Women and Health
- 3rd Edition - May 21, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Rebecca Troisi, Kathryn Rexrode, Yvette Cozier, Marlene B. Goldman
- Language: English
Women and Health, 3rd Edition, addresses health issues affecting women of all ages from adolescence through maturity. Extending far beyond other books on women’s health, which te… Read more
Description
Description
Women and Health, 3rd Edition, addresses health issues affecting women of all ages from adolescence through maturity. Extending far beyond other books on women’s health, which tend to focus on reproductive health alone, this book covers key issues ranging from osteoporosis to breast cancer, domestic violence, sexually transmitted diseases, occupational hazards, eating disorders, heart disease and other chronic illnesses, substance abuse, and societal and behavioral influences on health.
In this third edition of Women and Health, the chapters incorporate issues that affect women across the life course with a special emphasis on the health of mid-life and older women. Changes in the field of women’s health since the first and second editions, for example, in genetics and the impact of sex and gender on health, are represented with the latest scientific findings and controversies.
This book provides a comprehensive compendium of the epidemiology of health conditions affecting women internationally and over the life course for the lay reader, clinician, and health research scientist.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a common language for epidemiologists, public health practitioners, and women’s health specialists to discuss the behavioral, cultural, and biological determinants of women’s health
- Focuses on how gender affects the risk, prevalence, presentation, and treatment of disease
- Frames the importance of considering the entire life cycle of women—from reproduction through aging—within research designs and treatment plans
Readership
Readership
Research scientists in many areas of women & health, clinical practices that treat women of all ages, and public and academic libraries. Nurses, midwives, psychologists, and medical students
Table of contents
Table of contents
Part I: Women, health, and medicine
Section 1: Introduction to women’s health
1. Women’s health in the third decade of the 21st century
Marlene B. Goldman, Kathryn Rexrode, Yvette C. Cozier, Rebecca Troisi
2. The journey to the 21st century
Antonia Coello Novello
3. Current approaches to women’s health care
Elisheva R. Danan, Carolyn M. Clancy
4. The impact of health coverage on women’s access to care in the United States
Ivette G. Gomez, Michelle Long
5. Complementary and integrative medicine and women’s health
Emmeline Edwards, Inna Belfer, Kelly Bernhardt, Sekai Chideya, Beda Jean Francois
6. Racial and/or ethnic disparities in women’s health
Monica Webb Hooper, Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie, Vanessa J. Marshall
7. Weathering: the mutability of women’s health with age and the consequences of injustice
Arline T. Geronimus, Rachel C. Snow
8. Sexual minority women’s health
Brittany M. Charlton, Landon D. Hughes, Bethany Everett, Cindy B. Veldhuis
9. Research regarding the health of transgender and nonbinary populations
Emerson Dusic, Jessie M. Garcia Gutierrez, Arjee Restar, Carl Streed Jr
10. Women’s health across the life course in low and middle income countries: an urgent and unfinished agenda
Jewel Gausman, Amy Luo, Areej Othman, Delia Bandoh, Ana Langer
11. Migrant and refugee health: the influence of context and assets on women’s health across the lifecourse
Catherine K. Ettman, Isabel T. Galea, Salma M. Abdalla
Section 2: Research methods in women’s health
