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New information from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services on family planning services covered under Medicaid has been added and is available for 2009 for all states. The number of states that cover over-the-counter emergency contraception is 26; sterilization (36 +DC); Infertility testing (4); Infertility [...]
Earlier this week, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they had approved a new drug for type 2 diabetes (see the FDA’s press release here). Type 2 is the most common kind of diabetes and can develop at any age despite the old misnomer that it was an “adult-onset” disease. Essentially, your body does [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public about a counterfeit version of the weight-loss drug Alli 60 mg capsules (120 count refill pack) being sold over the Internet, particularly at online auction sites. The counterfeit product is illegal and unsafe. FDA advises people who believe that they have a counterfeit product not [...]
Melina Kibbe, M.D., associate professor at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, vascular surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and co-chief of the vascular surgery service and director of the Vascular Laboratory at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center recently received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) at the White House. This [...]
We probably all have first hand knowledge of how a bad night’s sleep can affect us the next day: we’re irritable, in a bad mood, and it can be hard to concentrate. It may not be all that surprising then, that how we sleep can be a very big part of depressive disorders, an incredibly [...]
I know what you’re thinking, this is a Women’s Health Blog – but we like men here too. A recent study published in Nature (and featured in the New York Times) reveals some interesting new insight into the X-chromosome’s somewhat puny-looking counterpart. Researchers Jennifer Hughes and David Page at the Whitehead Institute have discovered that [...]
We welcome the new commentary from the Dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine here at Northwestern University entitled, “Diversity: Essential For Our Success.” In it, Dr. Larry Jameson tells of his own personal history of growing up in the age where integration and diversity were just beginning to take hold as ideals of value. [...]
In 2010, WTTW Channel 11 and Northwestern Memorial Hospital will broadcast a special series, “Health Secrets: What Every Woman Should Know,” featuring broadcast journalist Paula Zahn. The Illinois Women’s Health Registry and Oncofertility Consortium will be featured in the series. Each one hour program is aimed at addressing women’s health needs at all stages in [...]
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