Filling the Gaps in Women’s Health: Personalized Guidance Is Essential - Dr. Sara Szal Gottfried MD

Women may have gained more power and equality in many areas, but there is one that remains broken: women’s healthcare. In this sector the gender gap is real and widening. Men have an advantage in terms of research, access, opportunity, and advice. The current healthcare continues to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach and the solutions offered to women are derived from research mainly made on men and adapted for women. However, we are not simply smaller versions of men, and women need personalized solutions tailored to their unique physiology. Firstly, women experience massive hormonal shifts that men do not, including menstruation, pregnancy, post-partum, perimenopause, and menopause. The change in hormones associated with female biology is far steeper than the gradual change seen in some men as they age, known as male hypogonadism, or more colloquially as low testosterone (low “T”). Secondly, there are biological (or sex) differences and gender differences, and the latter are socially

Women may have gained more power and equality in many areas, but there is one that remains broken: women’s healthcare. In this sector the gender gap is real and widening. Men have an advantage in terms of research, access, opportunity, and advice. The current healthcare continues to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach and the solutions offered to women are derived from research mainly made on men and adapted for women. However, we are not simply smaller versions of men, and women need personalized solutions tailored to their unique physiology. Firstly, women experience massive hormonal shifts t