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>>New 2004 ORWH Fact Sheet

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upcoming events

Women's Health Seminar Series: Women and Obesity
November 4, 2004
>>Seminar Flyer
>>Program Brochure

>>Advances in Uterine Leiomyoma Research: 2nd NIH International Congress
February 24-25, 2005

>>ORWH/NIH Reentry Program Announcement is now in the NIH Guide!


   
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news in women's health

>>Women, Tobacco, and Cancer: An Agenda for the 21st Century, a report of the NCI Women, Tobacco, and Cancer Working Group
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>>Conference Summary — Lupus Today: Research Into Action. (September 5-6, 2003)
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>>ORWH Report: Status of Research on Uterine Fibroids at the NIH (September 2003)

>> Estrogen Plus Progestin and the Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease
The February 10 issue of Circulation presents the final results of the Women's Health Initiative’s combination (estrogen plus progestin) hormone therapy trial regarding risk of peripheral arterial disease.
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>> Osteoarthritis Initiative: A Knee Health Study
The Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) is a nationwide research study, co-sponsored by ORWH, that will help us better understand how to prevent and treat knee osteoarthritis.
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>> Scientific workshop held June 12-13, 2003: Neuro-Immune Mechanisms and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Will understanding central mechanisms enhance the search for the causes, consequences and treatment of CFS? (workshop summary report)
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>> Research on Heart Disease Needs to Include More Women.
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>> Science Meets Reality
Summary: Recruitment and Retention of Women in Clinical Studies Workshop
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Hormone Therapy Workshop:
>> Report and Follow-up Activities
>> Summary article by Dr. Ruth Kirschstein
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>> Breast Implants Report
In response to P.L. 107-250 (H.R. 5651), NIH has prepared this report to Congress describing the status of research on breast implants being conducted or supported by the NIH.
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>> Additional current information related to NIEHS research
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>> NIH-supported study
finds that bone loss from Depo-Provera use is largely reversible.
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>>  Research Reveals Sex and Gender Differences in Health
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of interest...
Women's Health Initiative Memory Study: Rates of dementia increase among older women on combination hormone therapy
>> Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) Background Information
>> Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Article on WHIMS Memory Study

Chicagoans:
--Watch for The Changing Face of Women's Health opening at the Museum of Science and Industry in October 2004.

Information Resources

>> Uterine Fibroid Resources

>> Heart, Healthy, Women: The Source of Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease in Women
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