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CME: Treating Asthma in Older Women
Physician’s Weekly Studies have shown that older women with asthma have disease-associated morbidity and mortality that is different from other patient populations. Physicians should consider using tailored treatment strategies to improve care in this vulnerable patient … |
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Health Outcomes Among Veteran and Non-Veteran Women.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Sep;24(9):723-9
Authors: McCauley HL, Blosnich JR, Dichter ME
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Women veterans represent a vulnerable population with unique health needs and disparities in access to care. One constellation of exposures related to subsequent poor health includes adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; e.g., physical and sexual child abuse), though research on impacts of ACEs among women veterans is limited.
METHODS: Data were drawn from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for the 11 states that included the ACE module (n=36,485). Weighted chi-squared tests and multivariable logistic regression were used to assess the prevalence of ACEs among women veterans compared with women non-veterans and differences in the following outcomes, controlling for ACEs: social support, inadequate sleep, life satisfaction, mental distress, smoking, heavy alcohol use, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease symptoms, asthma, and disability.
RESULTS: Women veterans (1.6% of the total sample) reported a higher prevalence of 7 out of 11 childhood adversities and higher mean ACE score than women non-veterans. Women veterans were more likely to be current smokers and report a disability, associations which were attenuated when controlling for ACE.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite women veterans’ higher prevalence of ACE, their health outcomes did not differ substantially from non-veterans. Further research is needed to understand the intersections of traumatic experiences and sources of resilience over the lifecourse among women veterans.
PMID: 26390379 [PubMed – in process]
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Women Seek More Treatment for Asthma Than Men
MD Magazine Researchers from Maryland and Massachusetts collaborated to examine gender differences in patient characteristics in order to address the knowledge gap and risk of hospitalization in nearly 2,000 ED patients with acute asthma. Patients who sought … |
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Pregnant women with asthma hospitalized more often than non-pregnant women
Healio However, pregnant women with asthma had less outpatient visits and prescriptions for most asthma medications than non-pregnant women with asthma. “We confirmed that pregnant asthmatic patients had more asthma-related hospitalizations than … |
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News-Medical.net |
Women more likely to be hospitalised after asthma emergency care
News-Medical.net US research shows that women who attend the emergency department (ED) with acute asthma are almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital than men despite several measures of asthma control, treatment and severity being more favourable in women. |
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Youth Health Magzine |
Asthma Attacks More Common In Women Than In Men
Youth Health Magzine To land to their findings, the researchers were able to analyse data on the likelihood that around 2,000 patients treated in the emergency room for asthma would need hospitalization. Men and women have similar risk factors when it comes to bouts of … |
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KMBZ |
Women with Acute Asthma Require More Hospitalizations than Men
KMBZ iStock/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — Although it's highly disputable that women are the weaker sex, they may be in one regard, that is, when it comes to being diagnosed with acute asthma in the emergency room. In that case, according to Rose Chasm, MD … |
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Medical Daily |
Asthma Treatment Leading To Hospitalization 60% More Common In Women …
Medical Daily Women who receive emergency asthma treatment are up to 60 percent more likely to require hospitalization than men are, a new study finds, upholding the longstanding trend of women facing greater risks for allergy and asthma than their male counterparts. Women Hospitalized for Asthma More Often Than Men Asthma Awareness Month Facts Study: Women hospitalized for asthma treatment more than men |
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WHDH-TV |
7Healthcast: Women and asthma
WHDH-TV … room for acute asthma. They found women were 60 percent more likely to be hospitalized after their ER visit than men. Many of the people in the study had poorly controlled asthma and only 10 percent of women had seen an allergist in the last year. |
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Medical News Today |
Women Hospitalized for Asthma More Often Than Men
WebMD Scientists analyzed the likelihood that 2,000 patients treated in the ER for asthma would need to be admitted to the hospital. Although the men and women had similar risk factors for a flare-up of their condition, women were still 60 percent more … Women with acute asthma more likely to be hospitalized than men, study finds Public Release: 5-May-2015 Women hospitalized 60 percent more than men … Women hospitalized 60 percent more than men after emergency asthma treatment |
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