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U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2010. Women's health highlights: Recent findings. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 28 pp. (Program brief)

Annotation: This brief provides an overview of recent findings from a cross-section of Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-supported research projects on conditions especially important to women's health. Examples of topics included in the brief are cardiovascular disease, cancer screening and treatment, reproductive health, women and medications, and prevention. For each topic, facts are presented and then elaborated upon. The studies from which the facts are drawn are identified by author names, journal in which the study appears, and (in some cases) AHRQ grant or contract number.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1104 Secondary Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website. Document Number: AHRQ pub. no.10-P005.

Keywords: AIDS, Access to health care, Alternative medicine, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Costs, Family planning, HIV, Homelessness, Hysterectomy, Osteoporosis, Pregnancy, Prevention, Reproductive health, Research, Screening, Treatment, Violence, Women', Working women, s health

Stencel S, ed. Women's health issues. CQ Researcher. 4(18):409-431. May 13, 1994,

Annotation: This issue of "CQ Researcher" considers various issues related to women's health. It covers heart disease and breast cancer in detail, and notes the tendency to exclude women from federal research programs on heart diseases. It includes information on women's perceptions of threats to their health versus actual causes of mortality, it considers the Women's Health Initiative, and it includes two essays on whether women's health should be a separate medical specialty. It notes recent trends on hysterectomies and estrogen replacement therapy, and it provides a selected bibliography.

Contact: Congressional Quarterly, 1255 22nd Street, N.W. , Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 419-8500 Secondary Telephone: 800-432-2250 Web Site: http://corporate.cq.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=12 Individual issues $4.00 for subscribers, $7.00 for non-subscribers; quantity discounts apply to orders over ten.

Keywords: Breast cancer, Federal government, Federal initiatives, Heart diseases, Hormone replacement therapy, Hysterectomy, Public policy, Research, Statistics, Women', s health
   

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.