Highlights of NIH women's health and sex differences research : 1990-2010
Title:
Highlights of NIH women's health and sex differences research : 1990-2010
Author:
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Research on Women's Health.
Publication Information:
Bethesda, Md. : Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, [2010]
Physical Description:
x, 113 pages ; 28 cm.
Summary:
From the Introduction: As the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) prepared for the events celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2010, at which time a revised research agenda would be unveiled with goals and strategies for the future, it seemed equally important to highlight some of the progress and achievements in women's health research during the years of ORWH's existence. Looking back over so much that had been accomplished during these decades, as recorded in the voluminous biennial reports (see Appendix) that describe the totality of ORWH programs and selected highlights from the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs), the information was remarkable in its scope. It was decided that as the strategic plan for future research was introduced, it was important to have a distillation of landmark studies and seminal research or programs that represent some of the multiple aspects of past progress in women's health and sex differences research. What started as a collection of two or three brief examples from each IC was eventually expanded into this extensive and exciting document. This occurred because of the overwhelming and enthusiastic response of the ICs through the NIH internal advisory Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health (CCRWH), composed of IC directors or their designees. The ORWH proudly presents this report, entitled Highlights of NIH Women's Health and Sex Differences Research, 1990-2010, in which the ICs themselves have identified their best examples of women's health and sex differences research. It is even more encouraging to note that these highlights by no means are intended as a comprehensive list, but represent "snapshots" of examples from the 20 years of ORWH's existence. It should also be noted that woven across the report are such overarching themes as genetic and molecular research, clinical trials and translational studies, prevention research, global health concerns, and minority health and health disparities.
General Note:
"September 2010."
Language:
English
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- NIH Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health -- Research Highlights Women's Health Resources Web Portal -- Infancy through adolescence, reproductive years including pregnancy, the menopausal transition, and old age -- Infancy through adolescence -- Reproductive health of girls and women -- Fertility and infertility -- Pregnancy and the perinatal period -- Maternal health -- Maternal influence on infant and child health -- Menopausal transition -- Study of Women's health across the Nation (SWAN): focus on the menopausal transition -- Women's Health Initiative (WHI) -- Women growing older -- Examples of cancer in women -- Cervical cancer -- Breast cancer -- Genes and other risk factors -- Breast cancer prevention -- Screening, detection, and diagnosis of breast cancer -- Advances in treatment of breast cancer -- Ovarian cancer -- Uterine/endometrial cancer -- Lung cancer -- Chronic diseases and conditions in women -- Diabetes -- Eye disease -- Heart disease -- Obesity -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteoarthritis initiative -- Osteoporosis -- Pain -- Irritable bowel syndrome -- Temporomandibular Joint Disorders -- Urinary incontinence -- Neuroscience and brain-based disorders -- Neuroscience and the female brain -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior -- Stroke -- Substance abuse -- Alcohol use and abuse -- Mental health -- Sex differences in mental health -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Depression -- Immunity, autoimmunity, and infectious diseases -- Hepatitis -- H1N1 (swine) Flu -- Lupus -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Scleroderma -- Sjogren's Syndrome -- Urinary tract infections -- Human microbiome -- Women and HIV/AIDS -- Rare diseases -- Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network -- Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center -- Scientific conferences -- National toxicology program -- Genetic determinants of sex -- Additional NIH Resources -- NIH Office of Research on Women's Health -- Women's Health Resources Web Portal -- Appendix: NIH report on ORWH and NIH support for research on women's health.
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Electronic Access:
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo522
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