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
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
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
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.
SOURCE: Kaisernetwork.org -- Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
DATE: January 29, 2009
EXCERPT: "San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state of California alleging that the state is discriminating against women by allowing health insurers to impose so-called "gender ratings" when determining premiums for individual health plans. .... " more
SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: December 4, 2008
EXCERPT: " ... a recent study conducted by the National Women's Law Center found that women "pay a dear price for their gender, with premiums significantly higher than men's for the same coverage." more
RELATED LINKS:
Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women. National Women's Law Center, 2008.
Why Reform Matters (video). National Women's Law Center, 2008
SOURCE: MedPage Today
DATE: October 13, 2007
EXCERPT: "A stressed out man who sees a primary care physician with symptoms of coronary artery disease is more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than a woman with the same complaints, researchers reported here. ... although stress factors made it more likely that a woman's symptoms would be considered psychogenic, "men's symptoms were considered organic regardless of stress and in fact a life-stress scenario actually increased the likelihood that men would be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease." more
RELATED:
Chiaramonte G, et al "Gender Bias in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Interpretation of CHD Symptoms: Two Experimental Studies with Internists and Family Physicians" Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meeting (TCT) 2008; Abstract 561.
SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: September 17, 2008
EXCERPT: "Girls with mild autism are less likely to be identified and diagnosed than boys, according to new research ..." more
RELATED LINKS:
Royal College of Psychiatrists' Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Residential Conference, 17-19 September 2008, Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: July 10, 2008
EXCERPT: "The gender of donor and recipient plays a larger role in kidney transplants than previously assumed. Female donor kidneys do not function as well in men - due to their smaller size. Women have a higher risk of rejecting a male donor kidney. Therefore, in the future, gender should be considered more in the allocation of donor kidneys, say researchers from Basel and Heidelberg." more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Gratwohl A, Döhler B, Stern M, Opelz G. Abstract. H-Y as a minor histocompatibility antigen in kidney transplantation: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2008 Jul 5;372(9632):49-53.
SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: May 13, 2008
EXCERPT: "Are the health needs of women adequately addressed by medical research as it is currently conducted? .... The researchers say a growing body of evidence shows important differences between men and women related to the incidence of certain diseases, how they respond to treatment and the long-term outcomes." more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Rogers WA, Ballantyne AJ; Australian Gender Equity in Health Research Group. Exclusion of women from clinical research: myth or reality?Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 May;83(5):536-42.
SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: January 19, 2008
EXCERPT: "If you are a woman and work shifts your chances of enforced early retirement are greater than a woman who is not involved in shift-work or a man who works shifts ... findings come from the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study ... Shift-work has been linked to a raised risk of heart attack, peptic ulcer, sleep disturbance, breast cancer, pregnancy complications, and accidents. However, this study did not look at the reasons for enforced early retirement. The authors added that why women seem to be more vulnerable is not clear." more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Tüchsen F, Christensen KB, Lund T, Feveile H. A 15 year prospective study of shift work and disability pension. Occup Environ Med. 2008 Jan 15
SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: December 17, 2007
EXCERPT: "A paper in the latest issue of Menopause International argues that women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a worse outcome and are more likely to die than men once diagnosed." more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Taggu W, Lloyd G. Treating cardiovascular disease in women. Menopause Int. 2007 Dec;13(4):159-64.
