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Recovery From Pneumonia After Ozone Exposure May Be Affected By Gender

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  June 28, 2007

EXCERPT:  "Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone -- a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung function -- and then infected with pneumonia, as significantly more females died from the infection than males. "   more

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Mikerov AN, Haque R, Gan X, Guo X, Phelps DS, Floros J. Ablation of SP-A has a negative impact on the susceptibility of mice to Klebsiella pneumoniae infection after ozone exposure: sex differences. Respir Res. 2008 Dec 4;9:77.

Is No Longer Your Grandfather's Disease: Twice As Likely To Strike Middle-Aged Women

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: June 28, 2007

EXCERPT:  "After a five year study of the sexes, UCLA medical researchers found that middle aged women between 45 and 54 are 2.3 times more likely to have a stroke than men the same age. And another study found that three out of every five deaths from stroke were among women."   more

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More Women Than Men Having Mid-Life Stroke

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DATE:  June 21, 2007

EXCERPT:  "More women than men appear to be having a stroke in middle age, according to a study published June 20, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say heart disease and increased waist size may be contributing to this apparent mid-life stroke surge among women."  more

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Towfighi A, Saver JL, Engelhardt R, Ovbiagele B. A midlife stroke surge among women in the United States. Neurology. 2007 Jun 20;
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Gender Disparity In Anti-TNF Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis, New Study Reveals

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  June 19, 2007

EXCERPT:  "Findings reported at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) in Barcelona, Spain, reveal a treatment disparity between female and male patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Data from a study at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, show that women receive anti-TNFs (very effective but expensive modern medications against this disease) at a higher perceived level of disease activity and when they are reporting more severe pain than their male counterparts."  more

Death Rates For Men With Diabetes Fell Steeply, But Rates For Women With Diabetes Did Not Change

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  June 21, 2007

EXCERPT: " new analysis of data from three large national databases finds that in the 29 years between 1971 and 2000, the death rate of men with diabetes has dropped significantly, in line with the overall decline of the death rate for all Americans. But the death rate for women with diabetes did not decline at all."  more

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Gregg EW, Gu Q, Cheng YJ, Narayan KM, Cowie CC. Mortality Trends in Men and Women with Diabetes, 1971-2000. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jun 18; PMID: 17576993

New Study Reveals Gender-Disparity In Anti-TNF Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  June 17, 2007

EXCERPT: "Subjective disease aspects 'discounted' in treatment decisions.  Findings reported today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) in Barcelona, Spain, reveal a treatment disparity between female and male patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Data from a study at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, show that women receive anti-TNFs (very effective but expensive modern medications against this disease) at a higher perceived level of disease activity and when they are reporting more severe pain than their male counterparts."  more

New Heart Ultrasound Science Shows Promise For Diagnosing And Treating Nation's #1 Killer

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: June 16, 2007

EXCERPT: "Research released today at the 18th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) reports that stress echocardiography, a heart ultrasound performed during stress testing, is a more accurate method for identifying women at highest risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) than traditional stress testing and clinical risk factors."  more

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HealthFinder.gov News:  Echocradiography helps identify heart disease

EXCERPT: "Chaudhry thinks this technique is more accurate than other methods for identifying heart problems, especially in women. It is a good way to evaluate women who have risk factors for heart disease, he said."

Report shows prostate cancer issues lagging behind breast cancer

SOURCE:  National Prostate Cancer Coalition

DATE: June 11, 2007

EXCERPT: "National Prostate Cancer Coalition Issues First-Ever Analysis of the Crisis in Men’s Health.  A massive healthcare disparity exists between genders in the U.S., a new study by the National Prostate Cancer Coalition concluded today.

The report, The Prostate Cancer Gap: A Crisis in Men’s Health, examines the glaring disparities in awareness, funding, media coverage and research between prostate cancer and breast cancer. Among the inequities is that for every prostate cancer drug on the market, there are seven for breast cancer, and the disease is outpaced by breast cancer nearly 2:1 in government funds for research."   more

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National Prostate Cancer Coalition

Arnst, Catherine. A Gender Gap in Cancer. Business Week (Science & Technology section). June 13, 2007.

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Medtronic Prize for Scientific Contributions to Women's Health. (Society for Women's Health Research).

Estrogen Levels, Sex Appear To Play Role In Lung Cancer Survival

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  June 9, 2007

EXCERPT: "Women with advanced lung cancer survive longer than men if they are age 60 or older, but researchers no found difference by sex among people younger than 60, a finding that may point the way to improved treatment, according to a study .."  more

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