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Groups interested in hearing more about the registry should contact majohng@uky.edu or call 1-800-929-2320. We are happy to speak with any group or send materials and information.

FIBROMYALGIA WORKSHOPS Fibromyalgia workshop dates and online registration.

Registry in the Media

Click here to listen to radio interviews with for Dr. Leslie Crofford and read published articles about the Registry and Center for the Advancement for Women's Health

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Why do some diseases affect women more than men? Why do women respond to some drugs and treatment therapies differently than men? What environmental factors and behaviors most influence women's health? We don't know. But we want to find out.

And we need your help. Take the survey now

Article by Merlene Davis: Take health survey to relieve one woman's stress, help all women in Kentucky

Listen to Dr. Leslie Crofford talk to WUKY News' Dr. Greg Davis about the Kentucky Women's Health Registry.
FLASH format  or 
MP3 format   | Feb 25, 2009

4 COUNTIES MOVE UP A LEVEL! KEEP IT UP KENTUCKY WOMEN!
How many women in your Kentucky county have already registered?
Check out our interactive online map and encourage your friends, family and neighbors to participate in the Registry and increase the number of participants in your county! (This map is in Flash format)
Updated 1-13-2012

It is easy to help! Simply take an online survey. Click here to start filling out your survey now or call -800-929-2320 to receive a paper copy of the survey via mail! Click here to learn more about the Kentucky Women's Health Registry

If you ever have trouble accessing the survey, PLEASE contact us by E-mail or calling 1-800-929-2320. We want to know!

What have we learned from the registry?

The association of smoking and chronic pain syndromes in Kentucky women is explained in a recent article in American Pain Society. Read the full article

Is there a link between adverse pregnancy events and cardiovasular disease in women 50 years and older? Read the report on PubMed.

What disease is the #1 killer of American women? Learn the answer to this question and find out what the survey has already taught us by clicking here.

Continue to learn more by reading our newsletter "Advancing Women's Health"  (pdf format)
Read reports from some studies that have been written using data from the Registry


Have a group that might be interested in hearing more about the Registry or participating? We would be happy to speak with a group or send materials and information. Please contact us at majohng@uky.edu or 1-800-929-2320.


 
Comments to Mary Johnson, Last Modified: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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