Women's Health
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Association between dietary fat intake and age-related macular degeneration in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS): an ancillary study of the Women's Health Initiative.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationships between the amount and type of dietary fat and intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN: Women aged 50 to 79 years with high and low lutein intake from 3 sites of the Women's Health ... Read more...

Women and ischemic heart disease: evolving knowledge.

18 Oct 2009 Evolving knowledge regarding sex differences in coronary heart disease is emerging. Given the lower burden of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and preserved systolic function in women, which contrasts with greater rates of myocardial ... Read more...

Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study.

4 Oct 2009 The authors used data from the Black Women's Health Study to assess the association between neighborhood urban form and physical activity. Women reported hours/week of utilitarian and exercise walking and of vigorous activity in 1995 and on biennial ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Women's Health'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Microbicide development: positive women's concerns. 29 Nov 2009
• Association between dietary fat intake and age-related macular degeneration in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS): an ancillary study of the Women's Health Initiative. 30 Oct 2009
• Women's cardiovascular health: prevention is key. 24 Oct 2009
• Women and ischemic heart disease: evolving knowledge. 18 Oct 2009
• Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study. 4 Oct 2009
• Biomass-fueled intervention stoves in the developing world: potential and challenges. 29 Sep 2009
• [Is a woman's life less valuable than a man's?] 22 Sep 2009
• Sexual and reproductive health and climate change. 17 Sep 2009
• Another nail in the coffin for hormone-replacement therapy? 16 Sep 2009
• Oestrogen plus progestin and lung cancer in postmenopausal women (Women's Health Initiative trial): a post-hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial. 16 Sep 2009
• Quality of life in a prospective cohort of elderly women with and without cancer. 13 Sep 2009
• Quarraisha Abdool Karim: investigating HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Interview by Priva Shetty. 10 Sep 2009
• Determinants of low-fat eating behaviors among midlife African American women. 30 Aug 2009
• Breastfeeding mothers and violence: what nurses need to know. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of the VS-sense swab in diagnosing vulvovaginitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Eating disorders and obstetric-gynecologic care. 30 Aug 2009
• Microbicide acceptability among female sex workers in Beijing, China: results from a pilot study. 30 Aug 2009
• Interdisciplinary curriculum to train internal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology residents in ambulatory women's health: adapting problem-based learning to residency education. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-reported vulvar pain characteristics and their association with clinically confirmed vestibulodynia. 30 Aug 2009
• Ovarian function preservation by GnRH agonists during chemotherapy. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Women's Health'

Definition: The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women.

Descriptor UI: D016387

Alternative terms: Women's Health; Health, Women's; Women Health; Womens Health; Woman's Health; Health, Woman's;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethnology; ethics; history; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: N01.400.900;

History Note: 91