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- Menopause, unlike menstruation,
is often viewed by the medical profession as a disease rather
than as a natural part of aging.
- More than one third of women living
in the U.S. have been through menopause. The average American
woman can expect to live one third of her life after menopause.
(National Institute on Aging. Menopause, December 1992.)
- There is no consensus within the
medical community about the risks and benefits associated
with hormone replacement therapy. More research is needed
to help women make this difficult decision in the face of
conflicting data. (National Institute on Aging. Menopause,
December 1992)
- National Institute of
Aging
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- Depression afflicts twice as many
women as men. Young women are most prone. (National Institute
of Mental Health. Depression: What Every Woman Should Know,
December 1994.)
- A recent survey of adolescent girls
revealed that almost 30% of them reported suicidal thoughts.
(The Commonwealth Fund. The Commonwealth Fund Survey on
the Health of Adolescent Girls, September 1997.)
- Despite depression’s disproportionate
impact on women, few if any of the nation’s largest managed
care organizations have gender-specific guidelines for the
treatment of depression. (Monica Oss et al. Managed Care
Approaches and Models for the Treatment and Management of
Depression: Specific Issues for Women. Prepared for presentation
at the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health Symposium "Managed
Care and Women’s Mental Health: A Focus on Depression,"
December 5, 1997, Washington, DC. Forthcoming in Women’s
Health Issues 8(5); Sept./Oct. 1998.)
- Panic disorder, in which feelings
of terror strike suddenly and repeatedly without warning,
strikes between 3 to 6 million Americans. It is twice as
common in women as in men. (National Institute of Mental
Health. Anxiety Disorders, 1994.)
- Alzheimer's Association
- Depression
and Related Affective Disorders Association
- National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill
- National Institute
for Mental Health, Public Inquiries Section
- U.S. Public Health Service's
Office on Women's Health
- National Mental Health
Association
- Internet Mental
Health Home Page
- National Women's
Health Resource Center
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- American Psychological Association
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- More than 12 million new cases of
STDs (other than AIDS) are diagnosed each year in the United
States. (National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention
Facts. November 1996.)
- Women bear a disproportionate burden
of STD-related complications, including pelvic inflammatory
disease, infertility, potentially fatal ectopic pregnancies,
and cancer of the reproductive tract. (National Center for
HIV, STD & TB Prevention Facts. November 1996.)
- Chlamydia is currently the most
common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. 50% of infections
in women show no symptoms. Left untreated in women, it can
cause pelvic inflammatory disease which is associated with
ectopic pregnancy and even sterility. (National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Chlamydial Infection,
June 1992.)
- American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, National STD Hotline
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, National AIDS Hotline
- Planned Parenthood
Federation of America
- Association of Reproductive
Health Professionals
- American Social Health
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