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Office of Research on Women's Health
Established in 1990, the Office of Research on Women's Health serves as the focal point for women's health research at the National Institutes of Health. For over thirty years, ORWH has worked across the NIH and beyond to advance our understanding of sex and gender as influences in health and disease, support women in biomedical careers, and ...
Research on Women's Health: Ready for the Future
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established in 1990. With the completion of the office's 30th anniversary year, we look back and recount some of the key events and overall zeitgeist that led to ORWH's formation, and how it became the focal point at the nation's primary biomedical research agency for coordinating research on science to ...
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The SWHR Women's Health Dashboard offers a platform to explore the latest national and state data on diseases and health conditions that have significant impacts on women's health across the lifespan. Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) is the thought leader in advancing women's health through science, policy, and education.
Executive Order on Advancing Women's Health Research and
Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order: (a) The term "women's health research" means research aimed at expanding knowledge of women's health across their lifespans, which includes ...
Researchers review findings and clinical messages from the Women's
A new review in JAMA highlights key findings and clinical messages from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the largest women's health study in the United States. The WHI is supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and was created to study factors that may reduce risks for cardiovascular disease, cancer, hip fractures, and other ...
What Is Women's Health Research?
Women's health research is an essential part of the NIH research agenda. The field has expanded far beyond its roots in reproductive health and includes the study of health throughout the lifespan and across the spectrum of scientific investigations: from basic research and laboratory studies to molecular research, genetics, and clinical trials
Women's Health Research Center
Now, Mayo is advancing research focused on women's health so that medical care can be personalized for women and men. Right now, there are more than 1,400 research studies related to women's health across Mayo Clinic campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Mayo researchers are dedicated to addressing the health issues women face, with the ...
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The WHAM Report shows that funding women's health research has huge economic impacts. Investing $350 million generates $14 billion to our economy. 78% of Americans with autoimmune diseases are women - nearly 40 million women. Just 7% of the $86 million 2019 NIH rheumatoid arthritis budget went to women-focused research.
Current Issues on Research Conducted to Improve Women's Health
1. Introduction. Women's health has been at the center of interest and growing concern in the last few decades. As a measurable outcome, it has been studied at the level of mortality [], serious morbidity [], and nutritional status [] and through proven, evidence-based interventions.The implementation of such interventions is essential to guide national and international policies and ...
Advancing Women's Health Research: From Policy to Action
The roundtable " Future Directions in Menopause Research: Optimizing Midlife Health of Women ," is scheduled for May 16, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. This event serves as the launch for the NIH Women's Health Roundtable Series as part of the White House Women's Health Research Initiative. The series will engage the extramural ...
Women's Health Research
First Lady Jill Biden, at an event announcing funding for women's health research on february 21, 2024. The President and First Lady launched the White House Initiative on Women's Health ...
Women's Health Research Roadmap
The Women's Health Research Roadmap (Roadmap), outlined here, builds on knowledge gained from previously funded research and is intended to assist OWH in coordinating future research activities ...
Assessment of NIH Research on Women's Health
The NASEM consensus committee, as a first step, will conduct an analysis and develop a matrix of identified NIH research on conditions that are female-specific, more common amongst women or that differently impact women, investigating sex differences, and centered on the unique health needs of women. The committee will make recommendations for ...
The Evolution of Women's Health Research
The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) was founded in 1990 by Dr. Florence Haseltine to correct this balance and bring attention to the space of women's health research. Soon after its founding, SWHR joined other advocacy groups to encourage Congress to pass the National Institutes of Health ...
Women's Health Research
The FDA Office of Women's Health (OWH) awards research grants for 1-2 year studies to address regulatory research questions related to women's health issues and the impact of sex differences on ...
The Role of Women's Health Research
Women's health research is the study of health across a woman's lifespan in order to preserve wellness and to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. It includes all health conditions for which women and men experience differences in risk, presentation, and treatment response, as well as health issues specific to women, such as pregnancy and ...
Women's health research lacks funding
The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) provided Nature with figures on its funding for women's health, which includes research on preterm birth and perinatal health, and long-term studies such as ...
Researchers review findings and clinical messages from the Women's
A new review in JAMA highlights key findings and clinical messages from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the largest women's health study in the United States. The WHI is supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and was created to study factors that may reduce risks for ...
