Gender medicine: a task for the third millennium AUTHORS: Giovannella Baggio, Alberto Corsini, Annarosa Floreani, Sandro Giannini, Vittorina Zagonel, Abstract Gender-specific medicine is the study of how diseases differ between men and women in terms of prevention, clinical signs, therapeutic approach, prognosis, psychological and social impact. It is a neglected dimension of medicine. In […]
Cancer, cardiovascular, liver, Osteoporosis, Pharmacology
Estimates of benefits and harms of prophylactic use of aspirin in the general population In this fascinating study of available data in the Annals of Oncology journal, it was found that 10 years of regular low dose aspirin use was associated with a 7% reduction in the risk of cancer, MI, and stroke among women, […]
Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, medication, prevention, strokeEstimates of benefits and harms of prophylactic useof aspirin in the general population Background: Accumulating evidence supports an effect of aspirin in reducing overall cancer incidence and mortality in the general population. We reviewed current data and assessed the benefits and harms of prophylactic use of aspirin in the general population. Methods: The effect of […]
Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, medication, preventionWomen with bladder cancer die more often than men because of delay in referral and treatment when symptoms occur. Don’t ignore blood in the urine! Researchers at Vanderbilt University found that only 17% of women with blood in their urine were referred to a urologist by their doctors, but 39% of men were seen by […]
Bladder, bladder cancer, blood in urine, Cancer, hematuria, urology