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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks agoWe are being erased': Meta accused of silencing' adverts on women's health
Social platforms are blocking or restricting advertisements about women's reproductive health products, and femtech companies report unequal treatment compared with men's health content.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoA medical miracle': is period blood the most overlooked opportunity' in women's health?
Somewhere in the US a woman on her period pulled out her dripping, saturated tampon. But instead of wrapping it in toilet paper and tossing it into a bin, she put the tampon in a special plastic sample container, screwed the lid on tight and mailed it to an address in Oakland, California. The address was that of NextGen Jane (NGJ), a Bay Area-based startup founded in 2014.
Medicine
fromTNW | Ecosystems
2 months agoEurope's AI boom is leaving femtech behind
In 2021, global femtech investment peaked at before plunging to just €1.1bn the next year, amid a tech funding apocalypse and capital making a headlong dash towards AI. Several factors contributed to this decline - broader market conditions, withering investor risk appetite, and natural sector maturation. But the surge in AI funding coinciding with a plunge in femtech investment highlights serious issues with capital allocation.
Venture
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months agoMenstruation apps: What happens to your data and how it can be used to criminalize abortion
What does the volatile global political environment have to do with the menstruation of millions of people? With whom do menstrual cycle apps share our medical data? And how can this information be used to criminalize women who choose to have an abortion? More and more people are downloading menstrual tracking apps on their phones. Hence, these questions are becoming a major concern for researchers and academics.
Privacy professionals
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