Mother of invention: Study highlights gender gap in health innovations
Washington (AFP) - Harvard business professor Rem Koning studies how bias hurts innovation. But three years ago, his research hit too close to home when his wife, suffering from a rare post childbirth condition, couldn't find treatments designed with new moms in mind. "It came out of nowhere. And the whole thing was a lot more scary than I think it needed to be," Koning told AFP about the diagnosis of postpartum preeclampsia, which is characterized by high blood pressure. The couple were also disappointed by the quality of tech products aimed at mothers -- and realized it might be because mos...