This article asks whether blogging in the United Kingdom, which started later than in the United States, reproduces the gender differences in blogging behavior and the gender inequalities in recognition that have been observed in studies based largely on U.S. bloggers. A sample of 48 female and male British bloggers answered a questionnaire about their blogging practices and attitudes; data wer...

After advanced age, female sex is the major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The biological mechanisms underlying the increased AD risk in women remain largely undetermined. Preclinical studies identified the perimenopause to menopause transition, a neuroendocrine transition state unique to the female, as a sex-specific risk factor for AD. In animals, estrogenic regulation of cerebral ...

The present study puts forth the morphometric analysis of modifications that occur in the ovarian structures (stroma, parenchyma, blood vessels) before and after menopause onset. Our study was performed on 30 human ovary specimens from patients with no history of genital pathology that were split in two groups (15 ovaries harvested from fertile women and 15 ovaries harvested from women at menop...

Previous studies have implicated estrogen as a regulator of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression in breast tumors. We therefore speculated that estrogen might modulate serologic soluble EGFR (sEGFR) concentrations in breast cancer patients. Accordingly, we measured serum sEGFR concentrations in postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treated with letrozole, an aro...

Frauen erkranken im Vergleich zu Männern häufiger an einer Arthrose. Es wird daher vermutet, dass hormonelle Faktoren dabei eine wichtige pathogenetische Rolle spielen. Ein Forscherteam aus Südkorea ging nun mithilfe Kohortenstudie der Frage nach, welche reproduktiven das Risiko postmenopausaler Frauen, Hüft- oder Knie-Totalendoprothese (TEP) benötigen, beeinflussen.

BACKGROUND Gender differences in prevalence and consequences of the metabolic syndrome as a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD), are challenging problems. Postmenopausal status may explain in part the cause of acceleration of CVD with aging. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of menopause and metabolic syndrome independent of aging among Iranian women. METH...

This paper discusses the responsibility of general practitioners who are consulted by women who have been physically injured by the men with whom they live. The paper draws on a study of 50 women who were interviewed at a refuge for battered women, and considers the help which they received, or did not receive, from their general practitioners. Such women are likely to face many difficulties: i...

Special thanks to The Ford Foundation for its support of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, the initiative under which these materials were produced. We also wish to acknowledge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their ongoing funding of the NRC. The ideas expressed herein are those of the author and do ...