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Advancement for Women's Health
Many important questions
regarding women's health remain unanswered because women were
historically excluded from most medical research studies. Researchers
assumed women would react to a drug or treatment therapy the same way as
men. However, as more women participate in medical research studies,
researchers are discovering that women may have very different reactions
than men to the same drugs and treatments. Women also may respond
differently to stress and other environmental and cultural influences.
We need more information to discover why. If we want to improve
knowledge about women's health for ourselves, our daughters, our
granddaughters, and many generations beyond, then we need to help
medical researchers find the answers. To help women and medical
professionals of Kentucky find out why diseases affect women differently
than men, the Center for the Advancement of Women's Health has created
the Kentucky Women's Health Registry.
Our goal is for all Kentucky
women to fill out the
Kentucky
Women's Health Registry
and
consider volunteering for medical studies that will help us advance
medical knowledge about women's health. Expanding our knowledge and
understanding will lead to new discoveries about diseases, new treatments,
and better overall health for ourselves and all the generations of women
that come after us. Your participation is completely voluntary and you may
ask to be removed from the Registry at any time.
