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2024
Mothers Time Tool For Community Health Workers
Breakthrough ACTION
Provides information on using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools for community health workers to support postpartum mental health and family planning among Ethiopian mothers.
2024
National Plans And Awareness Campaigns As Priorities For Achieving Global Brain Health
Winter at al.
Summarizes priorities, strategies, and recommendations for implementing national brain health plans and awareness campaigns to accelerate global IGAP targets by 2031.
2021
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Common Mental Disorders in Women: a Systematic Review
Bezerra, H. S. et al.
Summarizes prevalence rates and associated factors of common mental disorders in adult women to inform public health policy and prevention strategies.
2022
Representation Of Women in Clinical Trials Supporting the FDA-Approval of Contemporary Anticancer Therapies
Babcook, M. A. et al.
Reviews data on the representation of women in pivotal clinical trials supporting FDA approval of anticancer therapies from 1998 to 2018.
2024
Research Progress Of Autoimmune Diseases Based On Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Ren et al.
Reviews research on using induced pluripotent stem cells to model, investigate mechanisms, discover drugs, and develop cell therapies for autoimmune diseases.
2024
Role of the gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of endometriosis: a review
Guo & Zhang
Reviews data on the role of gut microbiota in endometriosis pathogenesis, mechanisms, and potential for diagnosis and treatment; summarizes microbiome-endometriosis interactions for clinical insights.
2023
Sex And Gender Differences In Neurodegenerative Diseases: Challenges For Therapeutic Opportunities
Bianco et al.
Reviews sex and gender differences in neurodegenerative diseases, highlighting implications for pathogenesis, clinical features, and therapeutic responses to support personalized medicine.
2019
Sex Differences In Cardiometabolic Disorders
Gerdts & Regitz-Zagrosek
Provides information on the global burden, epidemiology, and trends of chronic respiratory diseases to inform public health strategies and policy development.
2021
Sex Differences in Health and Disease: A Review of Biological Sex Differences Relevant to Cancer with a Spotlight on Glioma
Massey, S. C. et al.
Summarizes the role of exosomes in cancer progression, focusing on their mechanisms, diagnostic potential, and therapeutic implications for cancer management.
2019
Sex Differences in the Burden of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Across the Life Course
Huebschmann, A. et al.
Reviews sex differences in type 2 diabetes prevalence and cardiovascular risk, summarizing epidemiology, mechanisms, and research gaps to inform prevention and management strategies.
2019
Sex Differences in the Prevalence of, and Trends in, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Treatment, and Control in the United States, 2001 to 2016
Peters, S. A. et al.
Summarizes sex differences in prevalence, treatment, and control of cardiovascular risk factors in US adults from 2001–2016 to inform prevention efforts.
2019
Sex Differences in Tolerability to Anti-Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Are We All Equal?
Duma, N. et al.
Provides information on sex differences in immune-related adverse events from anti-PD-1 therapy in metastatic melanoma and NSCLC, highlighting higher risk in women.
2019
Sex Differences in Traumatic Brain Injury: What We Know and What We Should Know
Gupte, R. et al.
Summarizes current knowledge and research gaps on sex differences in traumatic brain injury outcomes, comparing human and animal studies to guide future research and clinical care. Note: This summary is based on the abstract and main sections; the full article contains more detailed data.
2024
Sex hormones and immune regulation in ovarian cancer
Zhao et al.
Reviews the interplay between sex hormones and immune regulation in ovarian cancer, detailing mechanisms, therapeutic implications, and future research directions.
2024
Sex influence on cancer immunotherapy efficacy and safety in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A Canadian institution real-world experience
Cohen et al.
Summarizes real-world data on sex differences in immunotherapy efficacy and safety for advanced NSCLC, highlighting higher immune-related adverse events in females.
2019
Sex-Based Heterogeneity in Response to Lung Cancer Immunotherapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Conforti, F. et al.
Reviews data on sex-based differences in lung cancer immunotherapy efficacy, showing women benefit more from chemo-immunotherapy combinations than men.
2023
Sex, Gender, And The Brain: Towards an Inclusive Research Agenda
Economist Impact
Provides information on sex and gender differences in brain diseases, reviews data on five disorders, and offers recommendations to guide inclusive neurological research.
2023
Tailoring Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Through A Sex And Gender Lens
Carmona et al.
Reviews data on sex and gender differences in rheumatoid arthritis to inform personalized, equitable treatment strategies and highlight research gaps.
2011
The Global Economic Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases
World Economic Forum
Provides information on the global economic burden of non-communicable diseases, using multiple methods to inform policy and resource allocation decisions.
2020
The Prevalence of Autoimmune Disorders in Women: A Narrative Review
Angum, F. et al.
Summarizes prevalence, mechanisms, and risk factors for autoimmune disorders in women, reviewing genetic, hormonal, and epidemiological data to explain female predominance.
2004
Vitamin and Mineral Requirements in Human Nutrition
World Health Organization
Summarizes recommended nutrient intakes, food sources, bioavailability, and strategies to improve micronutrient adequacy for guiding nutrition policy and programs.
2020
Women’s Participation in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials From 2010 to 2017
Jin, X. et al.
Reviews data on women’s participation in cardiovascular clinical trials (2010–2017) by disease, intervention, sponsor, and region to assess equity in representation.
2024
Xist Ribonucleoproteins Promote Female Sex-biased Autoimmunity
Dou et al.
Provides information on how Xist ribonucleoprotein complexes contribute to female-biased autoimmunity, supported by mouse models and human autoantibody profiling.