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Women’s Health Has Come A Long Way. But There’s Still A Long Way To Go

 
• By Brian Bossetta

During the Medtech Conference in Toronto, a panel of industry leaders discussed the gaps that remain in women’s healthcare and said innovation can help narrow them.

Mike Hamilton discusses women's health at the Medtech Conference in Toronto.
Mike Hamilton discusses women's health at the Medtech Conference in Toronto. (Brian Bossetta)

During a panel discussion sponsored by Deloitte at the Medtech Conference in Toronto last week, top executives at three leading medtech firms highlighted some of the major disparities women still face when seeking treatment.

As they emphasized, too many in the industry and even health care professionals still view women’s health through the myopic lens of reproductive health when conditions that affect women either disproportionately or uniquely range

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