Breast cancer fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National and state data from Centers for Disease Control. Keywords: flyer; females; woman; pink ribbon; malignant; estrogen; family history; self examination; lump; age-adjusted; confidence intervals; rankings; mortality; Men's Health Network; MHN; radiation; chemotherapy; hormone therapy; alcohol; Susan G. Komen Foundation; ACS; American Cancer Society; NCI; National Cancer Institute; mastectomy

Screening guidelines for females. 18" x 24" poster. Can be printed on letter size paper. Download this poster for free or purchase it at www.mhnstore.com . Keywords: posters; breast cancer; mammogram; osteoporosis; EKG; STDs; STIs; blood pressure; PAP test; colorectal; colon; estrogen; tetanus; diabetes; cholesterol; kidney; thyroid; TB; tuberculosis; girls

The Many Faces of Aging - "Of the more than 9 million older persons living alone, 80 percent are women." More than one-half the elderly widows now living in poverty were not poor before the death of their husbands. Keywords: aging; older; elderly; men; women; income; long-term care; community services; black; white; color; food stamps; assisted living; Medicare; Medicaid

Women's check-up suggestions for breast cancer, mammograms, bone health, colorectal and colon cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, reproductive health, PAP test, blood pressure, TB, hemoccult, bone health, estrogen, STDs, and other health indicators.

March 23, 2011. As Required by the Affordable Care Act; P.L. 111-148, Section 3509. Keywords: Kathleen Sebelius; Secretary; Health and Human Services; HHS; ACA; ARHQ; CDC; FDA; HRSA; ORWH; SAMHSA; HHS Coordinating Committee on Women's Health; CCWH; National Women's Health Information Center; NWHIC; Federal Interagency Working Group on Women's Health and the Environment

HHS; sex; aging; men; male; female; autoimmune; gynecological, reproductive, digestive disorders; racial, ethnic, sex/gender, socioeconomic disparities; poverty; education; degree; white; Hispanic; black; Mexican; HIV/AIDS; STDs; STIs; diabetes; overweight; obesity; mental health; household; 65; pregnant; WIC; food stamps; life expectancy; saturated; trans; fats; smoking; cigarette; alcohol; drugs

A study of women's experience with heart attacks, and how this experience differs from men's. Keywords: American Heart Association; Circulation National Institute of Nursing Research; NINR; Acute Myocardial Infarction; McSweeney Acute and Prodromal Myocardial Infarction Symptom Survey; MAPMISS; Patricia A.Grady; Jean McSweeney; heart; cardiovascular; fatigue; indigestion; weakness

Supplement(s) the billions of federal dollars being spent on breast cancer research: Keywords: BCRS; BCa; Semipostal Authorization Act; Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act; NIH; DOD; NCI; National Breast Cancer Coalition

TRICARE offers a full range of health care services for women- women report being satisfied with health care. Keywords: obstetrical; gynecological; Papanicolaou (Pap); mammograms; maternity; HIV; hepatitis; breast; hormones; menopause; osteoporosis

"Obese and overweight women may have a higher risk of having a child with certain birth defects." Keywords: neural tube, spina bifida, omphalocele, heart defects, and multiple anomalies.

central nervous system defects, heart defects, eye defects, respiratory tract defects, cleft palate, anal atresia/stenosis, hypospadias, urinary tract defects, and positional defects of the foot.

Statement by Dr. Eve Slater, Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS on The Role of HHS in Improving Women's Health: Senate HELP Committee, Subcommittee on Public Health. Prevention, diabetes, cardiovascular. Breast & Cervical Cancer, WISEWOMAN, CDC

"And New Initiatives as follow-up to the UN 4th World Conference on Women: Keywords: HHS, Welfare reform, domestic violence, employment, equal opportunity, family, children, Beijing, reproductive rights, abortion, poverty, minority, men

May 2000. More than 50% of participants in NIH funded research studies in 1997 were women. Health spending 1993-99 grew 39% for women & 23% for men. Keywords: Office of Research on Women's Health; ORWH; Revitalization Act

Progress Made in Providing Services to Women Veterans: GAO-HEHS-99-38: 1999. "Male veterans account for 95 percent, 24.3 million of 'VA's outpatient workload (29.4 million visits)' By 2010 , women 'over 10 percent' (vs) 5 percent in 1997."

Women's Health - Fast Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control

GAO report: Breast Cancer Research Stamp: Millions Raised for Research, but Better Cost Recovery Criteria Needed. GGD-00-80

1996 "...establishment of six National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health, to serve as national models for improving the health care of American women."