This important topic, aging, is really a woman's issue as things now stand. Someday, it is to be hoped, it will be more a man's issue as well, but that is one of the research challenges.Few features of the human aging process have such enormous personal, economic, social, and cultural consequences as the sex differential in lengevity. Life expectancy at birth for women has increased far more rapidly than for men.By the time a person reaches the age of 85, there are approximately five women for every two men. Many other statistics support and illustrate dramatically the importance of gender differences in aging and the challenge of trying to understand why they exist: It is important also to understand the differences in disability.In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society William Hazzard looked at the biological basis for the sexual differential in longevity His review is extremely thorough and thought-provoking. Dr. Hazzard recently left the geriatric unit at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to become Chairman of Medicine at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.The discussions that follow will examine many aspects of this important subject.
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):50-52
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Great progress on key issues in maternal nutrition has been made in the past few years, mainly because of the legislative requirements of the U.S. Dep...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):38-42
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There are a variety of reasons why women are believed to be more susceptible than men to the effects of alcohol. Physical factors, such as body water ...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):81-84
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The role of the university, and particularly the health sciences university, in promoting positive health for women is twofold. First, the disseminati...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):53-54
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It is a regulatory fact that only 14 drugs are approved for use during pregnancy; none of them is specifically approved for use in nursing mothers. Wi...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):85-90
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Public policy is an area of increasing study. Of concern in this presentation is the consensus-building feature of policymaking in the U.S.. The role ...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):34-38
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The number of elderly women is growing in absolute numbers and in proportion to the U. S. population. Current epidemiologic research indicates that th...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):92-96
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Lung cancer has now surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. In 1986, 49,000 women were diagnosed as having lu...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):42-48
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The prevalence of illicit drug use is higher among men than women, but new drug use occurs at twice the rate for females as for males. Recent data fro...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):62-67
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In the U.S., women live longer than men, and they have lower death rates at virtually every age and for most causes of death. The sex differential in ...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):74-77
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Women can adopt health practices that will help them to maintain good health throughout their various life stages. Women can take charge of their heal...
08/01/1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):106-112
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A collection of over 200 symptoms has been labeled premenstrual syndrome. Common belief is that most women experience a marked increase in symptoms pr...
Jul 1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):125-127
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The cause of osteoporosis, a condition in which bone mass is decreased to a point where structural failure may occur, is unknown; many factors that co...
Jul 1987 | Public Health Rep. 102(4 Suppl):141-142
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A wide range of resources are available to enhance the communication and education of women. The patient's attitude should connote a sense of rights a...
These discussions will encompass important areas which relate to the pathophysiology of the menstrual cycle. Unfortunately, only a narrow window of th...
Attaining the goal of appropriate medical care for older women requires knowledge of the changes of aging, skills in recognition and treatment of dise...
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