12. Understanding research designs
Elena Dudukina, Vera Ehrenstein, Timothy L. Lash
13. The evolving focus of women’s health research
Rebecca Troisi, Julie R. Palmer, Marlene B. Goldman
14. Life course approach to research in women’s health
Rebecca Hardy, Nancy Potischman, Diana Kuh
15. Principles of genetics and genomics
Maryam Rafati, Sharon A. Savage
16. Omic technologies and Precision Women’s Health
Dawn L. DeMeo
Section 3: Introduction to the social (and structural) determinants of women’s health
17. Women, stress, and health
Mieke Beth Thomeer, Umberson Debra
18. Intimate partner violence
Cari Jo Clark, Irina Bergenfeld, Abbie Shervinskie
19. Social policy choices, women, and health
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Carley Ruemmele, Claire Pernat, Theresa L. Osypuk
20. The impact of the built environment on health
Li Yi, Francine Laden, Peter James
21. Women’s health and the carceral state
Sarah J. Ho, Catherine E. Paquette, Emily A. Wang, Lauren Brinkley Rubinstein
Part II: Sexual and reproductive health
Section 4: Sexual and reproductive health, third edition, Women and Health
22. Puberty development: determinants and health impacts
Yihui Yang, Donghao Lu
23. Menstruation and menstrual disorders
Siobán D. Harlow
24. Premenstrual disorders
Aparna Tiwari, Donghao Lu, Patricia O. Chocano Bedoya, Elizabeth Bertone Johnson
25. Contraception
Kristina Gemzell Danielsson, Sharon Cameron, Helena Kopp Kallner
26. Induced abortion
Kristina Gemzell Danielsson, Sharon Cameron, Helena Kopp Kallner, Amanda Cleeve
27. Infertility
Alessandra J. Ainsworth, Stacey A. Missmer, Robert Barbieri, Marlene B. Goldman
28. Medically assisted reproduction
Liv Bente Romundstad, Signe Opdahl
29. Labor and childbirth
Katariina Laine, Anne Cathrine Staff
30. Pregnancy complications and future maternal health
Lysa V. Auguste, Thomas F. McElrath, Nicole A. Smith
31. Epidemiology of endometriosis and adenomyosis
Kristen Upson, Stacey A. Missmer, Tina Tellum, Holly R. Harris, Sawsan As Sanie
32. Uterine leiomyomata
Lauren A. Wise, Shannon K. Laughlin Tommaso
33. Female sexuality and sexual function
Janelle N. Sobecki, Shari Goldfarb, Shirley R. Baron, Stacy Tessler Lindau
34. Vulvodynia
Bernard L. Harlow, Amy Y. Zheng, Nina Bohm Starke
35. The epidemiology of menopause
Carrie A. Karvonen Gutierrez, Ellen Gold, Siobán D. Harlow, Nancy E. Avis, L. Elaine Waetjen, Howard M. Kravitz, Jane A. Cauley, Gail A. Greendale
36. Overview of pelvic floor disorders: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment
Sissel H. Oversand, Rune Svenningsen, Anne Cathrine Staff
37. Hysterectomy: global patterns and public health priorities
Sapna Desai, Roopal Jyoti Singh
38. Female genital cutting
Marie Bangura, Nawal Nour
Section 5: Infections
39. Gonococcal infection in women
Elizabeth A. Gilliams, Noreen A. Hynes, Anne M. Rompalo
40. Chlamydia trachomatis
Charles R. Bornmann
41. Syphilis in women
Tara Brinck Reid, Anne M. Rompalo
42. Vaginal infections
Olivia T. Van Gerwen, Patricia J. Kissinger, Christina A. Muzny
43. Urinary tract infection
Betsy Foxman
44. Genital herpes
Sheliza Halani, Darrell H.S. Tan
45. Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in women
Joyce L. Jones, Eileen P. Scully
46. Human papilloma virus infection in women
Loris Y. Hwang, Anna Barbara Moscicki
47. Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain
Elora Kalix, Catherine L. Haggerty
48. Hepatitis C infection in women
Charles R. Bornmann, Oluwaseun Falade Nwulia
49. Malaria
David Sullivan
Part III: Occupation and environmental health
Section 6: Occupational and environmental determinants of health
50. Working women in the United States: a statistical profile
Lauren M. Anderson, Pia K. Markkanen
