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Organization for the Study of Sex Differences 4th Annual Meeting, June 3-5, 2010

OSSD 4th Annual Meeting

Purpose: To facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration in order to promote enhanced understanding of the role that sex differences play in health and diseases.

Dates:  June 3-5, 2010

Place:  Ann Arbor, MI

Past meetings 

Organization for the Study of Sex Differences    The Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) works to enhance the knowledge of sex/gender differences by facilitating interdisciplinary communication and collaboration among scientists and clinicians of diverse backgrounds.  OSSD was established in partnership with the Society for Women's Health Research.

Unmarried Older Women Twice As Likely To Lack Health Insurance, Study Shows

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  February 26, 2010

EXCERPT:  "Older women who are divorced, separated or widowed or who have never married have twice the uninsured rate of their married peers, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research."  more

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Report:  Health and Health Care Access Among California Women Ages 50-64

Researcher Finds Growing Gender Gap In Stroke Prevalence

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  February 26, 2010

EXCERPT:  "When it comes to stroke prevalence, it appears that the gender gap is widening. According to a new report from a researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), women between the ages of 35 and 64 are almost three times more likely to have a stroke compared to men in the same age group."  more

RELATED LINKS:

Amytis Towfighi and Bruce Ovbiagele. Temporal Trends in Age- and Sex-Specific Cardiac Risk After Stroke in the United States. Oral abstract on February 24, 2010 at the International Stroke Conference , Feb 23-26, 2010, San Antonio, TX   

Mary Ann Gallup, Erika Guevara, Bruce Ovbiagele, Amy Tai.  Differences in Index Ischemic Stroke Characteristics in a Multiethnic Medically Underserved Population. Oral abstract on February 25, 2010 at the International Stroke Conference , Feb 23-26, 2010, San Antonio, TX   

Towfighi A, Ovbiagele B, Saver JL. Therapeutic milestone: stroke declines from the second to the third leading organ- and disease-specific cause of death in the United States. Stroke. 2010 Mar;41(3):499-503.


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Single Men, Unhappily Married Men May Have Higher Risk Of Fatal Stroke

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  February 25, 2010
 
EXCERPT: "Single or unhappily married men may have an elevated risk of fatal stroke in the coming decades, ...."   more

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Einor Ben Assayag, Irena Bova, Nir Giladi, Uri Goldbourt, Alex Gur, Hen Hallevi, Ludmila Shopin, Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty. Subcortical Lesion Load is Associated With Poor Cognitive Recovery After Ischemic Stroke -- Session VIII: Oral Abstracts: Multidisciplinary Clinical Rehabilitation on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at the International Stroke Conference , Feb 23-26, 2010, San Antonio, TX   

Middle-Aged Women 3 Times as Likely to Have Had a Stroke Than Men

SOURCE: WebMD

DATE:  February 25, 2010

EXCERPT: "The midlife gender gap in stroke rates continues to widen, with women aged 45 to 54 now three times more likely than men in that age group to report having had a stroke."  more

RELATED LINKS:

Amytis Towfighi and Bruce Ovbiagele. Temporal Trends in Age- and Sex-Specific Cardiac Risk After Stroke in the United States. Oral abstract on February 24, 2010 at the International Stroke Conference , Feb 23-26, 2010, San Antonio, TX   

Mary Ann Gallup, Erika Guevara, Bruce Ovbiagele, Amy Tai.  Differences in Index Ischemic Stroke Characteristics in a Multiethnic Medically Underserved Population. Oral abstract on February 25, 2010 at the International Stroke Conference , Feb 23-26, 2010, San Antonio, TX   

   

Women Warned Aspirin Reports May Be Misleading

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  February 23, 2010

EXCERPT: "Recent research from the US suggests women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer may benefit from taking aspirin but the National Prescribing Service (NPS) warns people to talk to their health professional before self-medicating."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Holmes MD, Chen WY, Li L, Hertzmark E, Spiegelman D, Hankinson SE.  Aspirin Intake and Survival After Breast Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Feb 16.


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Use Of Multiple Genetic Markers Not Associated With Improved Ability To Predict Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease In Women

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  February 17, 2010

EXCERPT:  "Creation of a genetic risk score comprised of multiple genetic markers associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) was not associated with significant improvement in CVD risk prediction in a study that included more than 19,000 women, ...."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Paynter NP, Chasman DI, Paré G, Buring JE, Cook NR, Miletich JP, Ridker PM. Association between a literature-based genetic risk score and cardiovascular events in women. JAMA. 2010 Feb 17;303(7):631-7.


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Women Underrepresented In Clinical Trials Used To Formulate Guidelines; More Affected Than Men By Lack Of Social Support After Heart Attack

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  February 17, 2010

EXCERPT: "Women are substantially underrepresented in clinical trials used to formulate women's guidelines and are affected more than men by low social support after a heart attack, according to two studies in the women-themed issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Melloni C, Berger JS, Wang TY, Gunes F, Stebbins A, Pieper KS, Dolor RJ, Douglas PS, Mark DB, Newby LK. Representation of Women in Randomized Clinical Trials of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Feb 16.

RELATED TOPIC LINKS SAME JOURNAL/ISSUE :

Leifheit-Limson EC, Reid KJ, Kasl SV, Lin H, Jones PG, Buchanan DM, Parashar S, Peterson PN, Spertus JA, Lichtman JH. The Role of Social Support in Health Status and Depressive Symptoms After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for a Stronger Relationship Among Women. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Feb 16. 

Vaccarino V. Ischemic Heart Disease in Women: Many Questions, Few Facts. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.

Hsia J, Rodabough RJ, Manson JE, Liu S, Freiberg MS, Graettinger W, Rosal MC, Cochrane B, Lloyd-Jones D, Robinson JG, Howard BV; for the Women's Health Initiative Research Group. Evaluation of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline for Women. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Feb 16.

Mosca L, Mochari-Greenberger H, Dolor RJ, Newby LK, Robb KJ. Twelve-Year Follow-Up of American Women's Awareness of Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Barriers to Heart Health. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Feb 10.


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Mosca L, Christian AH, Mochari-Greenberger H, Kligfield P, Smith SC Jr. A randomized clinical trial of secondary prevention among women hospitalized with coronary heart disease. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Feb;19(2):195-202. h


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resources.

Prevention Guidelines Help Predict Women's Cardiovascular Risk

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  February 17, 2010

EXCERPT: "A simplified strategy for assessing cardiovascular disease risk can predict women's odds of heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular events in the following 10 years, .... "   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Hsia J, Rodabough RJ, Manson JE, Liu S, Freiberg MS, Graettinger W, Rosal MC, Cochrane B, Lloyd-Jones D, Robinson JG, Howard BV; for the Women's Health Initiative Research Group. Evaluation of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline for Women. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 Feb 16.


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