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“By not studying sex differences, researchers could be missing out on potential new treatments for both men and women”, says Rhonda Voskuhl. Finally, Science Magazine is speaking our language! I felt like I was reviewing talking points from one of my own presentations when reading the NewsFocus article titled, “Of Mice and Women: The Bias [...]
Yesterday, I started writing a blog explaining why sex and gender research was important. I got bogged down in historical background, mandates, and the usual boring facts and justifications. While doing this, my desktop binged and one of several daily notices from federal agencies popped up on my computer. Since I was having writer’s block, [...]
This blog is a follow-up to our March 3 blog where we announced the NIH Consensus Development conference scheduled on March 8-10 to discuss the safety issues surrounding vaginal birth after previous Cesarian section. AHRQ has released a report from that meeting that found that vaginal birth after cesarean section is a safe and reasonable [...]
In recognition of Poison Prevention Week (March 14-20), the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is highlighting the growing issue of unintentional drug poisoning in the United States. More than 26,000 deaths from unintentional drug poisoning occurred in the U.S. in 2006. Opioid pain medications (e.g., oxycodones and methadone) were involved in more than half of [...]
On Thursday, March 11, 2010 the Institute for Women’s Health Research in collaboration with Young Women’s Leadership Charter School graduated 29 high school girls from the Oncofertility Saturday Academy. Over 100 guests – parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and faculty – came to the graduation to celebrate the high school girls new science and health knowledge [...]
The FDA recently issued the following communication report: Patients and healthcare professionals may have questions about oral bisphosphonate medications and atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures – fractures in the bone just below the hip joint. Oral bisphosphonates are commonly prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Common brand names of medications in [...]
Throughout my career, I have been a strong proponent of medical research through consumer advocacy and educational activities. But recently, I had the opportunity to actually participate as a research subject! As an enrollee in the Illinois Women’s Health Registry, my health profile matched the criteria that a researcher was seeking for an osteoarthritis (OA) [...]
The Illinois Women’s Health Registry is currently featured on the Northwestern University homepage. To read the latest article about the Registry go to http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2010/03/registry.html. And you if you live in Illinois, sign up for the Registry!
Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is the delivery of a baby through the vagina after a previous cesarean delivery. For most of the 20th century, clinicians believed that once a woman had undergone a cesarean, all of her future pregnancies required delivery by that procedure as well. In the 1980s, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) [...]
What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis is a disorder in which the endometrial tissue, or the inner lining of the uterus, migrates to areas outside the uterus, most commonly the ovaries and Fallopian tubes. The endometrial tissue is the same tissue that thickens throughout the menstrual cycle and sheds (bleeds) causing the menstrual period. When this process [...]
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