If you're interested in seeing what's out there, check out both. The material presented in Hygeia is for general information and entertainment only. It is not intended to provide individual medical advice or to be a substitute for a relationship with your physician, a medical examination, or appropriate tests and treatment. Why Women's Health Women's Health covers medical topics that we hear about every day, but from the perspective of the woman as the patient. It's time to shift that focus to the woman.
Women make up a majority of the population and require more health care throughout their lives.
Men die more often from violence and accidents, while women suffer throughout their lifetimes from complications of childbirth, more diabetes, more hypertension, and finally, more heart disease and strokes. Because we live longer, the conditions associated with aging occur more often, and their prevention or treatment take on greater importance. Fortunately, the word has spread and a growing number of physicians approach medical care of patients taking gender into account. We dedicate Hygeia to those physicians, hoping to open the eyes of all physicians for the benefit of their patients' health. While this may have bearing on traffic flow at rush hour, the standardized patient hurts, not helps, medical evaluations.