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Women's neuroethics? Why sex matters for neuroethics

Chalfin MC, Murphy ER, Karkazis KA. Women's neuroethics? Why sex matters for neuroethics. Am J Bioeth. 2008 Jan;8(1):1-2.

Study Identifies Factors Affecting Bone Mass in Men

SOURCE: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: News & Events Highlights

DATE: January 2007

EXCERPT: "While more than 2 million men suffer from osteoporosis and millions more are at risk, there has been a relative dearth of information about the disease and its consequences in men. A large-scale study funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Institute on Aging has identified several factors linked to bone mineral density (BMD) – a key factor in osteoporosis – in older men."  more

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Cauley JA, Fullman RL, Stone KL, Zmuda JM, Bauer DC, Barrett-Connor E, Ensrud K, Lau EM, Orwoll ES; Mr. OS Research Group. Factors associated with the lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density in older men. Osteoporos Int. 2005 Dec;16(12):1525-37. Epub 2005 May 11. PMID: 15889316

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Cauley JA. Osteoporosis in men: Prevalence and investigation. Clin Cornerstone. 2006;8 Suppl 3:S20-5. PMID: 17046426

The Undertreatment of Women in Pain

SOURCE:  Canadian Women's Health Network Magazine

DATE:  January 23, 2007 [March/April 2003]

EXCERPT:  "Pain in general is undertreated, but recent studies have revealed that doctors and nurses are even more likely to underestimate women's pain. This sad state of affairs has arisen from a tangle of factors that are not easy to separate: the cultural forces that influence our perception of pain and our response to women who report it, combined with the documented reality that women both feel more pain than men, and live with a wider spectrum of chronic pain conditions. Body difference accounts for some of this, but women's pain is also shaped by hormones -- and history."  more

Anger linked to women's heart problems

SOURCE: MedlinePlus: Reuters Health Information DATE: January 22, 2007

EXCERPT: "Some women who make a habit of venting their anger may be more likely to develop blockages in the heart arteries, new research suggests."

RELATED PUBMED LINK: Krantz DS, Olson MB, Francis JL, Phankao C, Bairey Merz CN, Sopko G, Vido DA, Shaw LJ, Sheps DS, Pepine CJ, Matthews KA. Anger, hostility, and cardiac symptoms in women with suspected coronary artery disease: the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2006 Dec;15(10):1214-23. PMID: 17199462

Sexual Discrimination In Research Undermines Women's Health

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  January 13, 2007

EXCERPT: "The evidence base of medicine may be fundamentally flawed because of an ongoing failure of research to include gender differences in study design and analysis,  ..."   more

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Holdcroft A. Gender bias in research: how does it affect evidence based medicine? J R Soc Med. 2007 Jan;100(1):2-3.

Bulimia Linked To Sex Hormone Imbalance

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  January 8, 2007

EXCERPT:  "A Swedish study has concluded that as many as 30 per cent of women with the binge-eating disorder bulimia nervosa could be suffering from an imbalance of sex hormones."  more

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PhD thesis
Dr. Sabine Naessén
Department of Woman and Child Health at the Karolinska Institutet
Sweden

Binge Drinking, Gender And Clinical Depression

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: January 7, 2007

EXCERPT: "A new study has found that how researchers measure both alcohol consumption and depression, as well as examination by gender, are key issues when interpreting findings on the relationship between alcohol and depression."  more

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Graham K, Massak A, Demers A, Rehm J. Does the association between alcohol consumption and depression depend on how they are measured? Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Jan;31(1):78-88. PMID: 17207105