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Exhibits : Permanent Collection : Women's Health
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
Pathways to Health
Not so long ago, information about the way women's health needs differed from men was virtually non-existent. Today, new research is underway to explore the complex world of the female body; treatments once thought revolutionary seem primitive by current standards.
"It's your health, take time to learn and take charge." Marie Lugano
As an interactive women's health exhibit, Pathways is designed to help visitors explore important issues in women's health, such as medical research, gender-based biology, care giving, personal stories of diagnosis and survivorship, support systems, myths, prevention and wellness, reproductive health, mental health, risk reduction, growing up and older, and the future of women's health.
Read more about the Pathways Partners and Women's Health Resources.
Women and Men: Three Differences that Make a Difference
HIV
Women are 10 times more likely to contract HIV during unprotected sex with an infected partner
Autoimmune Disease
3 out of 4 people suffering from autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus are women
Heart Disease
Women are more likely than men to have a second heart attack within a year of the first one.
Personal Stories
Kiosks provide personal narratives of women discussing medical conditions ranging from reproduction to cancer.
Depression
Myth: Depression is caused by a bad childhood.
Myth: Only women with unhappy lives get depressed.
"When I meet someone and tell them I have depression, I usually experience one of two reactions. Both of which are, I think, rooted in a lack of knowledge about the illness. One reaction is for people... I think don't really know what it is ...ask 'Does that mean you just sort of get sad every now and then?' These are people who hear the word 'depression' and don't associate it with a major medical illness. And then the second reaction I get, from people who I think tend to know a bit more, those are the people that tend to subscribe to the theory of it being a character weakness. Those are the people that have said to me, 'How do you feel about needing to be on drugs for the rest of your life?' I answer that question by saying I feel a lot better about that than about being depressed!"
- Bridget Flynn, Living with depression