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Girls less likely to make transplant list

SOURCE:  Futurity

DATE:  April 28, 2011

EXCERPT:  "A recent study found that girls were 22 percent less likely than boys to get placed on a kidney transplant waiting list."   more

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Butani L, Perez RV. Effect of pretransplant dialysis modality and duration on long-term outcomes of children receiving renal transplants. Transplantation. 2011 Feb 27;91(4):447-51.

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Heart Device Studies Still Leave Women Out of Equation

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  March 1, 2011

EXCERPT: "Too few clinical trials of cardiac devices adequately address safety and efficacy in women, despite long-standing requirements by the FDA to do so, a review of premarket approvals showed."   more

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Dhruva SS, Bero LA, Redberg RF. Gender Bias in Studies for Food and Drug Administration Premarket Approval of Cardiovascular Devices. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Mar 1.

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Women Fear Being Stereotyped By Male Service Providers

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: February 15, 2011

EXCERPT:  "Women prefer female service providers in situations where they might fall prey to stereotypes about their math and science abilities, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research."   more

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Kyoungmi Lee, Hakkyun Kim, and Kathleen Vohs. "Stereotypes Threat in the Marketplace: Consumer Anxiety and Purchase Intentions." Journal of Consumer Research. August 2011 (print).
Electronically published on Feb 8, 2011.

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Clinical Research Doesn't Do Enough To Study Sex And Gender Differences

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  December 10, 2010

EXCERPT: "Potential gender differences in clinical management are under-researched. A systematic analysis of the incorporation of sex and gender into research design, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has found that, although there has been a progressive improvement since the 90s, there exists a striking under-representation of research about gender differences in patient management."   more

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Oertelt-Prigione S, Parol R, Krohn S, Preissner R, Regitz-Zagrosek V. Analysis of sex and gender-specific research eveals a common increase in publications and marked differences between disciplines. BMC Med. 2010 Nov 10;8:70.

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Black Patients, Women Miss Out on Strongest Medications for Chronic Pain

SOURCE:  Newswise

DATE:  August 17, 2010

EXCERPT: "Black patients are prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and few women receive medications strong enough to manage their chronic pain, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of Pain."   more

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Green CR, Hart-Johnson T. The adequacy of chronic pain management prior to presenting at a tertiary care pain center: the role of patient socio-demographic characteristics. J Pain. 2010 Aug;11(8):746-54.


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Young Women Have Greater In-Hospital Mortality Rates Than Young Men In New Jersey Following Heart Attacks

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: July 23, 2010

EXCERPT:  "A new study by researchers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has found that women between the ages of 35 and 54 were more likely to die in hospitals following heart attacks  than men of a similar age. This finding from a sample of more than 423,000 patients can be seen as surprising, given that women, on average, develop their first acute myocardial infarction -- or heart attack -- about 10 years later than men, and are overall less likely to develop myocardial infarction than are men. The study was published in the July 2010 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology."   more

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Shao YH, Croitor SK, Moreyra AE, Wilson AC, Kostis WJ, Cosgrove NM, Kostis JB; MIDAS Study Group (MIDAS II). Comparison of hospital versus out of hospital coronary death rates in women and men. Am J Cardiol. 2010 Jul 1;106(1):26-30.

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Women’s Mortality Rates at U.S. Hospitals Differ from Men’s

SOURCE:  Newswise

DATE:  April 21, 2010

EXCERPT: "Women and men experience different outcomes at U.S. hospitals for the same procedures and treatments, according to a new study released today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The HealthGrades Seventh Annual Women’s Health in American Hospitals study also identified hospitals in the top 5% in women’s care through an analysis of nearly 7 million hospitalization records from all of the nation’s nearly 5,000 nonfederal hospitals."   more

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HealthGrades.com 

Health Reform Law Will Benefit Women With Individual, Small Group Insurance

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  April 25, 2010

EXCERPT: "NPR's "Morning Edition" on Friday examined how the new health reform law could "improve women's experiences" with health insurance in the individual and small group markets.  Under the current system, many health insurers deny or refuse to offer individual or small group coverage for gender-specific conditions, such as female infertility or having a previous caesarean section. Health insurers also frequently charge women higher premiums than men for the same coverage.  ...   [and] can be charged up to 84% more than men for similar policies that do not include maternity coverage."   more

Health Reform Law Prohibits Gender Rating, Offers Other Benefits For Women's Health

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  March 31, 2010

EXCERPT: "Under the recently signed health reform law (HR 3590), health insurance companies will no longer be able to charge women more than men for the same insurance policies, ending a practice known as "gender rating," the New York Times reports. In the past, insurance companies "took full advantage" of the lack of restrictions on gender rating in the individual insurance market, arguing that women should pay more for health coverage because they tend to use the health system more than men, the Times reports."    more

RELATED LINKS:

National Partnership for Women & Families.  March 30, 2010. The Daily Women's Health: Policy Report.  Top Headlines: Health Reform Law Prohibits Gender Rating, Offers Other Benefits For Women's Health.

The National Women's Law Center Reports Download both reports here:

• Still Nowhere to Turn: Insurance Companies Treat Women Like a Pre-Existing Condition. 2010
• Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women. 2008. [landmark report]

Health Reform Legislation Expected To Have Major Benefits For Women

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  March 25, 2010

Excerpt: "The health reform law (HR 3590) that President Obama signed Tuesday could have an "especially large" impact on women in the U.S., who make the majority of family health care decisions and generally live longer than men, Forbes Woman reports. According to the Department of Labor, women make an estimated 80% of health care decisions for their families. Women also tend to require more medical care over longer periods of time, and they have unique health care needs, such as pregnancy care."  more

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National Partnership for Women & Families.