How to Close the Gender Health Gap
WiredIf you’re a man, you are more likely to suffer a health condition that kills you. A recent report from the McKinsey Health Institute describes the gender health gap as a “$1 trillion opportunity to improve lives and economies,” such is the scale of imbalance against women’s health care worldwide. Nearly two years on from the publication of the UK’s first Women’s Health Strategy, a 10-year plan to improve the health of women everywhere, the UK Department of Health has announced Monday that it plans to offer “patient passports,” digital records of health data that can be accessed by different health care providers. In light of this, WIRED has gathered experts from across a range of health disciplines to give their take on changes that could quickly and affordably shift the needle on women’s health. Unaddressed PCOS can lead to severe long-term effects, including cardiovascular disease, infertility, and impaired glucose metabolism, significantly reducing quality of life and increasing health care costs.
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