Women's Health: Sage Journals
Women's Health. Women's Health is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal that focuses on all aspects of women's healthcare. The aim of the journal is to increase knowledge regarding all issues that specifically affect women. View full journal description.
WHI
Impacting lives through groundbreaking research. 5.3 million specimen vials collected and documented. 12,600 fewer cases of breast cancer each year as a result of WHI research. The Women's Health Initiative is a landmark study that has had a huge impact on medical practice and public health. 2,381 papers published using WHI data.
Women live more years in ill-health than men, finds gender health gap
Women live longer than men but experience more years in poor health, according to a global gender health gap analysis that experts say underlines an urgent need for action to boost women's health.
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As a national thought leader dedicated to advancing women's health and promoting research on sex differences to optimize women's health, the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) plays a critical role in identifying clinical and research gaps; raising awareness of diseases, conditions, and life stages that differently, disproportionately, or exclusively affect women; and promoting ...
Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021
In response to a congressional request to address NIH efforts related to women's health research, the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health (ACRWH), hosted an event on October 20, 2021, titled "Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference.".
Memorandum on the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research
Women make up half of the United States population, but for too long, a lack of timely research and data on women's health has left health care providers without important tools to diagnose and ...
In Reversal, Expert Panel Recommends Breast Cancer Screening at 40
For women with dense breasts who are at average risk of breast cancer, recent research indicates that M.R.I. is the best supplemental scan, Dr. Destounis said, "with far better cancer detection ...
Women are less likely to die when treated by female doctors ...
In the study of people ages 65 and older, 8.15% of women treated by female physicians died within 30 days, compared with 8.38% of women treated by male physicians. Although the difference between ...
Benefits of hormone therapy for menopause symptoms outweigh risks ...
The new analysis is based on two decades of follow-up data from the Women's Health Initiative study, which followed thousands of women taking hormone replacement therapy. The study was halted ...
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $105 Million in Community-Based
HRSA's Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative is focused on accelerating HRSA's maternal health work to address maternal mortality and maternal health disparities in partnership with women, grantees, community organizations, and state and local health officials across the country. HRSA is the arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
Stop COVID Cohort: An Observational Study of 3480 Patients ...
Affiliations 1 Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Child's Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.; 2 Inflammation, Repair, and Development Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Toxoplasmosis and mental disorders in the Russian Federation (with
4 Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation. 5 Department of Psychiatry & Substance Addiction, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation. ... The effect of toxoplasmosis was significant and similar for men and women. Further statistical analyses revealed that among patients with a diagnosis ...
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Established in 1990, the Office of Research on Women's Health serves as the focal point for women's health research at the National Institutes of Health. For over thirty years, ORWH has worked across the NIH and beyond to advance our understanding of sex and gender as influences in health and disease, support women in biomedical careers, and ...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established in 1990. With the completion of the office's 30th anniversary year, we look back and recount some of the key events and overall zeitgeist that led to ORWH's formation, and how it became the focal point at the nation's primary biomedical research agency for coordinating research on science to ...
The SWHR Women's Health Dashboard offers a platform to explore the latest national and state data on diseases and health conditions that have significant impacts on women's health across the lifespan. Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) is the thought leader in advancing women's health through science, policy, and education.
Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order: (a) The term "women's health research" means research aimed at expanding knowledge of women's health across their lifespans, which includes ...
A new review in JAMA highlights key findings and clinical messages from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the largest women's health study in the United States. The WHI is supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and was created to study factors that may reduce risks for cardiovascular disease, cancer, hip fractures, and other ...
Women's health research is an essential part of the NIH research agenda. The field has expanded far beyond its roots in reproductive health and includes the study of health throughout the lifespan and across the spectrum of scientific investigations: from basic research and laboratory studies to molecular research, genetics, and clinical trials
Now, Mayo is advancing research focused on women's health so that medical care can be personalized for women and men. Right now, there are more than 1,400 research studies related to women's health across Mayo Clinic campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Mayo researchers are dedicated to addressing the health issues women face, with the ...
