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May Highlights the Importance of Women’s Healthcare
May is National Women’s Health Month – a time to champion the importance of the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and providing women with the care they need to live healthy and prosperous lives. This year, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has designated the theme, “Prioritizing Women’s Health: Caring for Mind and Body.”
Supporting women through some of the most vulnerable, transformative moments of their lives and empowering them to take charge of their health and well-being is a key reason physicians are called to medicine. Physicians know meaningful relationships are necessary to build trust, provide effective care and treatment, and partner in health.
2025 Focus Areas:
- More than 1 million women in the United States experience menopause each year.
- The average age for menopause is 52, and most women reach it between 45 and 55.
- Women are nearly twice as likely as men to experience major depression.
- Around 1 in 5 women experience mental health issues during pregnancy or in the first year after giving birth.
- Girls who use social media often feel sadness and hopelessness much more than girls who don't use social media frequently.
- Cancer causes 1 in 6 deaths among women.
- Women younger than 50 are nearly twice as likely to develop cancer as men in the same age range.
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