) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit membership organization devoted to promoting the concept of participatory medicine,...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Patients Patients' Rights Source Type: blogs

The State of the UK’s Healthcare Life Sciences Sectors Report
Today the UK’s leading life science and healthcare company CEO’s, leading investors, banks and stakeholders released a groundbreaking report that illustrates the fundamental truths about investing in the UK. The State of the UK’s Healthcare Life Sciences Sectors Report, published by Biotech and Money details the state of the UK’s Healthcare & Life Sciences sector. Download the report here. (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care)
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: DW UK Source Type: blogs

And Now, Zika
I joked once that when – as quoted in Genesis – God said “Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on the earth and subdue it” that command may have been directed at Noah and his family, but the viruses heard it, too. Since then, they’ve done well these many millennia. Some would say, better than we have. They’ve adapted to the climates of the globe, circumnavigated it as hitchhikers when we traveled or shipped our goods, and survived nearly all our attempts at eradication. My quip may have been funny in that moment, but the truth is this: viruses cause devastation that is no laughing matter. Zika is the latest r...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Publc Health Source Type: blogs

It’s Cervical Health Awareness Month – Do You Have The Facts?
Today’s post first ran on Mogul. The scary news: Cervical cancer is one of the world’s deadliest forms of cancer. The hopeful news: It’s also one of the most easily preventable. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, a chance to bring attention to cervical cancer and spread the word about important steps women can take to stay healthy. Cervical cancer is a disease in which normal cells on the surface of the cervix change, grow, and form a tumor [1]. According to the American Cancer Society, there were more than 12,000 reported new cases of cervical cancer in the U.S. in 2014, resulting in more than 4,000 dea...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Women's Health Source Type: blogs