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Alzheimer’s disease affects twice as many women as it does men, according to a new report that portrays women as being “under siege” by the dreaded condition. Created in conjunction with California first lady Maria Shriver, “The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s” shows that two-thirds of the people living with Alzheimer’s are [...]
Federal regulators are testing the waters with the first proposed changes to cigarette packaging and advertisements in more than 25 years—bold health warnings with color images that show the tragic consequences of smoking. On Nov. 10, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted on the Internet 36 images showing the dangers of smoking. Federal health [...]
In celebration of National Diabetes Awareness Month, the Institute for Women’s Health Research focused its November 2010 e-newsletter on this topic. It is available free at IWHRenewsNov10-1.
The following press release about the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University was issued today. If you want to learn more about us and what we are doing, check the link.
The first research from the Breakthrough Generations Study could lead to a test to predict a woman’s reproductive lifespan. The findings, published in Human Molecular Genetics, could have considerable impact on women in the United Kingdom (UK) and other western countries, where many start having children at a later age. Early menopause affects one in [...]
Between 2000 and 2007, the death rate of men treated in hospitals for stroke tumbled by 29 percent compared to a 24 percent decline for women, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Men’s faster decline in death rate widened the death rate disparity even more. [...]
Menopause and the appropriate way to handle symptoms continues to be a lively topic of conversation. Much of this discussion is based on findings from the landmark Women’s Health Initiative Trial that was launched in 1991 and consisted of a set of clinical trials and an observational study, which together involved 161,808 generally healthy postmenopausal [...]
According to new research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University, yoga exercises may have the power to combat fibromyalgia — a medical disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain. The research is being published in the November 10 edition of the journal Pain and will appear online Thursday, Oct. 14. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome predominantly characterized by muscle [...]
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