The problems of battered women have recently been highlighted. They consult doctors, who can be an important source of help. We examined their initial presenting complaint to general practitioners. Questionnaires were sent to 27 London refuges for battered women and to 100 randomly selected general practitioners. Seventy-two women and 49 doctors replied. The results indicated that these women a...

BACKGROUND Studies on the association between psychosocial factors and obesity have provided mixed findings. OBJECTIVES Current study used a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults to investigate how intersection of race, gender and age alters the psychosocial correlates of body mass index (BMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Data came from the national health measurement study (NHMS), a cr...

CONTEXT Normal healthy men and women undergo a gradual loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with advancing age. While androgens are protein anabolic in older men, the metabolic effects in older women are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN The objective of this study was to determine whether oral administration of a synthetic derivative of testosterone [oxandrolone, Oxandrin (OX)] (7...

OBJECTIVES This report examines trends in health status and risk factors, health care utilization, and health care expenditures among older men in the United States. METHODS The estimates in this report are based on data from the National Vital Statistics System, National Health Interview Survey, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Health Care Surveys, Medicare Current ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of age, body image, and risk framing on treatment decision making for breast cancer using a healthy population. DESIGN An experimental 2 (younger women, older women) X 2 (survival, mortality frame) between-groups design. SETTING Midwestern university. SAMPLE Two groups of healthy women: 56 women ages 18-24 from undergraduate psychology courses and...

INTRODUCTION The study of older women's sexual health has been very limited. Most of the available research in this area is on Caucasian older women; a few studies have targeted the sexuality of older Black women. There could be several reasons for this and for the common reluctance of these women to disclose information on their sexual health. The aim of this review was to discuss factors infl...

This technical report describes the participation of women in computing in more than 30 countries, by focussing on participation at undergraduate level. A brief discussion covers how societal and cultural factors may affect women’s participation. Statistics from many different sources are presented for comparison. Generally, participation is low – most countries fall in the 10-40% range with a ...

This paper seeks to provide an input towards developing the proposal for the research project, “Pathways of Women’s Empowerment” to investigate the determinants of women’s empowerment where and when it occurs. It primarily attempts to give an overview of the trends in research, thinking and programmes in Pakistan from 1975 onwards in the area of women’s empowerment and bodily integrity in order...

IMPORTANCE Guidelines recommend individualizing screening mammography decisions for women aged 75 years and older. However, little pragmatic guidance is available to help counsel patients. OBJECTIVE To provide an evidence-based approach for individualizing decision-making about screening mammography in older women. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We searched PubMed for English-language studies in peer...