Paula Johnson: His and hers ... health care
Paula Johnson: La salud de él... y de ella
Dr. Paula Johnson is a pioneer in looking at health from a woman's perspective. Full bio
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with just a touch of caffeine.
con un poco de cafeína.
would spend every afternoon with her,
solía pasar todas las tardes con ella,
was known about depression.
tan poco sobre la depresión.
are 70 percent more likely
tienen un 70% más de probabilidad
30 and 50 percent of the time.
entre un 30% y un 50% de las veces.
of fatigue, sleep disturbance,
de fatiga, trastornos del sueño,
these sex differences occur,
se producen estas diferencias de sexo,
by the Institute of Medicine.
por el Instituto de Medicina.
men and women are different
across all of our organs.
en todos nuestros órganos.
be included in clinical trials
included in clinical studies,
habitualmente en estudios clínicos
differences is often overlooked.
diferencias es a menudo pasado por alto.
of these sex differences.
de estas diferencias de sexo.
taking what we have learned,
lo que hemos aprendido
impacted the health of women,
han afectado la salud de las mujeres
in the United States today.
de mujeres en los Estados Unidos.
she went back to her doctor.
consultó con su médico.
another cardiac catheterization
le hicimos otro cateterismo cardíaco
for heart disease in women?
written over a 10-year period,
escritos en un período de 10 años,
of those that were tossed out,
que se desechaban,
were included in the studies,
se incluían en los estudios,
between women and men.
entre hombres y mujeres.
Hortense, my godmother,
very important in common.
muy importante en común.
nonsmokers are three times more likely
tienen tres veces más probabilidades
diagnosed with lung cancer,
son diagnosticadas con cáncer de pulmón,
cells of both women and men.
pulmonar de hombres y mujeres.
it can drive the science.
podemos contribuir para la ciencia.
at whose tumors shrank,
that the drug targeted
que el fármaco atacaba
that also includes sex.
que incluye el sexo.
from breast cancer over time.
cáncer de mama en el tiempo.
invested in breast cancer --
en cáncer de mama,
el cerebro funciona cuando se activa,
and you expose them to stress.
y se les expone al estrés.
of being able to dramatically improve
capaces de mejorar drásticamente
are often overlooked.
a menudo pasadas por alto.
are not getting the full benefit
no reciben el beneficio total
sex differences were present
de sexo estaban presentes
causes that are important to you.
causas que son importantes para ustedes.
for those who you love:
de aquellos que aman:
because the answer is likely yes,
la respuesta probablemente sea un sí,
the answer, at least not yet.
por ahora no sepa la respuesta.
your doctor will very likely
muy probable que su médico
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paula Johnson - Women's-health expertDr. Paula Johnson is a pioneer in looking at health from a woman's perspective.
Why you should listen
Ever think you were having a heart attack? It turns out that many of the well-known early symptoms, such as chest pain and pressure from left arm to jaw, are more typically experienced by men. Women are more likely to experience shortness of breath, unusual perspiration and abdominal discomfort. Dr. Paula Johnson was one of the first to ask big questions about women's experience of cardiac care -- and their access to care that meets their needs.
Johnson and her team at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston focus on mentoring, measuring and bringing together expertise from practicing clinicians and academics to improve women's health. She says: "One of our core responsibilities will be to address critical questions ... such as, 'How do sex and gender impact health and health outcomes?' and 'How can health disparities among different groups of women be eliminated?'"
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