The WHAM Report shows that funding women's health research has huge economic impacts. Investing $350 million generates $14 billion to our economy. 78% of Americans with autoimmune diseases are women - nearly 40 million women. Just 7% of the $86 million 2019 NIH rheumatoid arthritis budget went to women-focused research.
1. Introduction. Women's health has been at the center of interest and growing concern in the last few decades. As a measurable outcome, it has been studied at the level of mortality [], serious morbidity [], and nutritional status [] and through proven, evidence-based interventions.The implementation of such interventions is essential to guide national and international policies and ...
The roundtable " Future Directions in Menopause Research: Optimizing Midlife Health of Women ," is scheduled for May 16, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. This event serves as the launch for the NIH Women's Health Roundtable Series as part of the White House Women's Health Research Initiative. The series will engage the extramural ...
First Lady Jill Biden, at an event announcing funding for women's health research on february 21, 2024. The President and First Lady launched the White House Initiative on Women's Health ...
The Women's Health Research Roadmap (Roadmap), outlined here, builds on knowledge gained from previously funded research and is intended to assist OWH in coordinating future research activities ...
The NASEM consensus committee, as a first step, will conduct an analysis and develop a matrix of identified NIH research on conditions that are female-specific, more common amongst women or that differently impact women, investigating sex differences, and centered on the unique health needs of women. The committee will make recommendations for ...
The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) was founded in 1990 by Dr. Florence Haseltine to correct this balance and bring attention to the space of women's health research. Soon after its founding, SWHR joined other advocacy groups to encourage Congress to pass the National Institutes of Health ...
The FDA Office of Women's Health (OWH) awards research grants for 1-2 year studies to address regulatory research questions related to women's health issues and the impact of sex differences on ...
Women's health research is the study of health across a woman's lifespan in order to preserve wellness and to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. It includes all health conditions for which women and men experience differences in risk, presentation, and treatment response, as well as health issues specific to women, such as pregnancy and ...
The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) provided Nature with figures on its funding for women's health, which includes research on preterm birth and perinatal health, and long-term studies such as ...
A new review in JAMA highlights key findings and clinical messages from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the largest women's health study in the United States. The WHI is supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and was created to study factors that may reduce risks for ...
Women's Health. Women's Health is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal that focuses on all aspects of women's healthcare. The aim of the journal is to increase knowledge regarding all issues that specifically affect women. View full journal description.
Impacting lives through groundbreaking research. 5.3 million specimen vials collected and documented. 12,600 fewer cases of breast cancer each year as a result of WHI research. The Women's Health Initiative is a landmark study that has had a huge impact on medical practice and public health. 2,381 papers published using WHI data.
Women live longer than men but experience more years in poor health, according to a global gender health gap analysis that experts say underlines an urgent need for action to boost women's health.
As a national thought leader dedicated to advancing women's health and promoting research on sex differences to optimize women's health, the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) plays a critical role in identifying clinical and research gaps; raising awareness of diseases, conditions, and life stages that differently, disproportionately, or exclusively affect women; and promoting ...
In response to a congressional request to address NIH efforts related to women's health research, the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health (ACRWH), hosted an event on October 20, 2021, titled "Advancing NIH Research on the Health of Women: A 2021 Conference.".
Women make up half of the United States population, but for too long, a lack of timely research and data on women's health has left health care providers without important tools to diagnose and ...
For women with dense breasts who are at average risk of breast cancer, recent research indicates that M.R.I. is the best supplemental scan, Dr. Destounis said, "with far better cancer detection ...
In the study of people ages 65 and older, 8.15% of women treated by female physicians died within 30 days, compared with 8.38% of women treated by male physicians. Although the difference between ...
The new analysis is based on two decades of follow-up data from the Women's Health Initiative study, which followed thousands of women taking hormone replacement therapy. The study was halted ...
HRSA's Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative is focused on accelerating HRSA's maternal health work to address maternal mortality and maternal health disparities in partnership with women, grantees, community organizations, and state and local health officials across the country. HRSA is the arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
Affiliations 1 Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Child's Health, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.; 2 Inflammation, Repair, and Development Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
4 Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation. 5 Department of Psychiatry & Substance Addiction, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation. ... The effect of toxoplasmosis was significant and similar for men and women. Further statistical analyses revealed that among patients with a diagnosis ...