Publications

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As part of our broad effort to advance the health of all women, SWHR communicates with the public, the scientific community, and policymakers through peer-reviewed journal articles, commentaries, and disease guides and fact sheets.

Peer-Reviewed Articles
Commentaries
Guides & Toolkits

What we’re doing

Migraine Patient Toolkit: A Guide to Your Care
SWHR’s toolkit is designed to help patients navigate their care with easy-to-understand information about migraine diagnosis and treatment, as well as tips on interacting with health care providers and health insurance companies to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Commentaries, Publications
Assessing and Treating Migraine in Women and Men
04.12.19
In this Practical Pain Management commentary, SWHR provides a review of what is known about sex differences in migraine and its relevance to clinical care.
Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Assessing Research Gaps and Unmet Needs in Endometriosis
02.18.19
Although endometriosis affects nearly 10% of reproductive-age women, the disease remains underfunded and under-researched, according to an SWHR expert review in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Sex Differences in Lower Urinary Tract Biology and Physiology
10.22.18
Improving knowledge about sex differences in cell biology in the female and male lower urinary tract may help stimulate breakthroughs in the diagnosis and management of urinary dysfunction for both women and men, according to this SWHR paper in the journal Biology of Sex Differences.
Poster, Publications
School Nurses’ Experience of Toileting Behaviors in American Schools
10.10.18
SWHR conducted an online survey of school nurses about school bathroom policies and bladder health education and presented a poster highlighting the results at the 2018 American Urogynecologic Society’s Pelvic Floor Disorders Week in Chicago. 
Commentaries, Publications
Why Sex Matters in Alzheimer’s Disease
10.01.18
In this commentary for the Association for Women in Science Magazine, SWHR highlights how differences between women and men most likely play a role in Alzheimer's disease.
Commentaries, Publications
Why Sex and Gender Matter in Migraine
09.18.18
The symptoms, length and frequency of migraine attacks can vary from person to person, but we know two clear factors that influence migraine: sex and gender. Learn more in this SWHR commentary in Scientific American.