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Medical Journals
Government Agencies and
Offices
Advocacy Groups
Research Centers
General Women's Health
Cardiovascular Disease:
Lung
Cancer:
Breast
Cancer:
Gynecologic
Cancers:
Osteoporosis:
Menopause:
- Menopause, unlike menstruation, is often viewed by
the medical profession as a disease rather than as a natural part of aging.
- More than one third of women living in the U.S. have
been through menopause. The average American woman can expect to live one
third of her life after menopause. (National Institute on Aging. Menopause,
December 1992.)
- There is no consensus within the medical community
about the risks and benefits associated with hormone replacement therapy.
More research is needed to help women make this difficult decision in the
face of conflicting data. (National Institute on Aging. Menopause, December
1992.)
- National Institute
of Aging
- North American
Menopause Society
-
American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Mental Illness:
- Depression afflicts twice as many women as men.
Young women are most prone. (National Institute of Mental Health.
Depression: What Every Woman Should Know, December 1994.)
- A recent survey of adolescent girls revealed that
almost 30% of them reported suicidal thoughts. (The Commonwealth Fund. The
Commonwealth Fund Survey on the Health of Adolescent Girls, September 1997.)
- Despite depression’s disproportionate impact on
women, few if any of the nation’s largest managed care organizations have
gender-specific guidelines for the treatment of depression. (Monica Oss et
al. Managed Care Approaches and Models for the Treatment and Management of
Depression: Specific Issues for Women. Prepared for presentation at the
Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health Symposium "Managed Care and
Women’s Mental Health: A Focus on Depression," December 5, 1997,
Washington, DC. Forthcoming in Women’s Health Issues 8(5); Sept./Oct.
1998.)
- Panic disorder, in which feelings of terror strike
suddenly and repeatedly without warning, strikes between 3 to 6 million
Americans. It is twice as common in women as in men. (National Institute of
Mental Health. Anxiety Disorders, 1994.)
- Alzheimer's Association
-
Depression
and Related Affective Disorders Association
- National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill
- National
Institute for Mental Health, Public Inquiries Section
- U.S. Public Health
Service's Office on Women's Health
- National Mental
Health Association
- Internet
Mental Health Home Page
- National
Women's Health Resource Center
- American Psychiatric
Association
- American Psychological
Association
- Anxiety Disorders
Association of America
Eating
Disorders:
Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
- More than 12 million new cases of STDs (other than
AIDS) are diagnosed each year in the United States. (National Center for
HIV, STD & TB Prevention Facts. November 1996.)
- Women bear a disproportionate burden of STD-related
complications, including pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility,
potentially fatal ectopic pregnancies, and cancer of the reproductive tract.
(National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention Facts. November 1996.)
- Chlamydia is currently the most common sexually
transmitted disease in the U.S. 50% of infections in women show no symptoms.
Left untreated in women, it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease which is
associated with ectopic pregnancy and even sterility. (National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Chlamydial Infection, June 1992.)
- American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, National STD Hotline
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, National AIDS Hotline
- Planned
Parenthood Federation of America
- Association of
Reproductive Health Professionals
- American Social
Health Association
HIV - AIDS
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