Women’s Health

As women and medical providers, Helen and Erin understand that women’s health differs from that of men in many unique ways. Women face diverse and unique health concerns across the lifespan which may affect their overall health and wellness. Women’s health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Women’s experience of health and disease differ from those of men, due to unique biological, social and behavioral conditions. Biological differences vary from phenotypes to the cellular biology, and manifest unique risks for the development of ill health.

Women’s XX sex chromosomes compliment, hormonal environment, as well as gender-specific lifestyles, metabolism, immune system function, and sensitivity to environmental factors are believed to contribute to gender differences in health at the levels of physiology, perception, and cognition. In addition, women can have distinct responses to drugs and thresholds for diagnostic parameters. Women experience many unique health issues related to reproduction and sexuality and these are responsible for a third of all health problems experienced by women during their reproductive years (aged 15–44).