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Feminist Medicine

HealthyHer -
Feminist
Medicine

About us

HealthyHer is a nonprofit initiative to promote a feminist approach to medicine and gender equity in healthcare. The organization was founded in 2013 by Dr. Lior Baruch, and grew to include more than 12 team members and volunteers. So how do you promote feminist medicine? The answer is a click away:

Combining tampons and cannabis: Daye’s vision of menstrual products

All articles, Gynecology

We’ve become accustomed to thinking of tampons as a means of absorption. But could they have another use? One FemTech company now makes tampons that are meant to relieve pain

Women’s Hearts Beat Differently: Heart Rate and the Menstrual Cycle

All articles, Sex and Gender Conscious Medicine

Our heart rate responds to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle. Although research in the field is just beginning, several rules of thumb can be applied today in diagnosing arrhythmia in women. More about the way our hearts beat, in an article by Inbal Mandler

Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women Who Have Sex with Women

All articles, Gynecology, LGBTQA+ medicine

Contrary to the popular belief, sexually transmitted infections (STI) affect not only heterosexual, but also lesbians, bi-sexual, and pan-sexual women. By Yael Harari

Are menstrual disorders an indicator of premature mortality?

All articles, Gynecology, Sex and Gender Conscious Medicine

Is there an association between menstrual regularity and life expectancy? A new article suggests answers. By Dr. Noga Shiffman

Nice to meet you, I'm Dr. Lior Baruch

Dr. Baruch graduated from Ben-Gurion University School of Medicine in 2010, and completed the Executive Women in Leadership certificate program in Cornell University in 2020. She served as a medical doctor in the Israeli navy and is now a family physician who works in the community.

Nice to meet you, Dr. Lior Baruch

Doctor sees ‘feminist medicine’ as cure for medical gender discrimination

LGBTQA+ medicine, Press, Sex and Gender Conscious Medicine, Social Medicine