CDC-led study reports prevalence of out-of-pocket payments for screening mammograms

IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health, published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well... view New Rochelle, NY, October 9, 2018--More than 20% of women aged 50-64 years and those aged 65-74 years with Medicare coverage reported paying out-of-pocket costs for their most recent screening mammogram, according to a study led by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Among uninsured women aged 50-64 years, almost 40% reported out-of-pocket payments for screening mammography.

Albert Einstein teams find 89 percent of hispanic women use herbal remedies

IMAGE: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine provides observational, clinical, and scientific reports and commentary intended to help healthcare professionals, delivery organization leaders, and scientists evaluate and integrate therapies into... view New Rochelle, NY, October 30, 2017-A new study comparing use of herbal remedies among Hispanic women and non-Hispanic white women showed higher than expected use of herbal treatments by both groups, 89% and 81%, respectively.

Albert Einstein teams find 89 percent of hispanic women use herbal remedies

IMAGE: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine provides observational, clinical, and scientific reports and commentary intended to help healthcare professionals, delivery organization leaders, and scientists evaluate and integrate therapies into... view New Rochelle, NY, October 30, 2017-A new study comparing use of herbal remedies among Hispanic women and non-Hispanic white women showed higher than expected use of herbal treatments by both groups, 89% and 81%, respectively.

New study from Harvard examines gender differences in obtaining first NIH research award

IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health , published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well... view New Rochelle, NY, Oct.2, 2017 -- A study of more than 5,400 instructors and assistant professors at Harvard Medical School compared differences between males and females for receipt of their first National Institutes of Health research award. The study, which also examined gender differences in numbers of publications, h-index, size of coauthor networks, and becoming an assistant professor, is published in Journal of Women's Health , a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers .