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The Women’s Leadership and Mentoring Alliance, sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Health Research presents: “Women’s Health — Does Sex Matter?” Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 5:00-6:00 pm A reception will be held 30 minutes prior and following the discussion Prentice Women’s Hospital, Harris Family Foundation Atrium – Third Floor 250 E. Superior Street Chicago, Illinois [...]
“The Promises and Myths of Breast Cancer Research” Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Fairmont Chicago, 200 N. Columbus Dr. Do you have questions about breast cancer treatment options, family history, integrative medicine, diagnosis and support? The Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Town Hall Meeting, hosted by the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive [...]
Dr. Cynthia R. LaBella, MD, kicked-off the second year of the Women’s Health Research Monthly Forum, on September 22, 2009, by presenting her research on knee injuries in female adolescent athletes to an audience of over 150 professionals from the Northwestern community. Dr. Labella is the Medical Director of the Institute for Sports Medicine at [...]
The NIH has a pretty cool monthly podcast called “Pinn Point on Women’s Health,” which is hosted by Dr. Vivian Pinn, director of the NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health. For September, the topic was Autoimmune Disease in women (NIH summary and directions for downloading the podcast can be found here.) The topic is [...]
The H1N1 flu, better known by its alias “swine flu,” is still wreaking havoc around the world. Everyone is understandably concerned. Every time I am on the phone with my parents and let out something with the slightest resemblance to a cough, they command me to go see a doctor immediately and have the H1N1 [...]
On September 9, President Obama gave a speech to the joint houses of Congress laying out his plan for health care reform. No matter what your personal politics, the outcome of such reform regulation is going to affect us all. With that in mind, we thought it would be helpful to lay out some of [...]
After reading Alison’s excellent blog entry regarding the efficacy of self-exams at detecting breast cancer, I’ve been thinking more about women’s choices regarding both prevention, as well as treatment, for breast cancer. I think Christina Applegate’s decision to have a mastectomy to treat her breast cancer really surprised me; it seemed such a drastic choice [...]
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