Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

September 6 2011 20110906

Research on Women's Health Issues Informs Treatment Choices

August 4 2009 20090804

An Aspirin a Day? The Answer is Different for Men and Women

Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Surgery Choices for Women With DCIS or Breast Cancer
• Women's Checklist for Your Next Checkup
• Women: Stay Healthy at 50+

Clinicians & Providers

• Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings
• Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings (continued)
• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression
• Library of Resources for Women’s Health
• Los niños jovenes y los fumadores
• Ovarian Cancer, Genomic Tests
• Relationship between Chemotherapy Use and Cognitive Impairments in Older Women with Breast Cancer: Findings from a Large Population-based Cohort
• The Prevalence and Determinants of Antepartum Mental Health Problems among Women in the USA: a Nationally Representative Population-based Study
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006
• Women's Health
• Women's Health Highlights: Recent Findings (continued)

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006
• Women's Health

Policymaker Resources

• AHRQ's MEPS Analyses and Data Used in New Report on How Health Insurance Reform Will Help America's Older Women
• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005
• Women's Health

Fact Sheets

September 1 2012 20120901

Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings

September 1 2012 20120901

Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings (continued)

September 1 2012 20120901

Cardiovascular Disease and Other Chronic Conditions in Women

September 1 2012 20120901

Health Care for Minority Women

Full Research Reports

September 1 2012 20120901

Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

September 1 2012 20120901

Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Other Research & Data

• AHCPR-Sponsored Research on Women's Health
• AHRQ Publications Influence North Carolina Medicaid Policy
• Aetna, Inc.
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Heart Association
• American Nurses Association Incorporates AHRQ Information Into Research Toolkit
• Connecticut Department of Social Services
• Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression
• Health Canada
• Indiana State Department of Health
• Lower educational level increases the likelihood of preclinical changes in mobility in older women
• Making a Difference: Heart to Heart
• Massachusetts Medicaid Office of Clinical Affairs
• Minnesota, New Hampshire, Washington, and Wyoming Medicaid Programs Improve Medication Policies With AHRQ Materials
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Niagara Health Quality Coalition Incorporates Effective Health Care Summaries
• North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation
• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
• Philadelphia Department of Public Health
• Relationship between Chemotherapy Use and Cognitive Impairments in Older Women with Breast Cancer: Findings from a Large Population-based Cohort
• Simpler drug warning labels are easier to understand
• State of Washington
• U.S.-born Mexican women who have adopted U.S. culture may be more at risk for cervical cancer
• Virginia Health Information
• Washington State Medicaid
• Washington State Medicaid
• While young women are knowledgeable about the HPV vaccine, many have yet to be vaccinated to prevent cervical cancer
• Women's Health
• Women's Health Highlights: Recent Findings
• Women's Health Highlights: Recent Findings (continued)
• Women's Health Highlights: Recent Findings (continued)
• Women's lack of knowledge and mistrust play a role in underuse of breast cancer adjuvant therapy

Press Releases

April 9 2012 20120409

Muscle Training Effective in Treating Urinary Incontinence for Women

January 17 2011 20110117

Routine Osteoporosis Screening Recommended for All Women over Age 65

News & Numbers

October 19 2011 20111019

Expenditures for Chronic Pain Care for Women at Nearly $13 Billion in 2008

July 21 2011 20110721

Heart Disease, Cancer and Mental Disorders Among the Most Costly Conditions for Women

May 19 2011 20110519

Most American Women Experience Complications During Delivery

April 28 2011 20110428

Use of Episiotomy and Forceps During Childbirth Down, C-Section Rates Up

December 15 2010 20101215

One in 16 Women Hospitalized for Childbirth Has Diabetes

November 18 2010 20101118

Rates of Hospital Emergency Department Use Greater Among Women and Low-Income, Older, and Rural Americans

