We have all heard about the health benefits of green tea, thought to be a powerful antioxidant that helps keep body cells healthy. It’s no longer simply a way to end a meal, or a break in the middle of the day. There are green tea cakes and puddings, cookies and popsicles. You can grab

Thoughts on the Second Sex: What the World Thinks of Women I have lived a life of privilege in a society where my education and opportunities to contribute to others are respected and acknowledged. But most women in the world are not as fortunate: the horrendous injustices and abuses that the majority have experienced (and

Picking up the morning paper these days is almost guaranteed to deepen a pervasive and chronic sense of hopelessness and dismay on scanning the issues that crowd just the front page. The October 8th issue of the New York Times’ lead article by Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis reported the latest data on what is

Last fall, the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine sponsored a well-attended program in New York City on Alzheimer’s Disease (“Changing Minds: USC’s Approach to Alzheimer’s”) to discuss the groundbreaking research they are actively pursuing.  The program focused on treatments the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) was looking to advance. As part of

Nearly 50 years ago, astronaut Neil Armstrong spoke those famous words as he descended from the ladder of Apollo 11’s Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) to step onto the surface of the Moon, the first astronaut ever to do so. Many believe that was NASA’s finest moment. But in reality NASA has had many memorable successes

One in five people suffer from tinnitus, a malady that patients typically describe as chronic ringing, buzzing, or clicking sounds in their ears. It is not due to anything in the environment.  Sometimes it might be that you are hearing your own pulse. More often it is a ringing or hissing noise. According to the

In a previous blog article, we wrote about the health benefits of moderate drinking. That article, In Vino Veritas, focused on a large-scale Danish study of over 76,000 participants which found that drinking in moderation could combat diabetes while teetotalers had an increased risk for that disease. The survey looked at factors such as frequency,

Like the iconic “Rosie the Riveter,” women showed the world they could weld steel, build munitions and transport cargo during WWII, women of science also came to the fore showing the world the depth of their intellectual capabilities. In honor of Labor Day, The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine would like to pay tribute to the

How many of us have gone from one diet to the next in the hopes of losing weight to no avail while friends and family seem to drop the pounds without much ado? Researchers from the Mayo Clinic suspect it may be due to gut bacteria. Gut bacteria or microbiomes are a complex ecosystem of

We’ve all read or heard the quotes about testosterone—the sex hormone that’s gotten a bad rap socially but is something we can’t live without medically. Testosterone isn’t only important for male health; females need it too, although in much lesser amounts. Belligerence, aggression, heightened energy and intense emotion are all hallmarks of high testosterone levels—but