51. International perspectives: women’s occupational health
Pia K. Markkanen, Lauren M. Anderson
52. Multiple roles and complex exposures
Karen Messing, Mélanie Lefrançois
53. Reproductive hazards of environmental and occupational exposures
Sophie K.F. Michel, Ondine S. von Ehrenstein
54. Work related musculoskeletal disorders
Marie Eve Major
55. Occupational cancer
Melissa C. Friesen, Pabitra Josse, Debra T. Silverman
56. Environmental exposures and cancer
David C. Christiani
Part IV: Chronic disease
Section 7: Cardiovascular disease in women
57. Overview of risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Eileen Rillamas Sun, Jeannette M. Beasley, Eric T. Hyde, Andrea Z. LaCroix
58. Lipids in women: lifelong risk assessment
Marianna Pavlyha, Francine Welty, Gissette Reyes Soffer
59. Hypertension in women
Athena Huang, Wanpen Vongpatanasin
60. Emotions and cardiovascular disease in women
Lisa Marie Maukel, Heike Spaderna, Gerdi Weidner
61. Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women
Jannet F. Lewis, C. Noel Bairey Merz
62. Cerebrovascular disease in women
Cindy W. Yoon, Cheryl Bushnell
63. Heart failure in women: epidemiology, prognosis, and management
Ersilia M. DeFilippis, Michelle Kittleson
64. Atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in women
Natasha Cuk, Roopinder K. Sandhu
65. Venous thromboembolism in women: insights into epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical management
Candrika D. Khairani, Behnood Bikdeli
Section 8: Cancer
66. The impact of sex and gender on nonreproductive cancers
Sarah S. Jackson, Alison Berner, Kristin Waite, Jill S. Barnholtz Sloan
67. Cancer in women: global burden and insights from gender comparisons
Isabelle Soerjomataram, Eileen Morgan, Freddie Bray, Valerie McCormack
68. Epidemiology of breast cancer
Mia M. Gaudet, Lauren E. McCullough, Jonine D. Figueroa, Rebecca Troisi
69. Current issues in breast cancer screening
Christine M. Gunn, Anna N.A. Tosteson
70. Ovarian cancer
Nicolas Wentzensen, Britton Trabert, Joellen Schildkraut
71. Endometrial cancer
Megan A. Clarke, Akemi T. Wijayabahu
72. Cervical cancer: burden of disease and risk factors
Mireia Diaz, Beatriz Serrano, Miquel Angel Pavón, Esther Roura, Ginesa Albero, F. Xavier Bosch, Silvia de Sanjosé, Laia Alemany, Laia Bruni
73. Screening and vaccination in cervical cancer control and prevention
Margaret Logel, Myriam Chevarie Davis, Eduardo L. Franco
74. Lung cancer in women—epidemiology and risk factors
Adeline Seow
75. Colorectal cancer in women
Corinne E. Joshu, Edward Giovannucci, Elizabeth A. Platz
76. The epidemiology of melanoma of the skin
Catherine M. Olsen, Linda J. Titus, David C. Whiteman
77. Women and health cancer prevention
Graham Colditz, Akila Anandarajah, Hank Dart, Carrie Stoll
Section 9: Autoimmune and immune mediated diseases—heterogeneous, multisystem disorders
78. Multiple sclerosis
Mahsa Khayat Khoei, Maria Houtchens, Samia J. Khoury
79. Rheumatoid arthritis
Supritha Prasad, Miriam Friedman, Melvin Speisman, Romesa Hassan, Clare Omatsone, Axi Patel, Shiva Shahrara, Hali A. Hanson, Nadera J. Sweiss
80. Systemic lupus erythematosus
May Y. Choi, Karen H. Costenbader
81. Sarcoidosis
Yvette C. Cozier, Marina Dehara, Virginia Cafferky, Christian Vagts, Elizabeth V. Arkema
82. Inflammatory bowel disease
Sandra Naffouj, Ece Mutlu, Itishree Trivedi
83. Asthma
Hajar Ali, Collin Brooks, Neil Pearce, Jeroen Douwes
Section 10: Endocrinology and women’s health
84. The obesity epidemic and women’s health
Rachel H. Mackey, Kathleen M. McTigue
85. Polycystic ovary syndrome
Ilana Ramer Bass, Emily Nosova, Andrea Dunaif
86. Diabetes in women
Cathy C. Lee, Simin Liu
87. Thyroid disease and women
Poorani N. Goundan, Stephanie L. Lee
