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Reproductive Factors May Protect Women From Parkinson's Disease

SOURCE: MedPAge Today

DATE: February 26, 2009

EXERPT: "A large new study provides evidence that longer exposure to the body's own hormones may protect women from Parkinson's disease. The study was released and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009."   more

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Women May Be Protected From Parkinson's Disease By Naturally Produced Estrogen

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 61st Annual Meeting,  April 25 to May 2, 2009, in Seattle. Visit  for more information.

2009 AAN Annual Meeting abstracts available February 25, 2009.

Study Seeks To Determine Alternative To Standard Of Care For Women With Undiagnosed Chest Pain

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: February 25, 2009

EXCERPT: "Women who experience chest pain are sent to a cardiologist to go through a standard battery of tests, and often times test results show no evidence of coronary artery disease which is the most common cause of chest pain.  This is a less common occurrence in men, and these women are sent home with little more than reassurance but often times return to their physicians complaining of similar symptoms and are more likely to develop future cardiac events.  To better determine the cause of difficult to diagnose chest pain among women, physicians at Northwestern Memorial's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute are initiating a research study designed to identify the prevalence of a condition called Syndrome X."   more

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This project is supported by the Woman's Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. For more information see http://www.nmh.org/heart .

Women Less Likely To Have A Stroke After Mini

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  February 24, 2009

EXCERPT: "That first "mini-stroke" may be more of a benign event for women than men, ...."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Lichtman JH, Jones SB, Watanabe E, Allen NB, Wang Y, Howard VJ, Goldstein LB. Elderly Women Have Lower Rates of Stroke, Cardiovascular Events, and Mortality After Hospitalization for Transient Ischemic Attack. Stroke. 2009 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Women and Stroke: Advances and Setbacks - Video

SOURCE: ASA: American Stroke Association Meeting

DATE: February 19, 2009; 12:30 p.m. EST, 11:30 a.m. CST, 9:30 PST

VIDEO:  On-Demand Video of Live Coverage at American Stroke Association Conference 2009.  Women and Stroke: Advances and Setbacks - Video

Women Less Likely to Have Stroke in the Wake of TIA

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE: February 19, 2009

EXCERPT: "A transient ischemic attack may be a more benign event in women than men ..."   more

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Lichtman JH, Jones SB, Watanabe E, Allen NB, Wang Y, Howard VJ, Goldstein LB. Elderly Women Have Lower Rates of Stroke, Cardiovascular Events, and Mortality After Hospitalization for Transient Ischemic Attack. Stroke. 2009 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print] .

Gender Disparities Persist in Acute Stroke Treatment

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE: February 19, 2009

EXCERPT: "Women are consistently less likely to receive thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke  ....  Rates of treatment with tPA were 30% lower overall for women compared with men."   more

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Reeves M, Bhatt A, Jajou P, Brown M, Lisabeth L. Sex Differences in the Use of Intravenous rt-PA Thrombolysis Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke. A Meta-Analysis. Stroke. 2009 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print]. 

High Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Stroke Risk for Women

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  February 17, 2009

EXCERPT: "Drinking caffeinated coffee regularly may lower the stroke risk for women, ... association was significant only in women who had never smoked or who had quit."  more

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Lopez-Garcia E, Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Rexrode KM, Logroscino G, Hu FB, van Dam RM. Coffee Consumption and Risk of Stroke in Women. Circulation. 2009 Feb 16. 119: 1116-1123.  

American Stroke Association Meeting: Gender Emerges as Issue in Stroke Treatment

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  February 17, 2009

EXCERPT: "The role of gender in stroke, from epidemiology to treatment, will be one of the dominant themes at this year's American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference,   ....  This focus on gender coincides with an historic first at the ASA -- a woman"  more

Gender Disparities Persist in Treatment of Stroke

SOURCE: MedlinePlus.gov -- HealthDay News

DATE:  February 10, 2009

EXCERPT:  "Significant gender differences continue to persist with stroke, not only in its incidence, but also in its prevention and treatment.

Among other things, women with stroke are more likely to experience emergency room delays and less likely to be treated aggressively for risk factors beforehand, ...."  more

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Saposnik G, Goodman SG, Leiter LA, Yan RT, Fitchett DH, Bayer NH, Casanova A, Langer A, Yan AT; Vascular Protection; Guidelines-Oriented Approach to Lipid-Lowering Registries Investigators; Stroke Outcome Research Canada Working Group. Applying the evidence: do patients with stroke, coronary artery disease, or both achieve similar treatment goals? Stroke. 2009 Apr;40(4):1417-24. Epub 2009 Feb 12.

Smith DB, Murphy P, Santos P, Phillips M, Wilde M. Gender differences in the Colorado Stroke Registry. Stroke. 2009 Apr;40(4):1078-81.

Reeves MJ, Fonarow GC, Zhao X, Smith EE, Schwamm LH; Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Steering Committee & Investigators. Quality of care in women with ischemic stroke in the GWTG program. Stroke. 2009 Apr;40(4):1127-33.

Reeves MJ, Fonarow GC, Zhao X, Smith EE, Schwamm LH; Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Steering Committee & Investigators. Palnum KD, Andersen G, Ingeman A, Krog BR, Bartels P, Johnsen SP. Sex-related differences in quality of care and short-term mortality among patients with acute stroke in Denmark: a nationwide follow-up study. Stroke. 2009 Apr;40(4):1134-9.

Bisphenol A Mimics Estrogen, Phthalates Target Testosterone

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  February 5, 2009

EXCERPT: "Call these chemicals "his" and "her" endocrine disruptors.  Although they have been linked to reproductive problems in both sexes, bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates -- common chemicals found in household plastics -- have gender-specific effects.  BPA mimics estrogen, while phthalates block testosterone action, Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., of Yale University, said at a press briefing."      more