Assessment and management of patients with obesity
Obesity is a disease, not a condition resulting from ill-advised behavioral choices. 1 After all, obesity meets the essential criteria…
August 2015 Vol. 3 No. 3
Assessment, diagnosis, and management of headache
Healthcare providers caring for women can use advanced clinical skills in assessment and accurate diagnosis of headaches. Accurate diagnosis is…
August 2015 Vol. 3 No. 3
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Chest pain in a young woman
What is the cause of increasingly severe chest pain that developed in an otherwise healthy 23-year-old woman? LT is a 23-year-old…
Choosing a hormone therapy that’s right for her
Most women will experience symptoms of estrogen decline as they transition through the menopausal years. These can include vasomotor symptoms…
Dying to be thin: Recognizing and treating anorexia in adolescents
Ubiquitous images of waiflike models and other females in the media prompt many adolescent girls in the United States to…
Editor-in-chief's message
Dear Colleagues, Three full years have elapsed since we celebrated the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision requiring…
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: The new vulvovaginal atrophy
Menopause affects many areas of a woman’s body, including vulvar and vaginal tissue. Most women present with some degree of…
Message from the CEO
NPWH’s roots are firmly planted within the family planning movement. In May 1980, the Metropolitan Executive Director’s Council (MEXDICO) of…
Postpartum depression screening in a pediatric clinic setting
Postpartum depression (PPD), which affects about 14% of mothers in the United States, 1 can occur at any time throughout the…
Will the first medication to treat low sexual desire in women be approved?
Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) affects an estimated 43% of women in the United States.1 FSDs include impaired sexual interest/arousal disorder,…