Short and Pithy - Just like us
We’re back for 2024 with new content and a reimagined newsletter. Your feedback was a big factor in this new approach and we appreciate you!
So what’s new?
Shorter newsletter pieces - more in depth blogs.
Each week we bring a variety of topics and it’s hard to do complex topics the deeper look they need. And we know that not every topic is equally interesting to each reader. So we’re keeping The Tasting Menu pieces in the newsletter short and pithy and linking out to longer pieces in the EveWasFrame.io site.
Keeping content that is most meaningful to you
We’re dropping the Medical Term of the Week. It’s not an area that resonated with folks.
We’re keeping The Latest to share news from around women’s health and femtech.
2024 is looking bright! The journey continues.
- Maggie Ruvoldt & Stephanie Majercik
The Tasting Menu
PMDD vs. PMS: How to Spot the Difference
Women’s Health Predictions for 2024
What the Heck is Vaginismus?
PMDD vs. PMS: How to Spot the Difference
It's a few days before your period is supposed to start – you’re feeling moody, bloated, maybe your skin is breaking out or you just generally feel achy and sore. In the 5-10 days ahead of your period, PMS (aka Premenstrual Syndrome) hits most people who menstruate, due to hormone changes as part of our cycle and tend to disappear once your period starts.
About 90% of all menstruating people report experiencing some premenstrual symptoms, according to the Office on Women’s Health.
However, you may not be aware that 1 in 12 women or those assigned female at birth in the United States suffer from a severe form of PMS known as Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder or PMDD.
Women’s Health Predictions for 2024
When we started Eve Was Framed in 2022, we were novices in the women’s health space. Our goal was to learn more and share what we were learning. That goal remains the same. What’s new is after 2 years, we have gained knowledge, experience and expertise. For 2024, we feel confident that we have some insights to share on what’s coming in this new year.
Here are our top 4. You can read more about each on our recent blog.
Funding will continue to flow into women’s health
The past two years have seen incredible and much needed growth in investment into women’s health, maternal health, menopause care and other unmet needs.
After years, well decades really, of lack of investment and research into the unique needs of women’s health across all life stages, investors from venture capital and beyond have realized there is big business potential in these unmet needs.
As women prioritize our health consumer products will follow
Women are an economic powerhouse spending group in healthcare and health related products. That will continue to translate into consumer products designed for and by women. This is going to come from new names and established ones.
Health will continue to be defined more holistically
The trend to reduce stigmas and think about our health in broader terms and beyond medical interventions will accelerate in 2024. The walls between mental health, physical health and financial health will further break down.
2024 is an election year and reproductive rights will be an issue
The election will be an unavoidable topic in 2024 - as it should be.
What the Heck is Vaginismus?
Vaginismus is the involuntary tensing of your vagina at times of penetration or insertion – whether during sex, inserting a tampon, or getting a pelvic exam. If you suffer from vaginismus, you have no control over the muscles of the vagina. It can develop at any time in a person’s life. Some potential factors that influence the development of vaginismus include:
Past trauma or abuse
Anxiety and emotional disorders
Injuries from childbirth
Prior surgeries
Vaginismus can have big effects on relationships, on our personal relationship with sex and our bodies, and on mental health. Treating vaginismus typically includes a multi-faceted approach to address all the factors that could contribute to vaginismus and the subsequent anxiety and stress it may cause.
Many who struggle with vaginismus work may work with their OB, a physical therapist, and mental health professional. Kegel exercises and work with vaginal dilators is also used regularly.
The Latest
Funding will continue to increase if women’s health startups bring a return on investment to their early investors. For venture capital backed firms, that usually means an IPO. One of the earliest and strongest women’s health companies is Maven and all eyes are on them for an initial public offering in 2024 (From Business Insider)
Have you ever wondered why you get more dehydrated as you get older. It turns out there are lots of reasons why. And one of them is hormonal changes (From Well + Good)
If you are getting back to working out, starting to work out for the first time or needing a reason to keep consistent as part of a 2024 commitment you are making to yourself, it’s good to know how your body reacts to a return to fitness (From NY Times)