Menopause – When Will Women Be a Priority?
When will menopause get the same attention as a soft penis?
From my doctors I hear “We don’t have that test yet”, “There is nothing we can do”, Every woman goes through menopause, you’ll be fine”.
GO F*&K YOURSELVES.
Sorry for the language ladies but I am bloody tired of hearing doctors make excuses rather than doing something about our symptoms.
From the Hill:
Read the whole article here: https://thehill.com/homenews/4342361-making-menopause-and-womens-health-a-public-priority/
Making menopause and women’s health a public priority
by Dr. Sharon Malone and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, opinion contributors - 12/13/23
“Last month, the Biden administration announced the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, the first-ever federal mandate to close the long-standing and vast gender gap in medical research. High praise with a dose of disbelief ensued: How has women’s health been so vastly neglected for so long?
The lack of funding tells part of the story. Last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) allocated only 10.8 percent of its $45 billion budget to women’s health research, despite the fact that women make up more than half of the U.S. population. In some cases, the imbalance is even more profound. For example, women are two-thirds of all Alzheimer’s cases, yet only 12 percent of NIH funding for Alzheimer’s and related dementia research is focused on women.”
“The president’s ambitious charge is reinforced by a new commitment in Congress to specifically address perimenopause, menopause, and midlife women’s health. The Menopause Research and Equity Act of 2023, spearheaded by Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), will require the NIH to convene a multidisciplinary team of health professionals to assess the status of menopause research in particular, and recommend new, needed studies.
Menopause is among the most misunderstood life stages despite its universality. Women will spend the majority of their years post menopause, if they are lucky to live that long. The average age of menopause is 51, though the time leading up to and one year past the cessation of menstruation, known as perimenopause, can last as long as a decade.”
“In effect, Congress would be righting the wrong NIH instigated in 2002**** when it abruptly terminated a sweeping research initiative (also named the Women’s Health Initiative, commonly referred to as the WHI).”
****2002 – A republican was our president at the time. George W. Bush’s white house killed the Women’s Health Initiative.
Go read the whole article.
It’s OUR time. Women should be just as equal as men when it comes to health and medical studies.
More than 1 in 10 workers today is a woman aged 55 or older.
The world cannot afford to dismiss us.