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Men More At Risk of Recurrent Blood Clots than Women

Men More At Risk of Recurrent Blood Clots than Women
SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 31, 2006

EXCERPT: Men have a 50% higher relative risk of suffering from recurrent blood clots after a first episode than women .... more

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McRae S, Tran H, Schulman S, Ginsberg J, Kearon C. Effect of patient's sex on risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis. Lancet. 2006 Jul 29;368(9533):371-8. Review. PMID: 16876665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gender divide: gene expression differs in males and females

Brownlee, C. (July 22, 2006). Gender divide: gene expression differs in males and females. Science News 170 (4): 52.

EXCERPT: There are far more biological differences between males and females than meet the naked eye. A new study suggests that the two sexes vary in the amounts of proteins produced by thousands of genes--information that could explain why some diseases strike men and women differently.

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Yang X, Schadt EE, Wang S, Wang H, Arnold AP, Ingram-Drake L, Drake TA, Lusis AJ. Tissue-specific expression and regulation of sexually dimorphic genes in mice.  Genome Res. 2006 Aug;16(8):995-1004. Epub 2006 Jul 6. PMID: 16825664 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Knee Replacements Designed For Women: UT Southwestern Orthopaedic Surgeons First

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  July 21, 2006

EXCERPT:  "Orthopaedic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medial Center are the first in North Texas to use knee implants specifically designed to fit a woman's anatomy.

The implant addresses three distinct and scientifically documented shape differences in women's and men's knees. Designed using three-dimensional computed tomography imaging, the Gender Solutions High-Flex Knee more closely mimics the joints and inner workings of women's knees."  more

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Dr. Robert Bucholz,  chairman of orthopaedic surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center 

Migraines with Aura Raise Heart Risks For Older Women

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 21, 2006

EXCERPT: Older women who experience migraines with aura have a higher risk of experiencing heart attacks, strokes, angina and heart-related deaths, say American researchers. Older women who experience migraines without aura are at no higher risk than older women who never have migraines.  more

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Lipton RB, Bigal ME. Migraine and cardiovascular disease. JAMA. 2006 Jul 19;296(3):332-3. No abstract available. PMID: 16849667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Women with Certain Types Of Migraines Have Higher Risk Of Heart Disease; Many Study Authors Did Not Report Ties To Pharmaceutical Companies

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 21, 2006

EXCERPT: Women who have migraines with visual problems have increased risk for heart disease, according to a study  ...  more

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Kurth T, Gaziano JM, Cook NR, Logroscino G, Diener HC, Buring JE. Migraine and risk of cardiovascular disease in women. JAMA. 2006 Jul 19;296(3):283-91. Erratum in: JAMA. 2006 Aug 9;296(6):654. JAMA. 2006 Jul 19;296(3):1 p following 291. PMID: 16849661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kurth T, Gaziano JM, Cook NR, Logroscino G, Diener HC, Buring JE. Unreported financial disclosures in a study of migraine and cardiovascular disease. JAMA. 2006 Aug 9;296(6):653-4; author reply 654. No abstract available. PMID: 16896106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Women's Health Risk from Working Long Hours

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 15, 2006

EXCERPT: Women who work long hours are more likely than men to indulge in unhealthy behaviours such as snacking, smoking and drinking caffeine. A new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council finds that men and women respond very differently to working long hours.   more

Smokers: Women Have Higher Risk of Lung Cancer than Men, Though Lower Lung Cancer Death Rate

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 14, 2006

EXCERPT: Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers have a lower rate of lung cancer-related death, according to a study  ...  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Investigators; Henschke CI, Yip R, Miettinen OS. Women's susceptibility to tobacco carcinogens and survival after diagnosis of lung cancer. JAMA. 2006 Jul 12;296(2):180-4. PMID: 16835423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Heart Attack Care Discrimination: Women Still Get Lower-quality Heart Attack Care than Men, Despite Hospital Improvement Efforts

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 13, 2006

EXCERPT: A new study shows that a puzzling gap between the sexes persists in hospital care for heart attack patients, despite specific efforts by hospitals to improve the way they treat all patients immediately after a heart attack.  In all, the study shows, women were less likely than men to benefit from hospitals' quality-improvement measures -- and were less likely to get all of the drugs, tests, and counseling about smoking, diet and exercise that have been proven to help heart attack survivors live longer and healthier lives.  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Jani SM, Montoye C, Mehta R, Riba AL, DeFranco AC, Parrish R, Skorcz S, Baker PL, Faul J, Chen B, Roychoudhury C, Elma MA, Mitchell KR, Eagle KA; American College of Cardiology Foundation Guidelines Applied in Practice Steering Committee. Sex differences in the application of evidence-based therapies for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction: the American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice projects in Michigan. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jun 12;166(11):1164-70. PMID: 16772242 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Same Genes Act Differently In Males and Females; Discovery May Explain Gender Gap in Disease Risk, Drug Response - UCLA Study Finds

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 9, 2006

EXCERPT: UCLA researchers report that thousands of genes behave differently in the same organs of males and females - something never detected to this degree  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Yang X, Schadt EE, Wang S, Wang H, Arnold AP, Ingram-Drake L, Drake TA, Lusis AJ. Tissue-specific expression and regulation of sexually dimorphic genes in mice. Genome Res. 2006 Aug;16(8):995-1004. Epub 2006 Jul 6. PMID: 16825664 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

RELATED LINK

UCLA Healthcare: Newswise.  Same Genes Act Differently in Males and Females.