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Women's Health

What Women Already Knew About Telehealth

and what the rest of the world is only now beginning to understand.

Dec 7 • Maryann

The Most Dangerous Myth in Medicine: The Average Patient

What an AI dosing error, a stock-market collapse, and a forgotten heart-drug study reveal about the future of precision health.

Nov 23 • Maryann

The 150-Minute Myth: Why Women’s Hearts Were Never Playing by the Rules

A groundbreaking Nature study reveals that women gain far more heart protection from far less exercise and exposes the quiet bias built into decades of…

Nov 16 • Maryann

When Care Becomes Capital: Inside the $18 Billion Women’s Health Deal Reshaping Medicine

Blackstone and TPG’s acquisition of Hologic isn’t just a medtech move. It’s a cultural signal. Here’s what it reveals about the next trillion-dollar…

Nov 2 • Maryann

The Billion Dollar Blind Spot: Why We Built the FemmeHealth Alliance

When ideas mature into infrastructure: reflections on the launch of the FemmeHealth Alliance and the next chapter of The Billion Dollar Blind Spot.

Oct 26 • Maryann

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Women's Wealth

Why Women’s Health and Women’s Wealth Are Not Separate Conversations

How capital systems shape outcomes, access, and long-term security

1 hr ago • Maryann

What Can’t Be Printed Away: Hard Assets and the Future of Women’s Health

From Nixon’s gold shock to JPMorgan’s “debasement trade,” why investors are rethinking what counts as real value and why women’s health companies may be…

Oct 5

Why Women Investors Outperform Men and What Wall Street Still Doesn’t See

Decades of data reveal women earn higher returns and fund stronger startups, yet women’s health remains one of the most underpriced asset classes in…

Sep 21 • Maryann

The Trillion-Dollar AI Correction

How a viral post on women's health bias spotlighted an overlooked challenge in healthcare data infrastructure

Jun 19 • Maryann

The Book I Wish I’d Had: A Strategic Guide to Investing in Women’s Health Innovation

Why the smartest capital often misses the most lucrative healthcare opportunities and how investors can find alpha in women’s health, diagnostics, and…

Jun 15 • Maryann

The Quiet Reason Women Aren’t Investing

From Flo’s data reckoning to capital pattern bias, this week’s insights unpack the hidden forces that shape who gets to invest and what gets funded.

Jun 8 • Maryann

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Signal Not Noise

Signal Not Noise: Clarity’s FDA Win, Progyny x Amazon, and the Rise of Hormone Health Infrastructure

This week’s top signals in women’s health investing: Clarity’s FDA win, Progyny joins Amazon Health, Eli’s hormone tracker, and more strategic shifts.

Jun 14 • Maryann

Signal Not Noise: Flo’s Data Reckoning, Evvy’s Expansion & Toxic Tampons Wake Up the Market

The Briefing for Backers of the Future of Health

Jun 6 • Maryann

Signal Not Noise: Hologic’s Bet, Hormona’s Raise & Insurance-Backed Longevity for Women

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

Jun 1 • Maryann

Signal Not Noise: What Mattered in Women’s Health Investing (May 11–May 17)

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

May 17 • Maryann

Signal Not Noise: What Mattered in Women’s Health Investing (May 4–May 10)

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

May 10 • Maryann

Signal Not Noise: What Mattered in Women’s Health Investing (Apr 27–May 3)

Women’s health insights through an investor lens. Because headlines fade. Signals shape strategy.

May 3 • Maryann

The Billion Dollar Blindspot

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Why Women’s Health and Women’s Wealth Are Not Separate Conversations

How capital systems shape outcomes, access, and long-term security

1 hr ago • Maryann

What Women Already Knew About Telehealth

and what the rest of the world is only now beginning to understand.

Dec 7 • Maryann

The Most Dangerous Myth in Medicine: The Average Patient

What an AI dosing error, a stock-market collapse, and a forgotten heart-drug study reveal about the future of precision health.

Nov 23 • Maryann

The 150-Minute Myth: Why Women’s Hearts Were Never Playing by the Rules

A groundbreaking Nature study reveals that women gain far more heart protection from far less exercise and exposes the quiet bias built into decades of…

Nov 16 • Maryann

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