Hear are the trends we spotted this week in women’s health, and as always, scroll for the top clicked stories.
🩺 A split-screen moment in women’s health: The FDA lifted the black-box warning on menopause hormone therapy — potentially one of the biggest wins for women’s health in decades — even as 60 Minutes showed how Trump-era politics arbitrarily cut major breast-cancer research (and many others) overnight.
⚠️ The top threats new mothers still face: Pregnant and postpartum women are most likely to die from two things the system still struggles with — homicide (often by gun) and obstetric complications like placenta accreta. Two stories this week show just how preventable both categories could be with better policy and better hospital readiness.
🌟 When a celeb tells the truth: Jennifer Lawrence sharing how Zurzuvae helped her postpartum depression — without an endorsement check — shows how powerful honest celebrity stories can be.