ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Women are the primary consumers of healthcare, because of childbirth and longer lives—and also because they make the majority of healthcare decisions for their families. But when it comes to their own health, they’re still not well-served. Today’s women’s health start-ups aim to empower women with technologies that improve access to information, tests and therapies for the conditions that uniquely affect them.
Women hold enormous swaying power in the healthcare system.