Women's health disparities pervasive -- yet local.

The article discusses the highlights of the University of North Texas Health Science Center's fifth annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities. It cites that health disparity issue involving women is the focus of the event, which was held by the Texas Center for Health Disparities at the Health Science Center in May 2010. The keynote speaker was Dr. Katrina Armstrong from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who said that all disparities are local. Other topics discussed include the disproportionate effects of HIV/AIDS and cancer.