Category Archives: Women’s Health

Featured Sessions and Perspectives from The A4M Women’s Health Summit

October 25, 2025

The energy from the sold-out 2025 Women’s Health Summit in Scottsdale continues to reverberate. Between October 9-11, practitioners gathered at The Westin Kierland for an intensive deep-dive into menopause medicine, emerging from three days armed with protocols, data, and strategies that directly address the most pressing challenge in women’s healthspan optimization: menopause. 

Our second-ever Summit delivered on its promise to equip providers to empower their patients’ journeys through this consequential and long-lasting hormonal transition. A lineup of leading female health experts presented evidence-based frameworks spanning metabolic health, hormone optimization, genetic influences, musculoskeletal preservation, mental health support, and systemic healthcare reform. Each session provided immediately applicable clinical tools designed to elevate women’s health outcomes in practice.

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Early Access: What’s On Stage At The Women’s Health Summit

October 4, 2025

Empowering The Menopause Journey: Science, Solutions, And Strategies

The Women’s Health Summit sold out faster than expected this year. Every in-person seat at The Westin Kierland is claimed for October 9-11. But here’s the good news. If you missed the live registration window, you can still access conference content online at a4m.com/womens-health-2025. 

Whether you’re joining us in person next week or diving into session recordings after the event, an exceptional agenda of expert-led discussions on the most pressing topics in women’s health awaits. Featuring masterclasses, case study panels, and deep-dive sessions on metabolic health, hormone optimization, cardiovascular care, and precision diagnostics, this year’s program is crafted to impart actionable skills that directly translate into clinical practice.

The 2025 program is packed with protocols, deep dives, and clinical strategies that distinguish practitioners who lead from those who follow. Here’s what’s on stage when the brightest minds in women’s longevity medicine converge in Scottsdale.

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International Women’s Day: Closing the Healthcare Gender Gap as a Key to Optimize Female Longevity

March 8, 2025

“The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.” – Gloria Steinem.

The United Nations has declared the theme for this year’s International Women’s Day as “Accelerate Action”, calling for swift action to achieve gender equality. This message rings the alarm on the slow progress being made toward this goal, as at the current rate, it will take until 2158—or approximately five generations—to reach gender parity.

The healthcare gender gap looms large. While women on average enjoy a longer life—with an additional 7 years of life expectancy compared to men—they disproportionately spend their last decade with disease, disability, and dementia, accounting for over 75% of all cases. The female longevity advantage is lost due to the time women spend in poor physical and cognitive health. This means that female lifespan advantages are not currently matched by a longer healthspan.

The concept of FemSpan, coined by Dr. Pearlman, aims to apply a female-centric approach to healthy aging and disease management to ensure that women are maximally able to benefit from their female longevity advantage with healthy aging.

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