This week, Barbara Streisand published an article highlighting the gross inequities in heart disease. We would like to thank her for her statement. Unfortunately, heart disease is not the only condition that affects women disproportionately or differently from men.Before 1990, women were not included in medical research and clinical trials, and to almost everyone women’s health meant reproductive health. After the establishment of the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) in 1990 and legislation that required the inclusion of women in research studies, we have learned that biological sex......
Behind Closed Doors: Americans and Sex
By: Jennifer Wider, MDNovember 17, 2010 A recent study conducted by sexual health researchers at Indiana University challenges some of the myths about sexual practices among adolescents and adults in this country. The National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), which was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, is the largest, most comprehensive survey of American’s sexual behavior since 1994. The study includes information from roughly 6,000 American participants, ranging in age from 14-94. Among other things, the study reveals patterns of condom use, same-sex encounters, sexually-transmitted......
SWHR Presents "Science of Sex" at TedX Conference
Washington, DC (November 9, 2010) - The highly anticipated TEDxNASA 2010 event at Christopher Newport University featured an intriguing presentation by Society for Women’s Health Research President and CEO Phyllis Greenberger. The well-received presentation, The Science of Sex, illustrates where sex-based biological research is currently and how it will significantly impact health outcomes for both women and men in the future. In front of 1650......
New Sex Differences Journal Launches
Washington, DC (November 4, 2010) - Biology of Sex Differences (BSD), the official journal of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD), has been launched. Biology of Sex Differences is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal launched by BioMed Central. BSD considers manuscripts on all aspects of the effects of sex on biology and disease. Articles published in BSD will relate to sex differences and feature articles on the separate and interacting effects of any hormonal, genetic, or environmental factors which cause sex differences in phenotype or disease. “Biology of Sex......
