Why We Can't Stop Talking About Women's Health

Her House: Built for Women's Health is all about engaging and encouraging women to be proactive advocates in their healthcare experience. We strive to celebrate leaders and care providers who are building solutions for the betterment of women's health. 

Did you know?

Women weren’t required to be included in U.S. clinical trials until 1993.
That means decades of medical research was built primarily on male biology.

Women’s bodies have been underrepresented in basic research.
In animal studies, male mice were often the default — despite sex differences that could affect outcomes.
 
Sex-specific analysis and dosing has historically been rare in drug approvals.
Even though women metabolize many medications differently than men.

Thankfully,

Funding for women’s health research has nearly doubled in the past decade.
Major public and private initiatives are prioritizing sex-based research like never before.

The FDA is increasingly mandating sex-based data analysis in clinical trials.
More therapies are now being evaluated and approved with women’s unique biology in mind.

Femtech is one of the fastest-growing health sectors.
Startups are driving innovation in menstrual health, fertility, menopause, and chronic conditions affecting women.

Read the Women's Health Access Matters Report

What is Her House: Built for Women's Health?

Her House celebrates innovations that are shaping the future of women’s health. For decades, medical research and clinical trials overlooked differences in women, assuming their bodies mirrored men's.

If you've ever felt dismissed or been told, "it's just hard being a woman," you're not alone. Thankfully, growing awareness, investment, and research are transforming how we understand, diagnose, and care for women.

We're approaching a new era — one built for women's health — and we can't stop talking about it.

Melissa: 00:03

Shortfalls in my healthcare experience have always frustrated me. I can vividly remember my first GYNO appointment because it was so shockingly uninformative and uncomfortable. Fast forward from that first appointment, or maybe for you, it was the college campus health center - Does anybody else notice veterinarian offices that look more comfortable than the standard OB/GYN? Maybe you've also questioned, why does it seem so challenging to find answers and solutions for issues that seriously impact you?

Melissa: 00:35

Bouncing between doctors, diets, and back to a never ending search online, I've personally been told it's just hard being a woman.

Melissa: 00:45

It is hard, but it's also a fact that women's biological differences have been under investigated and underserved because medicine treated women as if we were small men. The truth is out, but in case you haven't heard, women's health has been underfunded and many of the drugs we take haven't even been studied on women.

Melissa: 01:10

After years of venting to my mom and hearing horror stories from friends, it's so exciting to see increased awareness and investment finally driving innovation. Scientists are studying the X chromosome, proving differences between how sex genes present themselves and uncovering how these differences mean a whole lot more than we've ever truly understood before.

Melissa: 01:36

On Her House, we're going straight to the source, telling stories about the experiences we all share and hearing from leaders that are reshaping healthcare for women. What's being discovered, what's being built, and how will these innovations make life better for you and all of the women that you love? From cutting edge science, bold technologies, and new approaches to medicine, the future is brighter for you, your mother, your sister, your daughter, and we can't stop talking about it.

Melissa: 02:06

Join us as we chat with leaders who are innovating for a new era of care, one built for women's health.