What is Women's Health?
Women's Health focuses
on a wide range of issues of care and maintenance regarding women's
fitness. There are primary care areas such as obstetrics, general
medical conditions, psychosocial
concerns, and gynecology. More specific areas include:
young women's
developmental health, heart disease, aging, reproduction, appearance,
relationships, sexual health, lactation and breast health, avoiding
sexual victimization, pregnancy, care giving and physical
and mental health, women's life cycle, health disparities, weight management,
health screening, nutrition, sexuality, gender differences
in health care, Women of Color health, therapies
significant to women and women's health care policy.
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Research News
Featuring Harvard Medical School and Affiliated Hospitals
Estrogen Therapy
and risk of cardiovascular
disease.
New Risk Assessment Tool
more accurately
predicts women's cardiovascular risk.
Why are African American Women more Likely to Die of Breast
Cnacer?
Type 2 Diabetes Increases Glaucoma Risk in Women
Fitness and Fatness Associated with Cardiovascular Risk
Breastfeeding Moms may be Protected from Type 2 Diabetes
Coffee Drinking not Associated with Risk of High Blood Pressure
Phobic Anxiety Increases Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Women
One Alcoholic Drink per Day Improves Cognitive Function Among Older
Women
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Research Stories
From the Harvard University Gazette
Exercise Shown to Promote Breast Cancer Survival
Women who walk three to five hours a week 50 percent less likely to die from breast cancer.
Women's Health Conference spotlights HRT
Tangled tale of hormone therapy is teased into clarity at conference.
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HU Gazette on Women's Health
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Research Reports
From HMS Faculty Newsletter Focus
Keeper
of the Female Germ Line
A protein appears
to protect egg cell health .
Curtain
Drawn on Hormone Therapies for Older Women
Estrogen-only Trial in Women's Health Initiative Spotlights Increased Risk of Stroke.
In
Kass Lecture, Brundtland Points Way Toward Eliminating Global
Health and Gender Disparities
As the youngest prime minister in Norway's history--and the
first woman to hold the office--Gro Harlem Brundtland was concerned about including women's and children's health among other affairs of state.
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Research Reports
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Center of Excellence in Women's Health