88. Management of menopausal symptoms
Jaya Mehta, Shari S. Bassuk, JoAnn E. Manson
89. Osteoporosis
Jane A. Cauley, Lauren S. Roe
Part V: Behavioral and inadequately characterized conditions
Section 11: Behavioral health and psychiatric disorders—introduction
90. Gender and mood disorders
Carly Kaplan, Thalia K. Robakis
91. Anxiety disorders in women
Julia S. Yarrington, Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Marcy Burstein, Anja Schmitz
92. Posttraumatic stress disorder in women
Sharain Suliman, Miranda Olff, Soraya Seedat
93. Psychosis in women: gender differences in presentation, onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia
Eveline Mu, Emmy Gavrilidis, Jayashri Kulkarni
94. Eating disorders in women
Cynthia Bulik, Suzanne E. Mazzeo, Madison Weinstock
95. Drug use disorders in women
Pia M. Mauro, Brooke S. West, Emilie Bruzelius, Sarah Gutkind, Elsa Carey, Morgan M. Philbin
96. Alcohol use disorder in women
Dylan E. Kirsch, Malia A. Belnap, Annabel Kady, Lara A. Ray
97. Women’s health and tobacco
Andrew C. Stokes, Lynsie R. Ranker, Jonathan B. Berlowitz
Section 12: Pain, inflammation, and fatigue
98. Complex regional pain syndrome in women
Dorothy H. Askins, Sarah R. McDonough, Ryan M. Taylor, Taylor C. Mahoney, Omar H. Fahmy, Ahmed I. Anwar, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan D. Kaye
99. Fibromyalgia
Daniel Lee Neuman, Abigail York, Melat Gebre, Lora L. Black, Andrea L. Chadwick
100. Multiple chemical sensitivity
Iris R. Bell, Carol M. Baldwin
101. Overview of headache disorders in women: emphasis on older adults
Brooklynn Bondy, Amaal Starling
102. Irritable bowel syndrome
Natasha A. Koloski, Nicholas J. Talley
103. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Leonard A. Jason, Chelsea Torres, Suvetha Ravichandran
Part VI: Aging
Section 13: Aging
104. Morbidity, disability, and mortality
Frances M. Yang, Anna Mori, Mara A. Schonberg
105. Urinary and fecal incontinence in older women
Alayne D. Markland
106. Hearing loss and aging
Sarah Y. Bessen, Sahar Assi, Frank R. Lin
107. Visual impairment in older women
Meagan D. Seay, Jenna Jensen, Heather Smith, M. Elizabeth Hartnett
108. Women’s oral health: a life course approach to oral health
Elisa M. Chávez, Judith A. Jones
109. Cognitive functioning and dementia in aging women
Michelle M. Mielke, Jillian Lee, Kristine Yaffe
110. The role of social support on health and well being in older adult widows
Toni L. Bisconti, Niccole A. Nelson, C.S. Bergeman
111. Long term care: the global impact on women
Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, Brittany Jones Cobb, Robin P. Bonifas
112. Caring for women with serious illness
Mary K. Buss, Ellen P. McCarthy
113. Successful aging in women
Barbara Resnick
114. Frailty in older women
Chelsea N. Wong, Andrea Wershof Schwartz
115. Musculoskeletal disorders: focus on osteoarthritis
Lisa A. Mandl, Kelli D. Allen, Amanda E. Nelson
Section 1: Introduction to women’s health
1. Women’s health in the third decade of the 21st century
Marlene B. Goldman, Kathryn Rexrode, Yvette C. Cozier, Rebecca Troisi
2. The journey to the 21st century
Antonia Coello Novello
3. Current approaches to women’s health care
Elisheva R. Danan, Carolyn M. Clancy
4. The impact of health coverage on women’s access to care in the United States
Ivette G. Gomez, Michelle Long
5. Complementary and integrative medicine and women’s health
Emmeline Edwards, Inna Belfer, Kelly Bernhardt, Sekai Chideya, Beda Jean Francois
6. Racial and/or ethnic disparities in women’s health
Monica Webb Hooper, Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie, Vanessa J. Marshall
7. Weathering: the mutability of women’s health with age and the consequences of injustice
