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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. It is linked to many other health issues, from infertility to insulin resistance. In our feature, Women’s College Hospital endocrinologist Dr. Sheila Laredo discusses health risks associated with PCOS.
High blood pressure affects both women and men, but there are differences in when and why they are affected. In our feature, Dr. Paula Harvey, director of the cardiac research program at Women’s College Hospital, explores those sex differences and some of the mechanisms behind them.
Heart disease is the number 1 killer of men and women in Canada. In our feature, experts from the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Initiative at Women’s College Hospital discuss 10 major cardiovascular risk factors, and what women can do to keep seven of them under control.
During the years leading up to menopause, hormone levels are falling, and many women experience emotional and psychological symptoms as well as physical changes. In our feature, experts from Women’s College Hospital’s Reproductive Life Stages Program talk about mood symptoms and how to manage them.
If you have a cervix, you need a Pap test – no matter who you have sex with. That’s the message from two campaigns promoting Pap tests for trans men and for lesbian, bisexual, queer and gay women, and other women who have sex with women. Read our feature based on a presentation at Women’s College Hospital.
The Neighbours, Friends and Families campaign, which raises awareness about signs of domestic abuse and how bystanders can help women at risk, is expanding. Read our feature, based on a talk at Women’s College Hospital, to learn how co-workers can recognize when someone is being abused at home.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Lori Haskell highlights the need to make violence against women more than a ‘women’s issue’ in her talk Why Men Matter: Preventing Gendered Violence. Read our feature, based on the keynote talk at Women’s College Hospital’s 20th anniversary ceremony of the Montreal massacre.
More and more women are surviving breast cancer. Great news, but it also means more women face the unique long-term health issues that follow cancer treatment. Read our feature to find out why oncologist Dr. Patricia Ganz advocates planning survivor care from the beginning of treatment. Based on the 2009 F.M. Hill Lecture at Women’s College Hospital.
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