Health and Disease among Women Biological and Environmental Influences

by Ness, Roberta B.; Kuller, Lewis H.

• ISBN13: 9780195113969
• ISBN10: 0195113969
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Women often suffer from health problems that are specific to their gender, and are afflicted by many other diseases with greater frequency and severity than men. Health and Disease Among Women examines the biological and environmental underpinnings of these gender differences. The chapters are organized to cover biologic (hormonal, anatomic, immunologic, and pregnancy-related), social, behavioral/ psychological and lifestyle influences. They highlight observations that may lead to a better understanding of how such influences account for gender variations in health and disease. The book thus addresses questions such as: 1) Why do women bear more of the reproductive morbidity after sexually transmitted diseases than men, 2) Why is depression more common in women, 3) What is the evidence that cardiovascular disease is strongly influenced by hormonal milieu, 4) What are the competing risks and benefits associated with various methods of contraception? Densely referenced and packed with data, the chapters also provide methodologic insights that will guide research on women's health in the future.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi	(4)
Introduction	xv
I Psychosocial and Lifestyle Issues	3	(130)
1 Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among Men and Women	3	(30)
Manning Feinleib
Lillian M. Ingster
2 Gender Differences in Response to Drugs and Environmental Toxicants	33	(26)
Donald R. Mattison
3 Gender and Depression	59	(27)
Joyce T. Bromberger
4 Cognition and Frailty in Older Women: Socioeconomic and Physiologic Influences	86	(26)
Anne B. Newman
5 Violence Against Women	112	(21)
Elaine J. Alpert
II Sex Steroid Hormones	133	(116)
6 Hormones in Women	133	(22)
Kathleen D. Ryan
7 Sex Steroid Hormonal Influences on Coronary Artery Disease	155	(28)
Elaine Meilahn
8 Hormonal Influences on Osteoporosis and Fractures: An Epidemiologic Perspective	183	(18)
Jane A. Cauley
Frances Leslie Lucas
9 Epidemiology of Breast Cancer	201	(24)
Lewis H. Kuller
10 Epidemiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome	225	(24)
Evelyn O. Talbott
Robert A. Wild
Karen E. Remsberg
LuAnn B. Gibson
Annette Casoglos
III Anatomy of the Genital Tract and Immunology	249	(126)
11 Anatomy of the Female and Male Genital Tracts	249	(24)
Giuliana Trucco
12 Basic Principles of Immunology and Genital Tract Immunity	273	(24)
Peggy A. Crowley-Nowick
13 Urinary Incontinence	297	(17)
Kathryn L. Burgio
Patricia S. Goode
Julie L. Locher
Jibike Adegbile
14 Anatomic Influences on Sexually Transmitted Bacterial Diseases	314	(28)
Roberta B. Ness
15 Autoimmune Diseases	342	(33)
Susan Manzi
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
IV Effects of Reproduction and Contraception on Women's Health	375	(82)
16 Oral Contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy	375	(26)
Lewis H. Kuller
Roberta B. Ness
17 Contraceptive Choices and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women	401	(19)
Willard Cates, Jr.
18 Maternal Health Effects of Pregnancy	420	(37)
Donna Kritz-Silverstein
Index	457