Arline T. Geronimus, Rachel C. Snow
8. Sexual minority women’s health
Brittany M. Charlton, Landon D. Hughes, Bethany Everett, Cindy B. Veldhuis
9. Research regarding the health of transgender and nonbinary populations
Emerson Dusic, Jessie M. Garcia Gutierrez, Arjee Restar, Carl Streed Jr
10. Women’s health across the life course in low and middle income countries: an urgent and unfinished agenda
Jewel Gausman, Amy Luo, Areej Othman, Delia Bandoh, Ana Langer
11. Migrant and refugee health: the influence of context and assets on women’s health across the lifecourse
Catherine K. Ettman, Isabel T. Galea, Salma M. Abdalla
Section 2: Research methods in women’s health
12. Understanding research designs
Elena Dudukina, Vera Ehrenstein, Timothy L. Lash
13. The evolving focus of women’s health research
Rebecca Troisi, Julie R. Palmer, Marlene B. Goldman
14. Life course approach to research in women’s health
Rebecca Hardy, Nancy Potischman, Diana Kuh
15. Principles of genetics and genomics
Maryam Rafati, Sharon A. Savage
16. Omic technologies and Precision Women’s Health
Dawn L. DeMeo
Section 3: Introduction to the social (and structural) determinants of women’s health
17. Women, stress, and health
Mieke Beth Thomeer, Umberson Debra
18. Intimate partner violence
Cari Jo Clark, Irina Bergenfeld, Abbie Shervinskie
19. Social policy choices, women, and health
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Carley Ruemmele, Claire Pernat, Theresa L. Osypuk
20. The impact of the built environment on health
Li Yi, Francine Laden, Peter James
21. Women’s health and the carceral state
Sarah J. Ho, Catherine E. Paquette, Emily A. Wang, Lauren Brinkley Rubinstein
Part II: Sexual and reproductive health
Section 4: Sexual and reproductive health, third edition, Women and Health
22. Puberty development: determinants and health impacts
Yihui Yang, Donghao Lu
23. Menstruation and menstrual disorders
Siobán D. Harlow
24. Premenstrual disorders
Aparna Tiwari, Donghao Lu, Patricia O. Chocano Bedoya, Elizabeth Bertone Johnson
25. Contraception
Kristina Gemzell Danielsson, Sharon Cameron, Helena Kopp Kallner
26. Induced abortion
Kristina Gemzell Danielsson, Sharon Cameron, Helena Kopp Kallner, Amanda Cleeve
27. Infertility
Alessandra J. Ainsworth, Stacey A. Missmer, Robert Barbieri, Marlene B. Goldman
28. Medically assisted reproduction
Liv Bente Romundstad, Signe Opdahl
29. Labor and childbirth
Katariina Laine, Anne Cathrine Staff
30. Pregnancy complications and future maternal health
Lysa V. Auguste, Thomas F. McElrath, Nicole A. Smith
31. Epidemiology of endometriosis and adenomyosis
Kristen Upson, Stacey A. Missmer, Tina Tellum, Holly R. Harris, Sawsan As Sanie
32. Uterine leiomyomata
Lauren A. Wise, Shannon K. Laughlin Tommaso
33. Female sexuality and sexual function
Janelle N. Sobecki, Shari Goldfarb, Shirley R. Baron, Stacy Tessler Lindau
34. Vulvodynia
Bernard L. Harlow, Amy Y. Zheng, Nina Bohm Starke
35. The epidemiology of menopause
Carrie A. Karvonen Gutierrez, Ellen Gold, Siobán D. Harlow, Nancy E. Avis, L. Elaine Waetjen, Howard M. Kravitz, Jane A. Cauley, Gail A. Greendale
36. Overview of pelvic floor disorders: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment
Sissel H. Oversand, Rune Svenningsen, Anne Cathrine Staff
37. Hysterectomy: global patterns and public health priorities
Sapna Desai, Roopal Jyoti Singh
38. Female genital cutting
Marie Bangura, Nawal Nour
Section 5: Infections
39. Gonococcal infection in women
Elizabeth A. Gilliams, Noreen A. Hynes, Anne M. Rompalo
40. Chlamydia trachomatis
Charles R. Bornmann
41. Syphilis in women
Tara Brinck Reid, Anne M. Rompalo
42. Vaginal infections
Olivia T. Van Gerwen, Patricia J. Kissinger, Christina A. Muzny
