Sex and Gender Reporting in Health Research: Why Canada Should Be a Leader Authors: Joy L. Johnson, Alain Beaudet Abstract Sex and gender have been demonstrated to influence all domains of health, from basic mechanisms of disease development to health service utilization. It is therefore no longer acceptable to ignore sex and gender issues in […]
Canadian Health System, Medical Journals, Publications, research, Sex and Gender Differences
Patient–Provider Communication About Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment New Evidence From the Health Information National Trends Survey AUTHORS: Soumitra S. Bhuyan, PhD, MPH, Aastha Chandak, BTech, Niodita Gupta, MD, MPH, Sudhir Isharwal, MD, Chad LaGrange, MD, FACS, Asos Mahmood, MD, MPH, Dan Gentry, PhD, MH Abstract The American Urological Association, American Cancer Society, and American College of Physicians recommend that patients and […]
general health and wellness, health communication, healthcare issues, prostate cancer, Prostate-specific antigen, PSA, testing
Sex and Age Differences in Global Pain Status Among Patients Using Opioids Long Term for Chronic Noncancer Pain AUTHORS: LeResche Linda, Saunders Kathleen, Dublin Sascha, Thielke Stephen, Merrill Joseph O., Shortreed Susan M., Campbell Cynthia, and Von Korff Michael R.. Journal of Women’s Health. August 2015, 24(8): 629-635. doi:10.1089/jwh.2015.5222. ABSTRACT Background: The use of chronic opioid […]
addiction, Dependence, Long Term Opioid Use, Opioid, pain, Psychology
A systematic review of the inclusion (or exclusion) of women in HIV research: from clinical studies of antiretrovirals and vaccines to cure strategies. AUTHORS: Curno, Mirjam J; Rossi, Samuela; Hodges-Mameletzis, Ioannis; Johnston, Rowena; Price, Matt A.; Heidari, Shirin Abstract Introduction: The effect of clinical interventions can differ due to sex/gender. Studies have shown that women […]
AIDS, Antiretroviral, HIV, immunology, infectious disease, NIH, Pharmacology, Vaccine
