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Logo for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) The Women's Health Initiative ( WHI) was a series of clinical studies initiated by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1991, to address major health issues causing morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women. It consisted of three clinical trials (CT) and an observational study (OS).
Women's health is an example of population health, where health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". [ 1] Often treated as simply women's reproductive health, many groups argue for a broader definition pertaining to ...
The inaugural Hearst Health Lab took place in May, with panels on various women's health topics and a keynote from First Lady Jill Biden. Read about the event.
Hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ), also known as menopausal hormone therapy or postmenopausal hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy used to treat symptoms associated with female menopause. [ 1][ 2] Effects of menopause can include symptoms such as hot flashes, accelerated skin aging, vaginal dryness, decreased muscle mass, and ...
Women’s health, in general, wasn’t talked about much at all until recently. Funding and research into women’s health issues are still decades behind.” And that’s not the only issue.
Women’s health expert Dr. Jennifer Wider tells Yahoo Life that she’s not surprised by the study’s findings. “Gender bias and sex disparity is long established in the field of health care ...
Studies have shown that this expectation of having to balance the demands of paid work and work at home often give rise to work-related fatigue, infections, mental ill-health and other problems, which results in women faring poorer in health. [73] Women's health is also put at a higher level of risk as a result of being confined to certain ...
In the study of people ages 65 and older, 8.15% of women treated by female physicians died within 30 days, compared with 8.38% of women treated by male physicians. Although the difference between ...