What A Difference an X Makes: The State of Women’s Health Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) 2013 Annual Scientific Conference, July 18-19, 2013, Washington, DC. Submit a poster for a chance to win $500 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Keynote Speakers: Janine Clayton, MD, Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health Saralyn Mark, MD, [...]
Read More brain, Musculoskeletal, Neurology, Nutrition, Sleep
The Elusive Dream: Women are not Getting Enough Sleep By Jennifer Wider, MD, SWHR Medical Writer Sleep is essential to a woman’s overall health and wellbeing, but most are not getting enough. The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) found that women, between the ages of 30-60, sleeps less than seven hours during the work week, [...]
Read More Cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, Obesity, Sleep, SWHRCommon Complaint of Unusual Fatigue and Chest Pressure – Janice L. Werbinski, MD Clinical Overview: Despite general acknowledgement of the sex specific differences in symptom presentation during MI, women do not receive equal, or sufficient response to cardiovascular symptoms because women arrive with complaints differing from the male norm. History: JL is a 63 year [...]
Read More Cardiology, CVD, lipids, Sleep