43. Urinary tract infection
Betsy Foxman
44. Genital herpes
Sheliza Halani, Darrell H.S. Tan
45. Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in women
Joyce L. Jones, Eileen P. Scully
46. Human papilloma virus infection in women
Loris Y. Hwang, Anna Barbara Moscicki
47. Pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain
Elora Kalix, Catherine L. Haggerty
48. Hepatitis C infection in women
Charles R. Bornmann, Oluwaseun Falade Nwulia
49. Malaria
David Sullivan
Part III: Occupation and environmental health
Section 6: Occupational and environmental determinants of health
50. Working women in the United States: a statistical profile
Lauren M. Anderson, Pia K. Markkanen
51. International perspectives: women’s occupational health
Pia K. Markkanen, Lauren M. Anderson
52. Multiple roles and complex exposures
Karen Messing, Mélanie Lefrançois
53. Reproductive hazards of environmental and occupational exposures
Sophie K.F. Michel, Ondine S. von Ehrenstein
54. Work related musculoskeletal disorders
Marie Eve Major
55. Occupational cancer
Melissa C. Friesen, Pabitra Josse, Debra T. Silverman
56. Environmental exposures and cancer
David C. Christiani
Part IV: Chronic disease
Section 7: Cardiovascular disease in women
57. Overview of risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Eileen Rillamas Sun, Jeannette M. Beasley, Eric T. Hyde, Andrea Z. LaCroix
58. Lipids in women: lifelong risk assessment
Marianna Pavlyha, Francine Welty, Gissette Reyes Soffer
59. Hypertension in women
Athena Huang, Wanpen Vongpatanasin
60. Emotions and cardiovascular disease in women
Lisa Marie Maukel, Heike Spaderna, Gerdi Weidner
61. Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease in women
Jannet F. Lewis, C. Noel Bairey Merz
62. Cerebrovascular disease in women
Cindy W. Yoon, Cheryl Bushnell
63. Heart failure in women: epidemiology, prognosis, and management
Ersilia M. DeFilippis, Michelle Kittleson
64. Atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in women
Natasha Cuk, Roopinder K. Sandhu
65. Venous thromboembolism in women: insights into epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical management
Candrika D. Khairani, Behnood Bikdeli
Section 8: Cancer
66. The impact of sex and gender on nonreproductive cancers
Sarah S. Jackson, Alison Berner, Kristin Waite, Jill S. Barnholtz Sloan
67. Cancer in women: global burden and insights from gender comparisons
Isabelle Soerjomataram, Eileen Morgan, Freddie Bray, Valerie McCormack
68. Epidemiology of breast cancer
Mia M. Gaudet, Lauren E. McCullough, Jonine D. Figueroa, Rebecca Troisi
69. Current issues in breast cancer screening
Christine M. Gunn, Anna N.A. Tosteson
70. Ovarian cancer
Nicolas Wentzensen, Britton Trabert, Joellen Schildkraut
71. Endometrial cancer
Megan A. Clarke, Akemi T. Wijayabahu
72. Cervical cancer: burden of disease and risk factors
Mireia Diaz, Beatriz Serrano, Miquel Angel Pavón, Esther Roura, Ginesa Albero, F. Xavier Bosch, Silvia de Sanjosé, Laia Alemany, Laia Bruni
73. Screening and vaccination in cervical cancer control and prevention
Margaret Logel, Myriam Chevarie Davis, Eduardo L. Franco
74. Lung cancer in women—epidemiology and risk factors
Adeline Seow
75. Colorectal cancer in women
Corinne E. Joshu, Edward Giovannucci, Elizabeth A. Platz
76. The epidemiology of melanoma of the skin
Catherine M. Olsen, Linda J. Titus, David C. Whiteman
77. Women and health cancer prevention
Graham Colditz, Akila Anandarajah, Hank Dart, Carrie Stoll
Section 9: Autoimmune and immune mediated diseases—heterogeneous, multisystem disorders
78. Multiple sclerosis
Mahsa Khayat Khoei, Maria Houtchens, Samia J. Khoury
79. Rheumatoid arthritis
