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Although Women Experience More Intense and Frequent Pain Than Men, They Are Less Likely to Be Treated
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
New Health Report from the National Women's Health Resource Center Provides Help For Managing Disabling Pain
The not-for-profit National Women's Health Resource Center today released the National Women's Health Report, "Pain & Women's Health," which warned that the under treatment of chronic pain in women is a severe problem in our society and leads to lack of productivity and a reduced quality of life. The free report explores how pain--both chronic and acute--affects women's health and offers suggestions from leading pain experts for how to best manage the impact of pain symptoms.
Of special interest in this report are these articles:
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COX-2 Inhibitors: With all the recent headlines surrounding COX-2 inhibitors, what do women really need to know to make an informed decision on treatment?
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Slightly more than half of chronic pain sufferers also report having major depression. Low doses of anti-depressants are also used to treat chronic pain. We explore whether the pain causes the depression or whether the depression makes the pain worse.
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Migraines headaches are three times more prevalent in women than in men. The section of the report, Migraines & Women, explains how hormones may be the culprit in many migraine attacks.
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Commonly Asked Questions about Treating Pain, featuring pain management in older adults
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Lifestyle Corner: Managing the Impact of Pain, featuring unique pain management tips by NWHRC's medical advisor, Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH.
To order a free copy of National Women's Health Report, "Pain & Women's Health," please call 1-877-986-9472 or go to www.healthywomen.org.
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The National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) is the leading independent health information source for women. NWHRC develops and disseminates the most up-to-date and objective women's health information based on the latest advances in medical research and practice.
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