The Savvy Woman Patient: How and Why Your Sex Matters to Your Health (Capital Savvy)
New research is revealing how everything from medications to killer diseases affect women differently than men. The upshot: Its clear how important gender is when it comes to making decisions about your health, says Phyllis Greenberger, M.S.W., president and CEO of the Society for Womens Health Research and editor of The Savvy Woman Patient."Written by a team of internationally recognized medical practitioners, experts and advocates in health, it covers the latest research on all health conditions affected by biological sex differences between women and men, from heart disease to cancer and from autoimmune diseases to mental health. It is a unique and authoritative guide, complete with tips on where to go for help.""A fact-filled guide with many distinguished contributors. Just about any ailment you can think of is included and, of course, the emphasis is on the way women encounter disease in ways that differ from men.""Researched and edited by the Society for Women's Health Research, the book includes contributions from more than 40 experts and stories from actresses Fran Drescher and Cheryl Ladd, speedskater Bonnie Blair and others. Topics include the safe use of medications, nutrition, tests, diseases and disorders, menopause, mental health, oral health, pain, sleep and sexually transmitted infections.""This is a great book, 'The Savvy Woman Patient.' It's going to go right next to 'Our Bodies, Ourselves.'""Similar gender differences -- some more established than others -- pepper a newly released book by the Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy group, 'The Savvy Woman Patient: How and Why Sex Differences Affect Your Health.'More than 40 physicians and other health experts contributed to the project.Issued in late January, the 350-page paperback, published by Capital Books, delves into sex differences for a wide range of diseases, from eating disorders and AIDS to mental health, as well as offering prevention strategies, diagnosis and treatment for these diseases.""Chapters cover disease categories, and for each disorder in that category a definition is provided, followed by the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, screening and prevention....In many chapters, a vignette of an individual's experience is given, which imbues the information with a personal touch."A BOOK EVERY WOMAN SHOULD READ TO KEEP HEALTHY!"The Savvy Woman Patient: How and Why Sex Differences Impact Your Health" is a new book from the Society for Women's Health Research. Accessible and comprehensive, this guide to health problems and treatments specific to women is useful for female patients of all ages."The book is designed to help women ask smarter questions of their doctors and to help them follow or receive the best prevention strategies, diagnosis and treatment.Other topics addressed in the book include nutrition, addiction, asthma, screening tests, family histories and safe usage of medications."Society President Phyllis Greenberger Receives Red Dress AwardPhyllis Greenberger, M.S.W., president and CEO of the Society for Women’s Health Research, received a Red Dress Award on February 2 in recognition of her work in leading the way in the fight against heart disease in women. Presented by Woman's Day, the awards are part of the annual “Wear Red Day for Women,” which encourages women to wear red on the first Friday of February, drawing attention to heart disease, the number one killer of American women"The book notes that women and men are different. Unfortunately, many doctors and dentists don’t recognize how these differences can affect health. The result has been that women sometimes receive inappropriate medical and dental care. ‘The Savvy Woman Patient’ addresses the sex differences in health and a range of diseases, as well as prevention strategies, diagnosis, and treatments for those diseases."Dr. Jennifer Wider live interview on “Good Day New York”The Society for Women's Health Research was featured on an article entitled "Hormones Weather 'the Change.'""'The Savvy Woman Patient' by the Society for Women’s Health Research provides information about the health problems and treatments particular to women of all ages."