Special Considerations for Women of Childbearing age with Crohn’s Disease Ivana Plavšic, Tea Štimac, Goran Hauser [Health Center, Croatia] International Journal of Women’s Health The high incidence of Crohn’s disease onset in young women during their reproductive years demands special concern from physicians involved in their treatment. In particular, fistulization is a frequent complication of […]
Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal, urology
Seven Health Conditions That Affect Women Disproportionately Excerpted from The Huffington Post (8/05/2013) By Catherine Pearson There are some diseases and conditions that only affect women, and some that are more commonly associated only with women like breast cancer and eating disorders, although some men experience these conditions, too. But there are medical challenges that […]
Autoimmune, Depression, Gastroenterology, pain, STDs, Women's Health
Sex and gender differences in travel-associated disease The authors evaluated sex and gender differences in health outcomes and in demographic characteristics and found statistically significant differences in morbidity by sex. A summary of their findings: Women are proportionately more likely than men to present with acute diarrhea, chronic diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, upper respiratory infection; […]
Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, inflammatory diseases, travel
