Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. “Compared with young men, women under 55 years are less likely to have heart [...]
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Globally, men do not long live as long as women, and they exhibit riskier health behaviors, yet health funding focuses more heavily on women, according to a viewpoint in The Lancet. In making a case for greater research funding directed at gender specific causes of poor health among men, the authors point to the [...]
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Sex Differences in Cancer Risk Observed with Prolonged Use of Cardiac Drug The risk of developing cancer rose by nearly 20% for men as compared to the general population, according to study author, Chia-Jen Liu, MD, and colleagues. Women do not appear to have an increased risk. Among men whose cumulative daily dosage exceeded 180, [...]
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Reprinted from Medscape Family Medicine © 2013 WebMD, LLC A Best Evidence Review by Charles P. Vega, MD, Medscape. Mar 07, 2013 Skip the Calcium, Save the Patient The Study: Dietary and supplemental calcium intake and cardiovascular disease mortality: The National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;1-8. [Epub ahead of print] Introduction Scant evidence supports [...]
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