The Institute for Women’s Health Research held its monthly forum on Tuesday with speaker Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes giving her talk entitled, “‘Dying from’ to ‘living with’ HIV/AIDS: Framing Institutions and the coping process of infected black women.”
Dr. Watkins-Hayes began her talk by highlighting the huge discrepancies in HIV/AIDS occurrence by race: through 2007, 60% of [...]
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IWHR Monthly Forum: Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
November 18, 2009 – 4:01 pm
The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything
November 13, 2009 – 5:53 pm
Women now comprise half of all American workers, and women are either the primary or co-breadwinners for two thirds of all American families. Maria Shiver, in conjunction with the Center for American Progress, published a fascinating new report last month that outlines the ways that having a large female workforce is changing the landscape of [...]
Inequalities in Global Women’s Health
November 6, 2009 – 11:08 am
Guest blog by Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
The Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds this morning was given by past FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) and previous chairman of the department, Dr. John Sciarra. He provided an incredibly informative and moving description [...]
Do women need such big flu shots?
November 4, 2009 – 11:34 am
Dr. Sabra L. Klein, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Phyllis Greenberger, the president and chief executive of the nonprofit Society for Women’s Health Research, recently wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times called, “Do Women Need Such Big Flu Shots?“.
The [...]
Is there a good way to recieve bad news?
October 29, 2009 – 9:36 am
Medscape Today recently wrote an article detailing the physician’s dilemma regarding delivering test results, and how this may differ based whether the results are normal or identify a potentially dangerous problem. Much of the discussion uses PAP smear results as way to discuss the issue: it something women are supposed to do fairly regularly, and [...]
The complexities of estrogen signaling
October 23, 2009 – 2:22 pm
Did you know that males require estrogen for many key biological processes, including spermatogenesis? Actually, many of the actions thought to be caused by testosterone in males is actually caused by estrogen signaling instead. These are some of the cool facts about estrogen signaling that were covered in the most recent Institute for Women’s Health [...]
Science Mini-Lesson: X chromosome inactivation
October 21, 2009 – 10:00 am
In a recent post called, “Autoimmunity and Gender”, we mentioned that one reason women are more prone to autoimmune disorders, or those conditions where the body’s immune system attacks its own cells, is because of chromosomal influence, but we didn’t elaborate. If you’re guessing that it has something to do with the sex chromosomes, the [...]
Overlooked or misdiagnosed conditions in women
October 19, 2009 – 9:18 am
CNN Health has just published a nice article outlining many conditions that can be overlooked in women, including polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and several autoimmune disorders such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. Included in the article is a quote from Virginia Ladd, founder and executive [...]
Dr. Ruth Kirschstein dies at age 82
October 14, 2009 – 9:52 am
As those interested in the field of women’s health, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to the people who have come before us and championed the cause. One of the giants in this regard is Dr. Ruth Kirschstein, who passed away last week at the age of 82. Her scientific work helped to further [...]
“Illinois Women’s Health Registry: A Catalyst for Innovative Research”
October 6, 2009 – 2:56 pm
Institute for Healthcare Studies Seminar Series presents:
“Illinois Women’s Health Registry: A Catalyst for Innovative Research”
Sarah Bristol-Gould, PhD
Director of Research Programs
Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University
October 8th , 2009 from 12pm to 1pm.
Room 421, Wieboldt Hall, 340 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL
This event is free and open to the public. (Lunch provided [...]
