IAWH Newsletters

Doing our chores, cooking out, wearing headphones, or blasting from speakers, let’s enjoy our playlist this summer. We made this and we deserve to keep our brains healthy.

To listen you do need to have an account with Spotify. An account is FREE. IAWH receives no compensation from Spotify.

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• In Case You Missed It - Uterine Fibroids and Endometriosis

• Share Your Story

• Do You Have High Blood Pressure?

• Last Chance to Share What You're Listening to and Reading this Summer

The Institute for the Advancement of Women's Health is proud to present the work of Jasmine Leonard, MPH, a public health professional and health equity storyteller. Her latest short film defines and explores the history of Juneteenth and provides a historical timeline of activities that have shaped the experience of Black Americans to the present. 

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• Meet the Author - Jasmine Leonard, MPH

We're making a Spotify IAWH Community Summer Playlist and we want to include your favorite choices to share with the entire IAWH community.
Jazz, R&B, Rap, Trap, Blues, Classical, Gospel?
What are you listening to this summer? Add your song to the IAWH playlist.

Do you or someone you know live with hypertension? Would you like support understanding, managing, and controlling your blood pressure?

There are no quick "tips and tricks" or hacks for controlling hypertension. It is a commitment. 

Nearly 11 MILLION Women are living with or caring for someone with Alzheimer's.

Women in their 60's are TWICE AS LIKELY to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the rest of their lives as they are to develop breast cancer.

Almost TWO-THIRDS of Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women.

2020 was a very unusual year, but you helped make it remarkably successful. Thank you for supporting IAWH through your participation in so many of our evidence-based programs and activities, engaging with us  via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and of course for your financial contributions.

National Women’s Health Week (NWHW) is a weeklong health observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH).

The week May 10-15, 2021 serves as a reminder for women and girls, especially during the outbreak of COVID-19, to make their health a priority and take care of themselves. It is extremely important for all women and girls, especially those with underlying health conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, and women 65 years and older, to take care of your health now.

• Approximately 5 million people live with lupus across the globe. 

• 1.5 million people in the U.S have lupus. 

• 90% of people living with lupus are women.

• Lupus is two to three times more prevalent among women of color of child bearing age —African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders—than among Caucasian women.

• Recent research indicates that lupus affects 1 in 537 young African American women.

- U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Women are very often the back bone of our families and our communities when it comes to health and wellbeing. Every day we ensure that our husbands, wives, partners, children, and sometimes even our parents take care of their physical, mental, and oral health – making appointments and taking family to medical appointments, making sure everyone is covered by some kind of health insurance, and pushing and sometimes shoving folks to do what’s best for them. But we are only as...

Nearly 11 MILLION Women are living with or caring for someone with Alzheimer's.

Women in their 60's are TWICE AS LIKELY to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the rest of their lives as they are to develop breast cancer.

Almost TWO-THIRDS of Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women.

Nearly 11 MILLION Women are living with or caring for someone with Alzheimer's.

Women in their 60's are TWICE AS LIKELY to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the rest of their lives as they are to develop breast cancer.

Almost TWO-THIRDS of Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women.

Purnima Sinha has practiced meditation for over 45 years, and her meditational background spans over three generations. She has certification in Lifestyle Medicine and Meditation and Psychotherapy from Harvard School of Medicine in Boston.

Mindfulness in the New Year.

Still not clear on what COVID-19 is, how it is transmitted, why you need to wear a mask, what makes a monoclonal antibody therapeutic different from a vaccine? Nicole Verdun, MD, Director of the Office of Blood Research and Review Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) will join us on Thursday, January 28th at 7:00 p.m. ET for a fireside chat with Q&A to help us all gain more evidence-based knowledge before making decisions about the future of our health. 

IAWH wishes you a joyful life of wellness in 2021. Thank you for all of your financial and other support throughout 2020. Over the next few months, we will offer events designed to support you in living your best life through insightful sessions for the mind, body, and soul. Register for as many as you’d like – we look forward to seeing you there. Here’s what happening in January:

IAWH invited Michelle Petri, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Johns Hopkins Lupus Center and Professor of Medicine, Cassandra Hill, Founder and CEO, Holistic Living Consulting, Wellness Coach and Holistic Health Practitioner, and Lauren Metelski, RN, M.P.H., Health Education Nurse Manager, Lupus Foundation of America to our Women's Wellness Lounge to discuss lupus - the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

IAWH spoke with Nicole Verdun, MD, Director of the Office of Blood Research and Review Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) about COVID-19.

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We've extracted informative clips, separating this interview into three segments. You will want to watch one, two, or all of these clips and share them with those who seek evidence-based information to help them make informed decisions about their health and wellness during this unprecidented time of living with COVID.

So, what if we actually showed up for ourselves?