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Fashion, beauty and lifestyle retailers have joined the American Heart Association to raise awareness of heart disease in women. The Go Red. Shop with Heart. campaign launched at the New York Stock Exchange on 30 January. Retailers will ask for donations at checkout in February or donate a percentage of proceeds from selected items. [...]

Flo Health has recently become Europe's first femtech unicorn, raising more than US$200m in funding

By Annie Theriault, managing partner at Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV)

Despite significant growth in women’s health investment, start-ups in the women’s health and femtech sectors still face substantial barriers to entry and growth. SiS sat down with successful start-up innovator Sabrina Johnson, president and CEO of Daré Bioscience, lawyer Sophie McGrath, partner at Goodwin Law and Triin Linamagi, a leading investor and founding partner at [...]

Fibroids, non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the womb, are the most common tumours in women worldwide. Here, we look at everything you need to know about them.   What are fibroids? Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the womb. They often appear during the fertile years and they are also known [...]

Adenomyosis, a condition that causes the lining of the womb to bury into the muscular wall of the womb, affects as many as one in 10 women of reproductive age in the UK. Here, we look at everything you need to know about it.   What is adenomyosis? Adenomyosis is a condition where the lining [...]

PCOS is one of the most common causes of female infertility, affecting six per cent to 12 per cent of US women of reproductive age but, according to the CDC, it’s a lot more than that. This lifelong health condition continues far beyond the child-bearing years. Here, we look at everything you should know about [...]

By Natalie Buford-Young, CEO of Springboard Enterprises

Whether you're looking for a way to monitor your ovulation or you simply want to map your periods, look no further than these five apps

Most femtech companies understand the importance of privacy, but experts say they often fail to address it at the development stage