Older Women's League
hideOWL - 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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News tagged with older women
Advances in screening have offset an increase in Down syndrome
Oct 26, 2009 |
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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 ...
Well-educated women hardest hit by breast cancer
Oct 19, 2009 |
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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.
Study shows chemotherapy improves survival among older breast cancer patients
May 13, 2009 |
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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, ...
Monitoring bone density in older women is unnecessary and potentially misleading
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Monitoring bone mineral density in postmenopausal women taking osteoporosis drugs (bisphosphonates) is unnecessary and potentially misleading, concludes a study published on BMJ.com today.
Researchers Find no Adjustment Method Fully Resolves Confounding by Indication
May 26, 2009 |
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(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, ...
Integrative medicine: Soy offers natural estrogens
May 01, 2009 |
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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.
Good intentions not enough to protect older women who live alone, researcher finds
Mar 31, 2009 |
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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 ...
Mortality risk greater for elderly women who nap daily
Mar 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
Women's access to donated kidneys declines with age, particularly compared with men
Jan 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
Delays in radiation therapy lead to increased breast cancer recurrence
Dec 01, 2008 |
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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 ...
Young women w/ early form of breast cancer no more likely to experience recurrence than older women
Sep 24, 2008 |
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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 ...