Supritha Prasad, Miriam Friedman, Melvin Speisman, Romesa Hassan, Clare Omatsone, Axi Patel, Shiva Shahrara, Hali A. Hanson, Nadera J. Sweiss
80. Systemic lupus erythematosus
May Y. Choi, Karen H. Costenbader
81. Sarcoidosis
Yvette C. Cozier, Marina Dehara, Virginia Cafferky, Christian Vagts, Elizabeth V. Arkema
82. Inflammatory bowel disease
Sandra Naffouj, Ece Mutlu, Itishree Trivedi
83. Asthma
Hajar Ali, Collin Brooks, Neil Pearce, Jeroen Douwes
Section 10: Endocrinology and women’s health
84. The obesity epidemic and women’s health
Rachel H. Mackey, Kathleen M. McTigue
85. Polycystic ovary syndrome
Ilana Ramer Bass, Emily Nosova, Andrea Dunaif
86. Diabetes in women
Cathy C. Lee, Simin Liu
87. Thyroid disease and women
Poorani N. Goundan, Stephanie L. Lee
88. Management of menopausal symptoms
Jaya Mehta, Shari S. Bassuk, JoAnn E. Manson
89. Osteoporosis
Jane A. Cauley, Lauren S. Roe
Part V: Behavioral and inadequately characterized conditions
Section 11: Behavioral health and psychiatric disorders—introduction
90. Gender and mood disorders
Carly Kaplan, Thalia K. Robakis
91. Anxiety disorders in women
Julia S. Yarrington, Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Marcy Burstein, Anja Schmitz
92. Posttraumatic stress disorder in women
Sharain Suliman, Miranda Olff, Soraya Seedat
93. Psychosis in women: gender differences in presentation, onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia
Eveline Mu, Emmy Gavrilidis, Jayashri Kulkarni
94. Eating disorders in women
Cynthia Bulik, Suzanne E. Mazzeo, Madison Weinstock
95. Drug use disorders in women
Pia M. Mauro, Brooke S. West, Emilie Bruzelius, Sarah Gutkind, Elsa Carey, Morgan M. Philbin
96. Alcohol use disorder in women
Dylan E. Kirsch, Malia A. Belnap, Annabel Kady, Lara A. Ray
97. Women’s health and tobacco
Andrew C. Stokes, Lynsie R. Ranker, Jonathan B. Berlowitz
Section 12: Pain, inflammation, and fatigue
98. Complex regional pain syndrome in women
Dorothy H. Askins, Sarah R. McDonough, Ryan M. Taylor, Taylor C. Mahoney, Omar H. Fahmy, Ahmed I. Anwar, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan D. Kaye
99. Fibromyalgia
Daniel Lee Neuman, Abigail York, Melat Gebre, Lora L. Black, Andrea L. Chadwick
100. Multiple chemical sensitivity
Iris R. Bell, Carol M. Baldwin
101. Overview of headache disorders in women: emphasis on older adults
Brooklynn Bondy, Amaal Starling
102. Irritable bowel syndrome
Natasha A. Koloski, Nicholas J. Talley
103. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Leonard A. Jason, Chelsea Torres, Suvetha Ravichandran
Part VI: Aging
Section 13: Aging
104. Morbidity, disability, and mortality
Frances M. Yang, Anna Mori, Mara A. Schonberg
105. Urinary and fecal incontinence in older women
Alayne D. Markland
106. Hearing loss and aging
Sarah Y. Bessen, Sahar Assi, Frank R. Lin
107. Visual impairment in older women
Meagan D. Seay, Jenna Jensen, Heather Smith, M. Elizabeth Hartnett
108. Women’s oral health: a life course approach to oral health
Elisa M. Chávez, Judith A. Jones
109. Cognitive functioning and dementia in aging women
Michelle M. Mielke, Jillian Lee, Kristine Yaffe
110. The role of social support on health and well being in older adult widows
Toni L. Bisconti, Niccole A. Nelson, C.S. Bergeman
111. Long term care: the global impact on women
Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, Brittany Jones Cobb, Robin P. Bonifas
112. Caring for women with serious illness
Mary K. Buss, Ellen P. McCarthy
113. Successful aging in women
Barbara Resnick
114. Frailty in older women
Chelsea N. Wong, Andrea Wershof Schwartz
115. Musculoskeletal disorders: focus on osteoarthritis
Lisa A. Mandl, Kelli D. Allen, Amanda E. Nelson
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- Published: May 28, 2026
