Sep 18, 2019
by Prateeti Khazanie, MD Mark H. Drazner, MD
Classical ethical questions often arise during the transplant allocation process because of an inadequate number of donor organs relative to potential recipients. One such question is how to weigh the benefit for one recipient versus a potentially greater good for the overall population following an alternative allocation.
Research shows that bystanders are less likely to perform CPR on women than men, and experts say superficial anatomical differences may lead people to assume chest compressions must be performed differently on men and women, which is not true. The Womanikin campaign is part of a larger discussion among public health advocates working to solve this problem.
When you think about your mental health, how often do you consider that your physical health may be part of the picture? A new study suggests that a lack of physical activity has additional consequences for people with serious mental illness.
A new report reveals more women than men have been injured by a medical device, such as a metal hip implant. It urges the FDA to further investigate possible sex differences in adverse reactions to implantable medical devices to assure safety for women and men.
A large study shows women survive stroke more often than men but have worse disability as a consequence of the stroke, with possible contributors being the lower use of cardiovascular preventive medications in women.
Nearly half of all children who develop Type 1 diabetes don't know they have the disease until they end up in the hospital with a condition that puts them at risk of coma or even death.
Facebook is taking a step toward leveraging its social media platform for public health. The social giant said it鈥檚 teaming up with four national medical groups to launch a preventive health tool offering tailored advice, the ability to set check-up reminders and other actionable information.
One of the biggest risk factors for Type 2 diabetes is excess weight. But you don't have to be overweight to have the disease -- and new research revealed that some racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to have diabetes at lower weights.
People in certain occupations have a three-times-higher risk of type 2 diabetes compared to those in other jobs, probably because of lifestyle factors, a nationwide study in Sweden suggests.
Women who have frequent hot flashes early in menopause or over a long period of time may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women who don鈥檛 suffer from regular hot flashes, a new study suggests.
Unfortunately, there is not a lot of research on whether runners are more or less susceptible to type 2 diabetes, says Jane Reusch, M.D., the associate director of the Center for Women's Health Research at the University of 麻豆传媒高清鈥檚 School of Medicine.
A new national study led by Dr. Sarah M. Perman, Ludeman Center researcher in the Department of Emergency Medicine at CU Anschutz School Medicine is the first to explore public perceptions of why community bystanders may not administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to an unresponsive women in cardiac arrest.
On Tuesday, June 4, the School of Medicine鈥檚 Ludeman Family Center for Women's Health Research and UCHealth jointly hosted 50 girls from high schools across the Front Range for the fifth annual Girls鈥 Career Day. The program featured a full day of interactive activities, lectures, and discovery across the Anschutz Medical Campus. Each year, the Ludeman Center and UCHealth tailor a unique agenda to ensure that the girls gain exposure to an array of careers in healthcare.
I think the team has grown to be more confident and the researchers are making an even larger impact on women鈥檚 health and sex differences. We are on an upward trajectory, and I am excited to be part of it.鈥
Dr. Shah is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the Adult Clinic of the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes (BDC), and a former recipient of a Ludeman Center Faculty Development Award. He recently received a K23 award, which is a National Institutes of Health Career Development grant. Over the next four years, this grant will allow him to study why post-menopausal women with type 1 diabetes have a high risk of bone fractures. Dr. Shah completed his residency in Internal Medicine and his fellowship in Endocrinology in India before joining the BDC, where he has cared for patients with type 1 diabetes for the past six years.
People who exercise in the morning seem to lose more weight than people completing the same workouts later in the day, according to a new study of workouts and waistlines. The findings help shed light on the vexing issue of why some people shed considerable weight with exercise and others almost none, and the study adds to the growing body of science suggesting that the timing of various activities, including exercise, could affect how those activities affect us.