Women's Health
Friday's Progress Notes - May 25, 2001
Mental Health Information - Vol. 5 Issue 11
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CONTENTS
1. The risk to women of coronary artery disease
2. Depression in women
3. Behavioral health care needs of rural women
4. Older women and alcohol use
5. Hormone replacement therapy.
6. Expressing feelings
7. Health screening in older women
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1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Coronary Artery Disease Prevention: What's Different for Women?
Coronary artery disease has been widely considered a "man's
disease" and not a major concern for women. Yet cardiovascular
disease is the leading cause of death in adult women in the U.S.
www.aafp.org/afp/20010401/1393.html
2. ATHEALTH
Depression: What Every Woman Should Know
Depression is a pervasive and impairing illness that affects both women and men, but women experience depression at roughly twice the rate of men.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/depressionwomen.html
3. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
The Behavioral Health Care Needs of Rural Women
This report directs attention to the behavioral health care
needs of this underrepresented group.
http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/rural-women.pdf
4. NIAAA
Use and Misuse of Alcohol Among Older Women
Many of the acute and chronic medical and psychiatric conditions that lead to high rates of health care use by older people are influenced by the consumption of alcohol.
5. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Hormone Replacement Therapy
The
American College of Preventive Medicine presents a policy statement
on perimenopausal and postmenopausal replacement therapy.
6. IMPACT PUBLISHERS
Expressing Your Feelings in Relationships
Most experts agree that open communication contributes to good relationships.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/expressfeelings.html
7. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
Health Screening in Older Women
Hearing and vision loss, dysmobility and functional impairment,
osteoporosis, cognitive impairment, depression, urinary incontinence
and domestic violence are major contributors to chronic disease
and disability in older women.
www.aafp.org/afp/990401ap/1835.html
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