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The innovative femtech startup that is using AI and genetic testing to provide a tailored oral contraception service for women... The contraceptive pill is taken by millions of women in Europe alone, but aside from the fact that it is not 100% guaranteed to be effective, it can cause side effects ranging from headaches and migraines, to nausea, to mood swings, to even temporary vision loss. ...
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London-based startup Daye is taking the benefits of CBD and applying it to tampons for localised, faster relief of pain and discomfort. To dumb it down to our level, cannabidiol (CBD) is the medicinal part of cannabis. CBD products are named as such because they do not include tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the druggy, not good part of cannabis. CBD is used to treat all sorts of ailments fr...
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Hot flushes affect around 1.5 million women in the UK alone. Step forward Grace, the world's first automated tracking and cooling bracelet that counters menopausal hot flushes. We’ve all experienced the unpleasant heat of a fever, burning us from the inside out and lighting us up like a Christmas tree, it feels. But 1.5 million women in the UK alone feel these hot flushes without the fleeti...
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Innovative startups and businesses designed and focused on empowering and embracing female consumers. Most products are still made by male-dominated companies. Some products for women either don’t exist yet to fill a need or they are utilitarian and don’t feel like they’ve been designed for an actual human being to use. One obvious solution to this is for women to take control ...
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Zurich-based Ava, makers of the first fertility tracking sensor bracelet, closes a $30m Series B funding round and announces 10,000th “Ava” pregnancy. It's fair to say there has been a rise in the FemTech market over the last few years with the sector emerging as the likely next big disruptor in the global health care market. With fertility monitoring still not particularly tech ...
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