September is National Healthy Aging Month and the Society for Women's Health Research is educating older women about the importance of participating in medical research studies and understanding the health issues that affect them.
The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) supports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) menopause information campaign, designed to help women make informed decisions about using combination hormone therapy (estrogen and progestin.)
Interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects that involve the study of treatment for postpartum depression (PPD) and the role sex-chromosomes play in drug addiction have been awarded $150,000 in grants through the Society for Women's Health Research.
Health promotion and disease prevention for women and men in the U.S. depend on a health care system and public cognizant of the affect sex differences have on health and disease.
In reaction to two recent reports revealing that research on coronary heart disease has either excluded women entirely or included them in limited numbers, the Society for Women's Health Research today called for significant improvement in the analysis and reporting of medical research results.
Country music singer Trisha Yearwood helps the Society for Women's Health Research kick off a lung cancer awareness initiative to educate women about the deadly disease, the dangers of tobacco and how addiction affects women.
New research suggests that the highly controversial and often criticized Atkins diet may prove to be a viable option for people struggling with obesity. Two new studies reveal that patients on a low-carbohydrate diet lost more weight than those on traditional diet plans.
A mother's perception of her overweight child can be tainted by gender according to a recent study in the May issue of the journal Pediatrics. Mothers of heavy-set children are more likely to perceive their daughters as being "overweight" than their sons.
Women whose diets are high in fat and sugar may have an increased risk of colon cancer, according to Major Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Women.
As life expectancy for women continues to rise, the Society for Women's Health Research is encouraging effective medical research on long-term health issues for women, and educating older women about the importance of participating in studies.
Patients who receive organs from female donors are more likely to reject the transplant and experience higher mortality rates compared to those who receive organs from a male donor, suggest results of a new large study confirming earlier findings.
A string of recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings and recalls on herbal products has left researchers, physicians and health advocates concerned that consumers are wasting money and taking unknown health risks with every herbal pill they pop.
Women with narcolepsy, a disorder characterized by excessive and overwhelming daytime sleepiness, respond differently than men to treatment with the drug modafinil. This difference may be due to a sex-specific variation in one gene.
Women are at an increased risk of adverse drug reactions compared with men in part because they are more likely to use multiple medications and dietary supplements, according to the results of a number of recent studies.
The safety and effectiveness of a number of widely used drugs including antihistamines, antibiotics, and pain relievers varies depending upon the sex of the user, according to results of an ever-increasing number of studies.
Beginning June 24 and continuing through September 19, the Society for Women's Health Research News Service will distribute a series of articles on women and pharmacology; the first article covers sex differences and drug metabolism.
Estrogen fluctuations may turn on and off genes that control pain and blood vessels, according to results of recent research that sheds new light on the cause of menstrual migraines.
On the heels of a study revealing an ever-increasing number of college girls are drinking to excess comes a new report confirming women are more vulnerable to alcohol-related liver, brain and heart damage.
A study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School offers a possible explanation of why the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes are more apparent in females than in males and autoimmune diseases are more common in women than in men.
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