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According to a study that was coordinated by investigators at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar levels for the mother and her unborn baby. “As result of this study, more [...]
On February 15, 2010 the NIH issued a news release about a new analysis reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine on data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). The study reevaluated whether or not combination hormone therapy (estrogen+progestin) increases the risk of heart disease in healthy postmenopausal women. Researchers from the National Heart, Lung, [...]
We realize that Thursday nights are jam packed with all sorts of great TV shows, but hopefully you were able to set the DVR for the WTTW series Health Secrets: What Every Woman Should Know. The 4-part TV series was hosted by Paula Zahn and sponsored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Alberto Culver. Each one-hour program [...]
A few decades ago, manicures and pedicures were something your grandmother and her friends did. Today, it has become popular with all ages–probably due to the general acceptance that women could pack away their panty hose and go bare-legged and the popularity of flip flops. As the consumer base widened, so did the number of [...]
I have noticed that recently there have been a lot of commercials on television about getting your BRACAnalysis®. You might be wondering what a BRAC analysis is? Or maybe you are wondering if you should get one? The BRAC test is a genetic test that will test your genome for the presence of two genes [...]
Every day we hear about a new drug, screening tool or technology that promises to improve our knowledge of health and disease. Generally, the news is good, or at least hopeful, reassuring the public that important research is progressing. Often, the new breakthroughs have been demonstrated in the lab or in animal models and [...]
Research led by Teresa Woodruff, PhD, director of the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University was featured in the first edition of Horizons in Bioscience, a publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, that describes scientific discoveries on the brink of clinical application. This publication is shared with members of [...]
What is Heart Disease? Heart Disease is a general term used to describe various diseases and syndromes of the heart and blood vessels. Included in the definition are diseases such as coronary artery disease, heart arrhythmia, heart valve disease, heart failure, and congenital heart defects, among others. Heart disease is the number one killer of [...]
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