Update in Women's Health
Authors: Pamela Charney
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1998)

Updates1 October 1998Update in Women's HealthPamela Charney, MD, Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH, and Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPHPamela Charney, MD1998-99 Series; John Roberts, MD, EditorFrom Albert Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, New York; University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Search for more papers by this author, Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH1998-99 Series; John Roberts, MD, EditorFrom Albert Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, New York; University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Search for more papers by this author, and Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH1998-99 Series; John Roberts, MD, EditorFrom Albert Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, New York; University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-129-7-199810010-00009 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Advances in women's health in 1997 focused on important risk factors for coronary artery disease in women. Information also became available on hormone replacement therapy, especially its risks, its benefits, alternative treatments for it, and why women choose to take it or not take it. Finally, the effectiveness and cost of testing for breast and endometrial cancer received attention.Coronary Artery DiseaseWomen develop heart disease about 10 years later than men do, but in women this disease is, as it is for men, the number-one cause of death. Smoking is clearly a major risk factor for heart disease in ...References1. Behar S, Boyko V, Reicher-Reiss H, Goldbourt U. Ten-year survival after acute myocardial infarction: comparison of patients with and without diabetes. SPRINT Study Group. Secondary Prevention Reinfarction Israeli Nifedipine Trial. Am Heart J. 1997; 133:290-6. Google Scholar2. Pyorala K, Pedersen TR, Kjekshus J, Faergeman O, Olsson AG, Thorgeirsson G. Cholesterol lowering with simvastatin improves prognosis of diabetic patients with coronary heart disease. A subgroup analysis of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S). Diabetes Care. 1997; 20:614-20. Google Scholar3. Schrott HG, Bittner V, Vittinghoff E, Herrington DM, Hulley S. 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Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: 1998-99 Series; John Roberts, MD, EditorFrom Albert Einstein Medical Center, Bronx, New York; University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California; and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Corresponding Author: Pamela Charney, MD, Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, 1400 Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, NY 10461; e-mail, [email protected]Current Author Addresses: Dr. Charncy: Department of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, 1400 Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, NY 10461. 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