May 12 2010 20100512

Screening Women for Osteoporosis Up Dramatically

March 25 2010 20100325

Why Women Are Admitted to the Hospital

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

September 6 2011 20110906

Research on Women's Health Issues Informs Treatment Choices

August 4 2009 20090804

An Aspirin a Day? The Answer is Different for Men and Women

Other News & Events

• AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange offers innovative solutions to caring for women with gestational diabetes
• Abused women have higher risks for numerous medical disorders
• Accuracy of ultrasound for ectopic pregnancy in the emergency department is not helped by measuring a key pregnancy hormone
• Acupuncture helps with depression during pregnancy
• Analyzing electronic health record data can help identify the overuse of cervical cancer screening
• Awareness of turning points shared by abused women can help health care workers provide counseling
• Bariatric surgery before pregnancy reduces the risk of gestational diabetes in obese women
• Breast cancer is associated with higher health care use and costs for women covered by fee-for-service Medicaid
• Certain women are at greater risk for mental health problems during pregnancy
• Consumer and clinician summaries now available on chronic pelvic pain treatment options
• Depending on a woman's age, hysterectomy may be the best option for resolving chronic pelvic pain and heavy bleeding
• Dilators more cost-effective than surgery for correcting congenital condition in females
• Disease that springs from water parasites may also be a risk factor for HIV for women in sub-Saharan Africa
• Domestic violence on the decline but young women are at highest risk
• Effectiveness of noninvasive diagnostic tests for breast abnormalities depends on woman's history
• Experts seek better diagnosis and treatment for women's urinary incontinence and chronic pelvic pain
• Giving birth to a small gestational age infant increases likelihood of later maternal ischemic heart disease
• Heart disease, cancer, and mental disease among the most costly conditions for women
• Home visits help pregnant, Medicaid-insured women alleviate depressive symptoms
• Homeless and underserved women may not be receiving empiric treatment
• Hospitalization rates have declined over 5 years for patients with HIV infection, but disparities still exist
• In vitro fertilization has advantages over natural conception for couples who both carry the cystic fibrosis trait
• Knee replacements up dramatically among adults 45 to 64 years old
• Lack of folic acid supplementation for nonpregnant women means missed opportunities to prevent neural tube defects in children
• Lack of time, resources to blame for primary care doctors rarely counseling women on birth-defect-causing drugs
• Lower educational level increases the likelihood of preclinical changes in mobility in older women
• Many homeless women are reluctant to get free Pap smears
• Married couples who have twins are more likely to divorce
• Medications for low bone density prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis
• Modeling inequalities helps to develop cervical cancer screening strategies that can improve outcomes and reduce disparities
• More research is needed on outcomes after maternal-fetal surgery
• More research needed on coronary artery disease treatments for women
• More than half of women do not get regular mammograms
• Most American women experience complications during delivery
• Mothers' medical appointments may be a link to getting daughters vaccinated for human papillomavirus
• Muscle training effective in treating urinary incontinence for women
• Mycobacterial pulmonary disease more likely to affect women
• Nearly two-thirds of mothers with depression do not receive adequate care for their condition
• Neighborhoods, abuse, and anxiety contribute to low birth weights
• New AHRQ report on women at risk for diabetes is available
• New report shows vaginal birth after cesarean is safe for most women
• No link found between chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer and later cognitive impairment
• No single strategy is uniformly successful in reducing cesarean section
• Nonplatinum chemotherapy agents more likely to lead to hospitalizations for older women with ovarian cancer
• Obesity rates are higher among sexually abused and lesbian women
• One in 16 women hospitalized for childbirth has diabetes
• Patient gender does not influence the management or diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in the elderly, but affects outcome
• Pelvic ultrasound imaging by emergency physicians is highly effective in ruling out ectopic pregnancy
• Perceived lower social standing linked to unplanned pregnancies
• Prenatal screening for Group B streptococci often fails to live up to current screening and treatment guidelines
• Preventive care for patients with lupus could be improved
• Primary care providers who provide contraceptive counseling increase patients' contraceptive use
• Providers miss opportunities to prevent depression in and discuss birth control with women with unplanned pregnancies
• Radionovela promotes awareness and knowledge of cervical cancer vaccine among Hispanic parents
• Rates of emergency department use greater among women and low-income, older, and rural Americans
• Routine Osteoporosis Screening Recommended for All Women Over Age 65
• Routine osteoporosis screening recommended for all women over age 65
• Satisfaction after hysterectomy linked to quality of life improvements
• Sex-related health differences associated with income and marital status
• Simpler drug warning labels are easier to understand
• Some noninvasive tests are better than others at detecting coronary artery disease in women
• Stressed-out women may delay getting preventive care
• Study identifies demographic and clinical factors related to fractures among older Americans
• Study is first to show improved outcomes with postpartum depression screening and care
• Treatment without examination and lab tests appears effective for some women with vaginal symptoms
• U.S.-born Mexican women who have adopted U.S. culture may be more at risk for cervical cancer
• Vaginal births after cesarean are safe for most women
• Vulnerable populations with heart failure less likely to receive early physician followup after discharge
• While treatments for miscarriage are safe, providers do not always offer them all to their patients
• While young women are knowledgeable about the HPV vaccine, many have yet to be vaccinated to prevent cervical cancer
• Why women are admitted to the hospital
• Women in jail are at increased risk of cervical cancer
• Women on Medicare with poor chances of living 4 more years often forego screening mammograms
• Women want clinicians to talk about the risk medications pose to an unborn child
• Women's Health
• Women's lack of knowledge and mistrust play a role in underuse of breast cancer adjuvant therapy
• Women's self-reported stress seems to jibe with a common stress biomarker