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May 31st is World No Tobacco Day—an annual awareness day sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1987 to draw worldwide attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. The theme for this year’s World No Tobacco Day is “gender and tobacco, with an emphasis on marketing to women.” [...]
The results of a study were recently released that examined the best strategy to wean college-age women who are considered addicted or pathological tanners from tanning salons. “They’re not worried about skin cancer, but they are worried about getting wrinkled and being unattractive,” said June Robinson, a professor of dermatology at Northwestern University and senior [...]
You may have seen the cover article on our Spring Newsletter titled “Spotlight on Obesity: Is it just your weight?” This article focuses not only on the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. but also on the serious health conditions that may result from obesity. Although obesity is on the rise, however, eating disorders such [...]
Several recent press releases from the National Institutes of Health have focused on new findings from scientists at Yale who have demonstrated that when endometrial stem cells were injected into the brains of mice with a laboratory-induced form of Parkinson’s disease, they appeared to take over the functioning of brain cells destroyed by the disease. [...]
Last night, the Institute for Women’s Health Research held is first grassroots social event in Chicago. More than 120 women (and a few brave men) turned out to network with each other, learn about the state of women’s health research and enjoy Chicago comedienne Patti Vasquez. Patti’s humor resonated with the multi-generational audience with jokes [...]
The Oncofertility Summer Research Fellowship 2010 selected three Oncofertility Saturday Academy alumni students to provide them with ongoing support to pursue their academic and career goals. Nicole Miles, Shaquita Webster, and Megan Romero will be working in Dr. Teresa Woodruff’s laboratory alongside basic research scientists this summer for eight weeks. Student fellows will be involved [...]
Northwestern’s Institute for Women’s Health Research is celebrating National Women’s Health Week with our Stand Up For Women’s Health Event tomorrow evening, May 12, at 6 PM. You can get more information here, but we are looking forward to a great night of comedy with one of Chicago’s finest comediennes, Patti Vasquez. National Women’s Health [...]
In celebration of National Women’s Health Week, Sharon Green, Executive Director for the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern will be appearing on the Steve Cochran Show, WGN-AM radio 720 in Chicago, during the 1:30-3:30 PM slot. She will be talking about the importance of focusing research on sex and gender differences. You can [...]
A recent article by Appel and Anderson in the New England Journal of Medicine, reaffirms previous studies that have suggested that salt intake reduction can be a highly effective, inexpensive way to reduce deaths due to heart disease and stroke. Table salt is 40% sodium and 60% chloride and the maximum recommended levels of sodium [...]
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