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Mammography biomarkers of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health: A review
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in both women and men and constitutes a major health and economic burden for healthcare systems all over the world [1]. In Europe, 47  % of all deaths in females are caused by CVD: ischemic heart disease and stroke account for 38 % and 26 % of all CVD deaths, respectively [1]. Indeed, estrogen has a protective role against CVD during the fertile age [2], this protection however tends to vanish during the menopause transition , thus contributing to increase CVD risk, together with other adverse physiological and metabolic changes occu...
Source: Maturitas - October 19, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Veronica Magni, Davide Capra, Andrea Cozzi, Caterina B. Monti, Nazanin Mobini, Anna Colarieti, Francesco Sardanelli Tags: Review Source Type: research

Health maintenance in women.
Abstract The health maintenance examination is an opportunity to focus on disease prevention and health promotion. The patient history should include screening for tobacco use, alcohol misuse, intimate partner violence, and depression. Premenopausal women should receive preconception counseling and contraception as needed, and all women planning or capable of pregnancy should take 400 to 800 mcg of folic acid per day. High-risk sexually active women should be counseled on reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections, and screened for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. All women should be screened for huma...
Source: American Family Physician - January 1, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Riley M, Dobson M, Jones E, Kirst N Tags: Am Fam Physician Source Type: research