Health and Disease among Women: Biological and Environmental Influences
Women often suffer from health problems that are specific to their gender, and are afflicted by many other diseases with greater frequency and severity than men. Health and Disease Among Women examines the biological and environmental underpinnings of these gender differences. The chapters are organized to cover biologic (hormonal, anatomic, immunologic, and pregnancy-related), social, behavioral/ psychological and lifestyle influences. They highlight observations that may lead to a better...
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Women often suffer from health problems that are specific to their gender, and are afflicted by many other diseases with greater frequency and severity than men. Health and Disease Among Women examines the biological and environmental underpinnings of these gender differences. The chapters are organized to cover biologic (hormonal, anatomic, immunologic, and pregnancy-related), social, behavioral/ psychological and lifestyle influences. They highlight observations that may lead to a better understanding of how such influences account for gender variations in health and disease. The book thus addresses questions such as: 1) Why do women bear more of the reproductive morbidity after sexually transmitted diseases than men, 2) Why is depression more common in women, 3) What is the evidence that cardiovascular disease is strongly influenced by hormonal milieu, 4) What are the competing risks and benefits associated with various methods of contraception? Densely referenced and packed with data, the chapters also provide methodologic insights that will guide research on women's health in the future.
ContributorsIntroductionIPsychosocial and Lifestyle Issues1Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among Men and Women32Gender Differences in Response to Drugs and Environmental Toxicants333Gender and Depression594Cognition and Frailty in Older Women: Socioeconomic and Physiologic Influences865Violence Against Women112IISex Steroid Hormones6Hormones in Women1337Sex Steroid Hormonal Influences on Coronary Artery Disease1558Hormonal Influences on Osteoporosis and Fractures: An Epidemiologic Perspective1839Epidemiology of Breast Cancer20110Epidemiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome225IIIAnatomy of the Genital Tract and Immunology11Anatomy of the Female and Male Genital Tracts24912Basic Principles of Immunology and Genital Tract Immunity27313Urinary Incontinence29714Anatomic Influences on Sexually Transmitted Bacterial Diseases31415Autoimmune Diseases342IVEffects of Reproduction and Contraception on Women's Health16Oral Contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy37517Contraceptive Choices and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women40118Maternal Health Effects of Pregnancy420Index457
