![]() ![]() ![]() This was her “aha” moment that led to the creation of Joylux. “I come from a background in medical aesthetics, and I realized that the ground-breaking technologies we use to tighten, tone, and restore facial tissue could rejuvenate our intimate areas too,” shares Courtion. Then, when menopause came, it hit her hard. When Courtion gave birth to her son, she experienced first-hand the intimate health issues that so many women go through. Colette Courtion, founder and CEO of Joylux MORE FOR YOUįeatured below, in alphabetical order, are 11 female scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs who have made it their mission to ensure a better future for themselves and menopausal women globally, through their advocacy, education, and pushing the boundaries of what life after 50 should look like for women. According to the Royal Osteoporosis Society in the U.K., one in two women over 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis, far more than men, because menopause is a key time for bone health: “women’s bone health is crucial at the time of menopause because estrogen levels (the female sex hormone that helps keep bones strong) decrease, so osteoporosis will put an increasing burden on the NHS – currently more than $5 billion a year and projected to rise steeply.”Īlthough movement related to female reproductive health, especially pregnancy and fertility has dramatically improved and brought some incredible innovations to our everyday lives, the needs of almost 1 billion globally who are entering perimenopause and menopause have been mostly ignored so far. Women aged 40 to 59 have the highest rate of depression of any group based on age and gender in the U.S, and women have a 1 in 5 chance of developing cognitive diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s, compared to a 1 in 11 chance for men. had left their jobs due to associated symptoms. This systemic issue goes beyond healthcare, impacting women’s lifestyles and livelihoods with the CIPD finding that three in five menopausal women were negatively affected at work, while BUPA found that almost 900,000 women in the U.K. In the U.K., less than 10% of women are happy with the menopausal care they receive. ![]() Research has highlighted how “90% of Europeans and 97% of Australians experienced physical symptoms, and 55% of European women and 63% of Australian women reported psychological symptoms associated with menopause, while only 8% of European women reported experiencing no symptoms of menopause.” According to one of the recent studies conducted in conjunction between Imperial College London, Palacios Institute of Women’s Health in Madrid, Monash University in Melbourne, and The University of Sydney, 70% of the European women and 80% of the Australian women were menopausal, and many of them had bothersome symptoms. women enter menopause annually, with more than 6 million women worldwide. The United States alone had 50 million women over the age of 51 in 2020, and over 2 million U.S. Got it! Got it! VARIOUSīy the year 2025, the number of postmenopausal women is expected to rise to 1.1 billion worldwide, according to the North American Menopause Society. I write about health tech, women's health and female entrepreneurship. Meet 11 Female Scientists, Innovators And Entrepreneurs Changing The Narrative On Menopause ![]()
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