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About the editors
About the editors
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Rebecca Troisi
Dr. Rebecca Troisi is a research epidemiologist with expertise and extensive experience in the areas of reproductive health, cancer, and life course epidemiology at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute. Dr. Troisi leads the Diethylstilbestrol Follow-up Study and has many domestic and international collaborations including the Nordic Project. As well as having co-edited the second edition of Women and Health, she has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, many as first or last author, and several book chapters. Her current position at the National Institute of Health includes collaboration with the Office of Research on Women’s Health providing an overview and big picture regarding current issues and initiatives in this area.
Affiliations and expertise
Epidemiologist, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health (NIH) USAKR
Kathryn Rexrode
Dr. Kathryn Rexrode is the Chief of the Division of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rexrode is a general internist and has broad and deep research experience in women’s health, with a particular expertise in cardiovascular disease in women. She leads multiple grants from the National institute of Health and is the author of more than 250 research publications. Dr. Rexrode is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and Chair of the Women and Special Populations Committee.
Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Division of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USAYC
Yvette Cozier
Dr. Yvette Cozier is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology, and the Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) at Boston University School of Public Health. She is also a Senior Epidemiologist at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine. A social epidemiologist, Dr. Cozier’s overall research focus has been on the influence of psychosocial and structural factors on health - including racism and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES). Dr. Cozier co-leads (MPI) the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS), a prospective follow-up of over 59,000 African American women begun in 1995. She has published over 100 abstracts, manuscripts, invited commentaries and reviews, monographs, and book chapters on health disparities, cardiometabolic, and immune-mediated conditions including obesity, lupus, and sarcoidosis.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, USAMG
Marlene B. Goldman
Dr. Goldman’s career spans more than thirty-five years and includes extensive experience in research design, methodology, and analysis. As Director of Clinical Research, she supervised faculty and resident research in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, maternal-fetal medicine, urogynecology, and gynecologic oncology. Dr. Goldman completed graduate and post-graduate study in epidemiology at Harvard University’s School of Public Health where she also served on the faculty for more than a decade. During the development of the first edition of Women & Health she received a Health Sciences Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Dr. Goldman is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and a lifetime member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She was previously an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology, a chartered member of the NIH IRAP study section, and an Investigator in the Cancer Epidemiology and Chemoprevention Research program at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA