Women are missing in trials of drugs and vaccines for HIV SGWHC applauds the work of Dr. Mirjam Curno, managing editor of the Journal of the International AIDS Society. This review, published in the September 8 issue, was a PubMed search to identify studies of AIDS antiretroviral drugs (ARV), vaccines (VAX), and […]
AIDS, Antiretroviral, HIV, immunology, infectious disease, NIH, Pharmacology, VaccineGender Differences and Cardiovascular Drugs | Ten Points to Remember The May 15, 2015 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology contains a brilliant list of gender differences in drugs used to treat cardiovascular disease. Gender variations in Pharmokinetics and pharmacodynamics are discussed. The authors discuss differences in rates of metabolism, onset […]
Blood Pressure, Body Composition, body weight, Calcium Channel Blockers, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Agents, Contraceptives, Digoxin, Diuretics, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, medication, Oral, Pharmacology, Primary Prevention
GENDER MEDICINE: A TASK FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM. “A very comprehensive call for transparency in research outcome reporting – so essential to include sex differences whenever both sexes are studied. So many diseases and organs are affected by sex differences.” This excellent 2013 review article in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine highlights the difficulties of […]
Cancer, cardiovascular, liver, Osteoporosis, PharmacologyGender 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