Women’s health was ignored for decades. Now females turn to influencers, apps and entrepreneurs for simple solutions

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Women’s health is undergoing a boom, not because it is finally being prioritised, but because decades of underinvestment created a lucrative gap for the private sector to fill.The result has been a rapidly expanding wellness economy selling menopause fixes, hormone balancing, fertility shortcuts and cycle-syncing programs with limited regulatory oversight and variable scientific evidence.Loading...Nikki Stamp FRACS is an Australian cardiothoracic surgeon. or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? License articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreWomen's healthOpinionWellnessMedicineAgeingIllnessAFR Weekend

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