Update in women's health
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Several recent studies have addressed health issues specific to women including nutrition during pregnancy, drug-induced abortions, prevalence and risk for domestic violence, osteoporosis, hormone treatments, and trends in women's medical career paths. One study has shown that many women (32.7%) have experienced some type of abuse in their lifetime. Another study found that mothers who had a low body mass and took zinc supplements had higher birthweight babies. Exercise and treatment with alendronate appear to mediate the effects of osteoporosis. Another study has found methotrexate and misoprostol to be effective and safe in terminating pregnancies.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1996
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Update in women's health
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Health research advances affecting women from young adulthood through the postmenopausal years are reported from studies published during 1996 and 1997. Issues addressed for young female adults include successful strategies for increasing the number of female medical faculty, potential genetic risks for breast cancer, and the apparent lack of need for Pap smear tests in women who have had hysterectomies. Natural estrogens appear to be beneficial for perimenopausal women. The benefits of exercise, aggressive arthritis treatment, and continued estrogen treatment were explored for older females.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1997
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Salary Equity among Male and Female Internists in Pennsylvania
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Female doctors still make less money and work in lower-paying specialties than male doctors. Researchers surveyed 232 male and 213 female internists in Pennsylvania. Women were more likely to be in the least lucrative practice arrangements, the lowest-paying specialties, to not be a partner in the practice, and to be salaried employees. Even when they were in similar situations as male doctors, they still made less money than the men.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 2000
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