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Gender Differences in Blood Pressure Appears As Early As Adolescence, With Girls Faring Worse

SOURCE: NewsWise

DATE: October 13, 2011

EXCERPT: "The female hormone estrogen is known to offer protection for the heart, but obesity may be taking away that edge in adolescent girls. New research from the University of California at Merced finds that although obesity does not help teens of either gender, it has a greater impact on girls’ blood pressure than it does on boys’." more

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Presented by Rudy M. Ortiz at the 2011 American Physiological Society Conference: Physiology of Cardiovascular Disease: Gender Disparities meeting, 12-14 Oct 2011, Jackson, MS.

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Conference Sponsored By The American Physiological Society Focuses On Key Gender Differences In Health

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: October 12, 2011

EXCERPT: "Cardiovascular disease and other gender-specific nditions such as menopause, pregnancy, depression, and obesity will be explored in depth at a two day conference being sponsored by the American Physiology Society (APS), the nation's leading organization for the advancement of this vital science, with support from the American Heart Association and the Society for Women's Health Research. The conference, "Physiology of Cardiovascular Disease: Gender Disparities," is being held at the
University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), 2500 North State Street in Jackson, MS, October 12-14. The conference coincides with the grand opening of the Women's Health Research Center which is located on the campus of UMMC. Additionally, highlights of selected presentations from the meeting will be posted on Facebook and Twitter." more

Congresses, Conferences, Meetings

The Academy for Gender-Specific Medicine and Aging. World Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine and Aging.

Austrian Society for Gender Medicine Annual Meeting / 2nd Symposium on Global Health and Gender

2011 - 4th

The International Society of Gender Medicine (IGM). International Congress on Gender Medicine.

Proceedings in Gender Medicine (journal), 2006, 3 Suppl A:S16-60; 2007, 4 Suppl A:S19-57; 2008, v. 5, iss. 3, pp. 280-350) ]; 2009, [ ?? ] ; 2010, vol. 7, iss. 5, Special supplemental section (461-548).

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The Center for Gender Medicine.

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Orgaization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) Annual Meeting

Purpose: To facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration in order to promote enhanced understanding of the role that sex differences play in health and diseases.
2010 -- 4th -- Ann Arbor, MI

2011 -- 5th --

2012 -- 6th -- Baltimore, MD

See also Organization for the Study of Sex Differences and the Society for Women's Health Research.

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The Partnership for Women’s Health at Columbia University. Annual Conference on Gender-Specific Medicine. [1999 - 1st; 2000 - 2nd; 2002 - 3rd; 2003 - 4th; 2004 - 5th, 2005 - 6th; 2006 - 7th; 2007 - 8th; 2009 - 9th; 2010 - 10th; 2011 - 12th; 2012 - 13th].

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Society for Women's Health Research. Annual Conference on Sex and Gene Expression (SAGE).