Search results for "Women's health"
Hormone therapy associated with increased invasive breast cancer
Hormone therapy associated with increased invasive breast cancerGuidelines updated for patient selection for cardiac computed tomography
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/26/1.htm
26 Oct 2010
Gathering of medical women focuses on female health needs
Women's health differs from men's, both generally and in a number of specific conditions, including liver disease, kidney disease, and digestive and eating disorders, and physicians should take these differences into account in their daily practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/05/gathering-of-medical-women-focuses-on-female-health-needs.htm
1 May 2018
Smoking associated with PAD in women, even decades after stopping
Smoking significantly increased the risk for symptomatic peripheral artery disease in women in a dose-dependent manner. While quitting reduces risk, it remains elevated compared with women who never smoked.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/07/1.htm
7 Jun 2011
Employer exemptions can create gaps in preventive services
The prospect of universal health insurance coverage was threatened when the Supreme Court carved out exemptions to employer-based health coverage, ACP's president says in his column about the College's support of the Affordable Care Act and preventive services without cost sharing.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2014
SSRIs may be associated with increased fracture risk in middle-aged women without mental disorders
Women without mental illness who started SSRIs and a cohort of women who started H2 antagonists or proton-pump inhibitors (without SSRIs) were compared, with a main study outcome of hip, humerus, radius, or ulna fractures 1 or more days after starting therapy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/07/2.htm
7 Jul 2015
Gender gap increases women's heart risks
Nearly half the time, the first clue a physician gets that a woman has heart disease is that she drops dead. Updated guidelines now dictate physicians should first screen for a woman's risk factors for heart disease by age 20.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/heart.htm
1 Nov 2008
American Medical Women's Association promotes video series for disease prevention
To promote disease prevention, the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) Preventive Medicine Task Force has partnered with Mission Critical Health (MCH), a nonprofit education initiative that produces evidence-based public health and medical education programs.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/17/8.htm
17 Mar 2015
Ask the question to find sexual dysfunction
This issue also covers making time for cancer screening, improving immunization rates, and health care for immigrants.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/ask-the-question-to-find-sexual-dysfunction.htm
1 Oct 2019
Newer oral contraceptives may be associated with higher clot risks
A study using data from 2 large primary care databases in the U.K. looked at oral contraceptive use in younger women who had a first diagnosis of venous thromboembolism.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/02/2.htm
2 Jun 2015
Internist involvement crucial to easing early menopause
Assessments for the potential symptoms of menopause should begin when women are in their 40s and may be entering perimenopause.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/09/internist-involvement-crucial-to-easing-early-menopause.htm
1 Sep 2017