Search Tag: Women’s health
2024 08 Feb
Breast cancer affects over 58,000 people annually in France, with one-third of cases requiring total surgical breast removal (mastectomy) and 30% of patients opting for breast reconstruction post-mastectomy. However, concerns arise regarding the longevity and safety of breast implants, with reoperation often necessary every 10 years. Complications...Read more
2024 29 Jan
A groundbreaking study led by Dr Dooman Arefan from the University of Pittsburgh has unveiled a promising method for predicting breast cancer recurrence risk. The research, published in Radiology , sheds light on how quantitative background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) measurements at dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) could predict the...Read more
2024 29 Jan
A groundbreaking study led by Dr Dooman Arefan from the University of Pittsburgh has unveiled a promising method for predicting breast cancer recurrence risk. The research, published in Radiology , sheds light on how quantitative background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) measurements at dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) could predict the...Read more
2024 27 Jan
In a landmark study spanning two decades, researchers have unveiled pivotal insights into the diagnosis and characteristics of breast cancer in women under the age of 30. This comprehensive analysis, spearheaded by Dr. Sepideh Sefidbakht and her team, marks a significant step forward in our understanding of how breast cancer manifests in younger...Read more
2024 16 Jan
Foreword For too long, there has been a one-size fits all approach to women’s healthcare, which does not consider the individual nature of women’s physiological, emotional, socio-economic and practical needs. This has been exacerbated by too few female voices involved in forming policy and health related decision making at the highest...Read more
2024 11 Jan
Leader in Women’s Health Encourages Women to Stop Suffering in Silence and Talk to Their Doctor About Disruptive Period Symptoms Hologic, Inc., a global leader in women’s health announced its new uterine health education and awareness campaign Better is Possible ™. Launching in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Detroit, the campaign...Read more
2024 11 Jan
Leader in Women’s Health Encourages Women to Stop Suffering in Silence and Talk to Their Doctor About Disruptive Period Symptoms Hologic, Inc., a global leader in women’s health announced its new uterine health education and awareness campaign Better is Possible ™. Launching in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Detroit, the campaign...Read more
2024 11 Jan
Leader in Women’s Health Encourages Women to Stop Suffering in Silence and Talk to Their Doctor About Disruptive Period Symptoms Hologic, Inc. a global leader in women’s health, today announced its new uterine health education and awareness campaign Better is Possible ™. Launching in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Detroit, the...Read more
2023 09 Dec
Worry. Stress. Sadness. Anger. The latest annual Hologic Global Women’s Health Index (HGWHI) – in partnership with Gallup, creator of the long-respected World Poll – showed that record numbers of women worldwide said they experienced these emotions in the past year. The levels of worry (43%), stress (41%), sadness (32%) and anger (26%) reached...Read more
2023 09 Dec
Worry. Stress. Sadness. Anger. The latest annual Hologic Global Women’s Health Index (HGWHI) – in partnership with Gallup, creator of the long-respected World Poll – showed that record numbers of women worldwide said they experienced these emotions in the past year. The levels of worry (43%), stress (41%), sadness (32%) and anger (26%) reached...Read more
2023 29 Sep
Launches Global Partnership With Know Your Lemons, Will Ring Nasdaq Opening Bell for 17 th Time Hologic, Inc., a global leader in women’s health, announced a series of activities promoting the importance of breast cancer screenings throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month, including a global partnership with Know Your Lemons, a nonprofit organization...Read more
2023 07 Sep
Located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology is a leading centre for cancer research and treatment with over 85 years of distinguished tradition. A beacon of modern oncological care, the centre comprises 13 highly specialised departments, each dedicated to providing the highest level of...Read more
2023 07 Sep
Located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology is a leading centre for cancer research and treatment with over 85 years of distinguished tradition. A beacon of modern oncological care, the centre comprises 13 highly specialised departments, each dedicated to providing the highest level of...Read more
2023 09 May
As a leader in women’s health, Hologic knows that increasing access to breast cancer screening is critical to detecting cancer earlier and saving lives. We commend the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for changing their draft guidelines to recommend that women begin screening at age 40. Lowering the age for initial screening to 40...Read more
2022 10 Feb
--Global leader in women’s health once again recognized with three IMV ServiceTrak™ Awards for mammography-- Hologic, Inc. an innovative medical technology company primarily focused on improving women’s health, swept the 2021 IMV ServiceTrak™ Awards for Mammography, taking home awards for Best Service, Best Customer Satisfaction, and Best System...Read more
2022 02 Feb
--Leader in women’s health shines spotlight on preventive screenings in commercial created by women, for women premiering during one of America's biggest events-- Hologic, Inc. an innovative medical technology company primarily focused on improving women’s health, announced the details of its first national, direct-to-consumer advertising campaign....Read more
2021 11 Oct
Hologic ,along with Gallop, developed the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index, a global comparative survey of women’s health. Its purpose is to provide factual data to support and guide global improvement in women’s health. Since 2005, Gallup has been interviewing nationally representative samples of women and men in over 160 countries and territories...Read more
2021 18 Aug
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has taken a tremendous toll on global humanity, upending life as we know it and resulting in millions of lives lost across the world. In order to handle and best serve the constant influx of COVID-19 patients, health care facilities all over Europe have had to make sacrifices and reallocate resources, leading to delays and...Read more
2020 05 Feb
New products offer increased flexibility and efficiency for low- to high-volume molecular testing laboratories New product offerings within the Panther Scalable Solutions (PSS) portfolio are now commercially available in the United States and Europe, Hologic announced today. These new optional configurations, which represent Hologic’s next...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Differences in sex and gender may account for gaps in treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, but at the same time, it also gives the opportunity for personalised sex and gender-specific medicine. Typical presentations in medicine are defined in ways that health care professionals can draw on past experiences and education...Read more
2019 10 Apr
“Mammography does more harm than good” sums up countless headlines seen in many medical journals, books, and other published articles (print and online). A flood of damaging reports amplified perceived risk of “over-diagnosis” and over-treatment. Study after flawed study — like a house of cards — touted mammography’s alleged harms and costs. This...Read more
2019 21 Mar
Women’s health company offers new training facility for partners, healthcare professionals and employees Hologic, Inc ., an innovative medical technology company focused on improving women’s health and well-being through early detection and treatment, today opened its first Learning and Experience Centre in Zaventem, Belgium (a municipality...Read more
2017 03 Oct
This question is taken from the descriptor for the panel discussion ‘Prioritising Women’s Health’ at the Health Care Summit taking place on the 10th of October 2017. What is the state of women’s health? Women’s health remains an unfinished agenda. Health interventions and infrastructures are dominated by short term rather than long term objectives. ...Read more