Nov 9: ICYMI news for women

No TL;DR. Just the facts, ma'am. Dozens of new articles in the last week alone that matter to women. Click your picks, ignore the bricks: we watch the news so you don't have to.

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In the news this week for women: Elections: Gen X, Millennial women leaders rising with unusual double digit victory margins…smart tide turning? Comprehensive shutdown update, including Nov 10 vote to start ending it—and an interesting theory on why Congressional Rs may have preferred not opening before December 2. Open enrollment cost calculators, info and tips on changes and costs. Melatonin and heart failure? Maybe not. GLP-1 price wars. Rings, watches and … toilets? Golden age for hair loss—what works for the 3 types. Finally: clues on lupus, where women are 90% of cases. Ways to fend off SAD. Peleton recall. New meds and gene editing: goodbye cholesterol? Lots of women’s health news by generation: Gen Z, Millennials, pregnancy and parenting, midlife, and the kiss-those-periods-goodbye crowd. News influencer fact sheet. The latest health warps from Kennedy—including a ‘study’ conducted by civilians with no medical training. The Medicaid program that saved money, turned people’s health around—and got killed. A brain app that can reverse delines, 6 solid tips on cutting through the noise on femtech, and much, much more.