Women and Prescription Medications: An Overview About 18 women die every day of a prescription painkiller overdose in the US, more than 6,600 deaths in 2010. Prescription painkiller overdoses are an under-recognized and growing problem for women. Although men are still more likely to die of prescription painkiller overdoses (more than 10,000 deaths in 2010), […]
Emergency Medicine, medication, Mental Health, pain, prescription drugs, SleepWhat 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, […]
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, […]
Cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, Obesity, Sleep, SWHR