Resources

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Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal provides clinicians with peer-reviewed, scientifically accurate, practical information about the integration of conventional and natural medicine. Visit the Web site.

June 20-21, 2008, the UCSD Department of Psychiatry and The Diana Foundation hosted the Glucocorticoids and Mood: Clinical Manifestations, Risk Factors and Molecular Mechanisms Symposium. View the brochure.

UCSD TV Series: Pain Management in Women Over the Lifecycle: The UCSD School of Medicine and the Diana Padelford Binkley Foundation bring you this innovative series targeted at successfully managing pain in women. In this series, leading national experts will address gender differences in pain management and the best available treatment options ranging from conventional to complimentary and alternative medicines. View the UCSD Video Series.

Suggest a Resource: Please let us know about any additional resources you think will provide insight into chronic pain in women or adverse side effects of steroid therapies by e-mailing us at this link: info@dianafoundation.com

Recommended Web sites

The New York Times Health. The National Institutes of Health says that routine gender bias in basic research must end. Read the article.
The Society for Women's Health Research. The nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. Visit the Web site.

Medscape CME is accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education) to provide continuing medical education for physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals. The Medscape CME site includes a course of interest, Gender Differences and Pain Medication CME. Visit the Web site.

WebMD. The top consumer medical information Web site. The link below will take you to several excellent Chronic Pain resources available on WebMD. We also suggest visiting the excellent message boards, expert sections and blogs on pain management. Visit WebMD.

MedWatch. The Food and Drug Administration's special Web site for timely safety information on drugs and other medical products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Visit MedWatch.

Selected Articles

Killer headache? Migraines hike stroke risk Recent studies show those who suffer from something called migraine with aura have double, or perhaps triple, the risk of stroke or heart attack, compared with people who don’t get migraines at all. Women suffer migraines at a rate of 3 to 4 times greater than men. Link to the MSNBC article

Integrative Oncologic Practices and the Affects of Mesothelioma on Women The treatment of cancer is not automatically limited to traditional therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy. More and more, patients are seeking alternative ways to address not only the cancer itself but also the symptoms of the disease and the side effects associated with traditional therapies. Link to the article