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What's New - Women’s Health Initiative Findings

Study sheds light on health issues among older lesbian and bisexual women

(PORTLAND, Ore.) – The CHR is one of 40 sites of the landmark Women's Health Initiative (WHI) started in 1994 to examine critical health issues among women. CHR researchers Drs. Barbara Valanis and Evelyn Whitlock, together with other WHI scientists, have just published their findings from a large study of health risks among the WHI population (more than 93,000). Their findings were published in the October issue of the Archives of Family Medicine. Of particular note is the finding that smoking, alcohol use, obesity, and depression are higher among women who identify themselves as lesbian or bisexual than among heterosexual women. The authors call for more research into the factors possibly responsible for this phenomenon, as well as into the role that health care systems play in identifying and addressing these problems. To read more on this study, see the related news release in PDF.)

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