Recently added articles from Canadian Women's Health Network:
editor's note
Apr 01, 2008; ... In the spirit of spring, this issue of Network "plants a seed" for our next special issue on women's health and the environment with an introductory article on climate change and its impacts on women's health. We have also included information about the growing movement to involve more women in ...
FEELING THE HEAT: WOMEN'S HEALTH IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Apr 01, 2008; ... FOR THE FIRST 20 YEARS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION, GENDER ISSUES WERE NOT EVEN ON THE AGENDA-EVEN THOUGH WOMEN AND GIRLS REPRESENT HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION AND ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VERY DIFFERENT HEALTH IMPACTS COMPARED TO MEN AND BOYS. WOMEN ARE GENERALLY ...
WOMEN PUT GENDER ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA
Apr 01, 2008; ... "When women's rights are not protected, more women than men will die from disasters. The issue of climate change is too important to ignore the voice of half the world's population." - Lorena Aguilar, Senior Adviser to the World Conservation Union at the UN Commission on the Status of ...
EVIDENCE for CAUTION: Women and statin use
Apr 01, 2008; ... IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, A CLASS OF CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS CALLED STATINS HAVE ACHIEVED THE STATUS OF BEING THE MOST WIDELY PRESCRIBED PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE WORLD. IN CANADA, WOMEN ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF THE THREE MILLION PEOPLE WHO TAKE STATINS DAILY. Researchers Harriet Rosenberg and ...
The HPV vaccine, one year later
Apr 01, 2008; ... IN JUNE 2007, THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S HEALTH NETWORK PUBLISHED THE POLICY PAPER, "HPV, VACCINES, AND GENDER: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS," TO RAISE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT PLANS TO BEGIN MASS VACCINATION PROGRAMS AGAINST INFECTIONS WITH SOME TYPES OF THE HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) AMONG SCHOOLGIRLS ...