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Lynne Lamberg

JAMA. 1999;281:1257-1258.

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Baltimore—To some teenage girls, a meal is a stick of gum and a diet soda. One third of women receiving prescriptions for estrogen replacement therapy never fill them. One in two American women will die as the result of a heart attack or stroke, yet two in three view cancer—particularly breast cancer—as their greatest threat. Nonetheless, one in three women aged 50 to 64 did not get a mammogram in the past 2 years.

"The Changing Face of Women's Health," an exhibit launched at the Maryland Science Center here last month, explores the origins of such harmful behaviors and beliefs. It also provides a potent antidote: a tasty tonic of medical information.

Designed to engage both sexes, with many displays suitable for children aged 10 and older, the $3.2-million exhibit will travel during the next 5 years to the eight other major US science centers that collaborated . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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