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Forgetting Ourselves: Alzheimer's In Women, Jasmine Mortero Dec 2022

Forgetting Ourselves: Alzheimer's In Women, Jasmine Mortero

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Women are 3x more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than their male counterparts. Two thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women. Women in their 60s are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's during the rest of their life than they are to develop breast cancer.


Women's Safety In Nevada, Tsion Mekonnen, Aika Dietz Feb 2022

Women's Safety In Nevada, Tsion Mekonnen, Aika Dietz

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43.8% of Nevadan women experience domestic violence in their lifetime (2020).


Covid-19: Tougher On Women?, Aika Dietz Oct 2021

Covid-19: Tougher On Women?, Aika Dietz

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Women are receiving the worst effects of the COVID-19 recession.


Status Of Women In Nevada: Health Snapshot (Part 1), Ana Rosas, Aika Dietz, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson Jun 2020

Status Of Women In Nevada: Health Snapshot (Part 1), Ana Rosas, Aika Dietz, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson

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A breakthrough for women's health and racial health inequity is the passing of Public Health Service Act section 492B and National Institute of Health (NIH) Revitalization Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-43) and the implementation by NIH to support full or partially funded clinical research by establishing guidelines to include sex and race of the participant in these studies.