Women and Health

Edited by

Marlene Goldman, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School; Director of Clinical Research, OB/GYN, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Rebecca Troisi, Staff Scientist, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth University Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Kathryn Rexrode, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Faculty Director, Office for Women's Careers, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Women and Health is a comprehensive reference that addresses health issues affecting women of all ages - from adolescence through maturity. It goes far beyond other books on this topic, that concentrate only on reproductive health, and has a truly international perspective. It covers key issues ranging from osteoporosis to breast cancer and other cancers, domestic violence, sexually transmitted diseases, occupational hazards, eating disorders, heart disease and other chronic illnesses, substance abuse, and societal and behavioral influences on health.

In this Second Edition of Women and Health chapters thoughtfully explore the current state of affairs in womens health and health care, including the influences of sex and gender on the occurrence of a wide variety of diseases and conditions that have an impact on all of us as we negotiate the challenges of leading healthy and productive lives. All chapters have been extensively updated and emphasize the epidemiology of the condition - the etiology, occurrence, primary and secondary prevention (screening), risk factors, surveillance, changing trends over time, and critical analysis of the diagnostic and treatment options and controversies. Treatment sections in each chapter have been expanded to create a stronger dialogue between epidemiologists and women's health practitioners.

Audience
Professionals and graduate students in epidemiology and public health; fellows, internists, physicians in public health, general practice, family medicine, gerontology, and those specializing in women's health.

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Hardbound, 1632 Pages

Published: December 2012

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-384978-6

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Reviews of the First Edition: "This book is an unparalleled and valuable compendium of data for anyone interested in women's health. The editors have done a superb job... the book is one of the most useful I have yet seen in the emerging field of women's health." -- THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2000) "The chapters are uniformly well researched and written, with extensive bibliographies and relevant Web sites. ...The book could serve well as the key text for a graduate or medical school course on women's health. It is also an excellent guide for planning and developing women's health curricula for medical students and residents in internal medicine, family medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology." -- ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2001) "This first of its kind, easy-to-read, comprehensive text is an excellent contribution to the field of women's health and the epidemiologic literature." -- DOODY'S PUBLISHING (2000) "Editors Goldman and Hatch offer an extremely well referenced, clearly organized, comprehensive, and manageable large handbook with research reviews that will also stimulate new ideas...A must purchase for all academic libraries." -- CHOICE (2000)

Preface to the Second Edition

Marlene B. Goldman, Kathryn M. Rexrode and Rebecca Troisi

Preface to the first edition

Marlene B. Goldman

Introduction

Gloria E. Sarto

Part I - Women, Health, and Medicine
Section 1 - Introduction to Women's Health
1. The Mutability of Women's Health with Age: the Sometimes Rapid, and Often Enduring, Health Consequences of Injustice
2. Current Approaches to Women's Health Care
3. The Impact of Health Coverage on Women's Access to Care
4. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine and Women's Health
5. Research on the Health of Sexual Minority Women
6. Understanding Research Designs
7. Progress in Women's Health Research
8. Lifecourse Approach to Research in Womens Health
9. Principles of Genetics and Genomics
10. Puberty and Adolescent Pregnancy
11. The Epidemiology of Menstruation and Menstrual Dysfunction
12. Premenstrual Syndrome and PMDD
13. Womens Fecundability
14. Contraceptive Choices
15. Induced Abortion
16. Infertility
17. Endometriosis
18. Uterine Leiomyomata
19. Assisted Reproductive Technologies
20. High Risk Pregnancy and Subsequent Maternal Health
21. Labor and Delivery
22. Female Sexuality and Sexual Function
23. Vulvodynia
24. Menopause
25. Pelvic Floor Disorders
26. Hysterectomy
27. Gonorrhea
28. Chlamydia
29. Syphilis
30. Bacterial Vaginoses, Trichomoniasis, and Candida
31. Genital Herpes
32. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDs
33. Genital Human Papilloma Virus
34. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Chronic Pelvic Pain
35. Urinary Tract Infection
36. Working Women in the United States: A Statistical Profile
37. International Perspectives: Women's Occupational Health
38. Multiple Roles and Complex Exposures
39. Reproductive & Environmental Hazards in the Workplace
40. Work-Related Musculo-Skeletal Disorders
41. Occupational Cancer
42. Environmental Exposures and Cancer
43. Social Determinants Over the Life Course
44. Women, Stress, and Health
45. Cigarette Smoking: Trends, Determinants, and Health Effects
46. Alcohol and Women's Health
47. Intimate Partner Violence
48. Housing Policy and Women's Health
49. The Built Environment and Women's Health
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
51. Multiple Sclerosis
52. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
53. Sjogren's Syndrome
54. Asthma
55. The Obesity Epidemic and Women's Health
56. Diabetes in Women
57. Thyroid Diseases
58. Management of Menopausal Symptoms in the post-WHI Era
59. Vitamin D and Disease Prevention in Women
60. Osteoporosis
61. Overview of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
62. Lipid in Women
63. Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease in Women
64. Emotions and Cardiovascular Disease
65. Cerebrovascular Disease
66. Thromboembolism
67. Arrythmias in Women: Atrial Fibrillation and Sudden Cardiac Death
68. Heart Failure in Women: Epidemiology, Prognosis, and Management
69. Hypertension in Women
70. Cancer in Women: Global Burden and Insights from Gender Comparisons
71. Breast cancer epidemiology and prevention
72. Genetics of breast cancer
73. Breast cancer screening
74. Ovarian cancer
75. Endometrial cancer
76. Cervical Cancer: Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
77. Vaccination and Screening in Cervical Control and Prevention
78. Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Women
79. Colorectal Cancer in Women
80. The Epidemiology of Melanoma of the Skin
81. Cancer Prevention for Women
82. Gender and Mood Disorders
83. Anxiety Disorders in Women
84. Post-traumatic Stress DIsorder
85. Psychotic Disorders
86. Eating Disorders
87. Addictive Disorders
88. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
89. Fibromyalgia: A Central Sensitivity Syndrome
90. Chronic Headaches
91. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
92. Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome
93. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
94. Physical Function, Morbidity, and Mortality
95. Osteoarthritis and Other Musculoskeletal Diseases
96. Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in Older Women
97. Hearing Loss and Aging
98. Visual Impairment
99. Dental Diseases and Nutrition
100. Cognitive Functioning in Aging Women
101. The Role of Social Support on Health and Well-Being in Older Adult Widows
102. Long Term Care: The Global Impact on Women
103. Care at the End of Life, Hospice Care
104. Successful Aging
Barbara Resnick

EPILOGUE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Robert N. Hoover

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