Ward Rounds, a publication of the Feinberg School of Medicine, recently featured the important role the Institute and its director, Teresa Woodruff, play in mentoring and encouraging young women in science. To read more, click HERE.
Clinical trials might help determine why a third say they don't feel well, compared with less than a 10th of non-Hispanic white women
By Patty Pensa, Special to the Tribune
June 29, 2011
Illinois' number of Hispanic women reporting that they were in fair or poor health was the highest in the nation, according to a 2009 study, and efforts are growing to figure out why.
'Hot Flash' film plays havoc in Naperville women's health program
by Anna Gaynor
May 11, 2011
Women's health: Staying fit at any age
by Anna Gaynor
May 10, 2011
Yoga, Zumba, running. What’s the best way to work out and stay healthy?
The January 2011 issue of Chicago Magazine features 250 MDs in 15 specialties in women's health. Click here to read articles that feature many women's health specialists including Dr. Teresa K. Woodruff, Director of the Institute for Women's Health.
The United States has failed to meet most goals for women’s health — largely federal objectives drawn from the U.S.
To view this press release about the Institute for Women's Health Research dated November 10, 2010, click here.
The National Institutes of Health marked the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Research on Women's Health with the release of a newly revised research agenda on women's health, A Vision for 2020 for Women's Health Research: Moving into the future with New Dimensions and Strategies (A Vision for 2020).
On September 30, 2010, a briefing was held in Washington, DC about the new research agenda.
The National Institutes of Health marked the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Research on Women's Health with the release of a newly revised research agenda on women's health, A Vision for 2020 for Women's Health Research: Moving into the future with New Dimensions and Strategies (A Vision for 2020).
Today, a briefing was held in Washington, DC about the new research agenda.
September 23, 2010 -- A concerted effort to boost research on women's health over the last two decades has lessened the burden of disease and reduced deaths among women due to cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and cervical cancer, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The effort has yielded less but still significant progress in reducing the effects of depression, HIV/AIDS, and osteoporosis on women, added the committee that wrote the report.
A new study underscores the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely to develop lethal breast or ovarian cancer, says a Northwestern Medicine oncologist. The study, which will be published in the Sept.
CHICAGO --- You can teach an old drug new chemotherapy tricks. Northwestern University researchers took a drug therapy proven for blood cancers but ineffective against solid tumors, packaged it with nanotechnology and got it to combat an aggressive type of breast cancer prevalent in young women, particularly young African-American women. To read more.....
August 2010
CHICAGO--Scientists as well as fertility doctors have long tried to figure out what makes a good egg that will produce a healthy embryo and, ultimately, a healthy baby. New research reveals healthy eggs need a tremendous amount of zinc to reach maturity and be ready for fertilization. To read more,.....
Institute Director, Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, is interviewed in a recent article in Slate, discussing reasons for including the analysis of sex difference. Click here to see the article.
A strong correlation exists between sex and the incidence, prevalence, symptoms, age at onset and severity of disease, as well as the reaction to drugs. Now a team of US authors has set out to explain why sex-based medicine is the next step toward the delivery of true personalized medicine. In a full review published in the July issue of Women’s Health, the authors expand on their recent Opinion article that appeared in Nature (1). The article is freely available and is entitled