Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a debilitating autoimmune disease that affects approximately 1.3 million people in the United States, striking women three times more often than men. The disease causes the immune system to attack healthy body tissue, leading to damage to joints and organs. Patients with RA can experience fatigue, joint [...]
By Laurie Wertich To state the obvious, men and women are different. Manufacturers of everything from tools (pink power drill, anyone?) to bikes to razors know well the power of marketing women-specific products and services. In recent years healthcare has followed suit. Women’s health centers are comprehensive, integrated clinics specifically designed [...]
By Eleanor Mayfield Michele Kelsey isn’t sure how long the “irregular spot” had been there before she started to pay attention to it. “It was a tiny patch of dry, flaky, red skin—smaller than a number 2 pencil eraser—right below my nose and above my lip,” she recalls. That was in the [...]