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OWL - The Voice of Midlife and Older Women was founded in 1980 (as the Older Women’s League) after a White House mini-conference on aging in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Well-educated women hardest hit by breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Well-educated women and those who live alone are emotionally the hardest hit by breast cancer, according to the findings of a new Australian study announced during October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.


Mortality risk greater for elderly women who nap daily

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older women who reported taking daily naps had a significantly greater risk of dying. The results of the study are in contrast to a number ...


Young women w/ early form of breast cancer no more likely to experience recurrence than older women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young women with DCIS, a common form of early breast cancer that arises in and is confined to the mammary ducts, are presumed more likely to have recurrences than older women with the same diagnosis. But a new study from ...


Delays in radiation therapy lead to increased breast cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new analysis of the National Cancer Institute's cancer registry has found that as many as one in five older women experience delayed or incomplete radiation treatment following breast-conserving surgery, and that this suboptimal ...


Women's access to donated kidneys declines with age, particularly compared with men

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Younger women have equivalent access to kidney transplants compared with their male counterparts, but older women receive transplants much less frequently than older men, according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue ...


Good intentions not enough to protect older women who live alone, researcher finds

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older women who live alone are vulnerable to unwanted intrusions in their homes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Caregivers of older women often evaluate crime risk and home security, but fail ...


Integrative medicine: Soy offers natural estrogens

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If you're like many women, you may be reluctant to take hormones during the menopausal years because past studies seemed to recommend against it.


Study shows chemotherapy improves survival among older breast cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The average age of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is 63, so it is critical to have effective proven, therapies for an older patient population. But older women with breast cancer are underrepresented in clinic trials, ...


Researchers Find no Adjustment Method Fully Resolves Confounding by Indication

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health have found that no adjustment method fully resolves confounding by indication in observational studies, ...


Monitoring bone density in older women is unnecessary and potentially misleading

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Monitoring bone mineral density in postmenopausal women taking osteoporosis drugs (bisphosphonates) is unnecessary and potentially misleading, concludes a study published on BMJ.com today.


Advances in screening have offset an increase in Down syndrome

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The number of diagnoses of Down's syndrome has increased by almost three quarters (71%) from 1989/90 to 2007/08, largely due to the considerable increase in the number of older mothers over this period. However, the number ...