Senss earrings can help you control perimenopause symptoms such as hot flashes and heart palpitations, but also angst and stress. SERIES: This is the second article in a series about the digital jewellery prototypes presented at the KEA Meaningful Menopause Jewellery exhibition in 2024. If produced, these wearables can help women experiencing perimenopause and menopause symptoms. The Senss earrings can help you control perimenopause symptoms. They measure your physiological state and help you predict when menopause symptoms might flare up. The earrings are designed in honour of all the dedicat ..read more

Decoding the Future of Women was a conference held in London in June, amassing hundreds of femtech innovators and bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and visionaries to explore the future of women’s health technology. It is organized by Femtech Labs Europe. With topics ranging from wild ideas like giving birth in space, or important new achievements like uterus transplants to everyday topics like menopause, aging ovaries, medicine 3.0, and custom personalized supplements, this conference covered all aspects of the emerging innovations in women’s health.  The conference feature ..read more

Iceland Innovation Week featured fireside chats, and I was fortunate enough to host the Founder’s stage and witness the talk, “Under the Covers: Sextech, Sleep, and Women’s Wellness” with Anna Lee, Co-Founder & CEO of Lioness, and Erla Björnsdóttir, Founder & CEO of SheSleep. Anna and Erla began their discussion by acknowledging the current state of women’s healthcare—a historically under-researched and underserved area that has only recently gained attention. Anna and Erla began their discussion with acknowledgement of the standard of women’s health care today – that it is an area wh ..read more

Den 17. april  afholdt Folketingets Sundhedsudvalg en åben høring for at diskutere sundhedspleje til personer, der lider af symptomer på overgangsalderen. Selvom stort set alle  kvinder oplever et eller flere af disse symptomer i større eller mindre grad, har kvinders overgangsalder været behæftet med stigma. Men det er vigtigt at se overgangsalderen som en naturlig fase af livet og ikke en sygdom. Mange andre lande har allerede etablerede politikker og initiativer for, hvordan sundhedsvæsenet behandler kvinder, der er generet af symptomer på overgangsalder, især i Storbritannien, Sv ..read more

On 17 April, Folketinget, the Danish parliament held a so-called “Open Hearing” to discuss healthcare for people suffering the symptoms of menopause. Although almost all women experience one or more of these symptoms to som degree, women suffering from menopause symptoms have been stigmatized. However, it is imperative to regard menopause as a natural phase of life and not a disease. Many other countries have already established menopause healthcare policies and initiatives, notably in the UK, Sweden, and the US – all of whom have paid special attention to menopause in the past two years.  ..read more

The Clarity Ring aims to reduce brain fog caused by stress, angst, or menopause. SERIES: This is the first article in a series about the digital jewellery prototypes presented at the KEA Meaningful Menopause Jewellery exhibition in early 2024. If produced, these wearables can help women experiencing menopause symptoms. Brain fog affects millions of people worldwide every day. It is characterised by forgetfulness, difficulty concentrating, and mental fatigue. (Read more here or here).  With the Clarity Ring, the four students at Copenhagen Business Academy (KEA) Sofie Ammitzbøll, Julie Bæk ..read more

Creativity, beauty, and function merged at the “Meaningful Menopause Jewellery” exhibition at KEA last week. The exhibition displayed eight pieces of digital jewellery that were not only beautiful but also comfortable and helpful. Students showcased their suggestions for how digital jewellery can address various menopause symptoms. The creators spoke enthusiastically when they explained how meaningful menopause jewellery can help women and how their specific designs can help. The exhibited jewellery at the Copenhagen Business Academy (KEA) is the result of eight weeks of focused study and work ..read more

Millions of people – an estimated 1 in 10 women – suffer from excruciating period pain every month due to endometriosis. Fortunately, femtech companies are working on new solutions for diagnosing endometriosis. Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue similar to that found in the womb grows in other parts of the body. It can extend around the ovaries, fallopian tubes, intestines, colon, bladder, and lungs. With each menstrual cycle, the endo tissue outside the uterus behaves the same way as it would in the womb. With the changing hormones, it builds up and then breaks down and bleeds ..read more

KEA, Copenhagen Business Academy’s exhibition of digital jewellery will showcase wearable jewellery solutions aimed at alleviating menopause symptoms KEA will host a free exhibition on March 22 about digital jewellery for menopause. The exhibition is the result of KEA’s eight-week course “Meaningful Menopause Jewellery” in its Digital Jewellery program. During the course, the students used the “Designing for Meaningfulness” method to explore how they can harness technology to establish purpose, values, and identity to address a crucial yet underserved area: menopause. The course is co-led by ..read more

New research on menopause highlights the need for inclusion and support in the workplace. On International Women’s Day, research was published showing that almost three out of four women (74%) experience moderate to severe menopause symptoms, affecting their daily work and lives. Moreover, more than half of all women in a cross-sectional survey worry that their menopause symptoms make them seem less capable at work. The research is a result of a collaboration between the independent nonprofit research institute SRI and Lisa Health, which spun out of SRI in 2020 to create technology solutions ..read more