“NIH fetal tissue research requirements raise worries” – Discussion
Thursday, 29 August 2019
On June 5th, 2019, the Trump administration placed a ban on intramural studies involving fetal tissue at the National Institute of Health, stymying their ability to study multiple infectious diseases and developmental disorders. Extramural research proposals using fetal tissue, while not entirely banned, are subject to an ethics board review process which may take up
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“Revisiting the Flight of Icarus: Making Human Organs from PSCs with Large Animal Chimeras” – Discussion
Monday, 26 August 2019
Pluripotent stem cells, also known as “master” cells, have the ability to divide into all three types of body layers in humans – the ectoderm (skin and nervous system), the endoderm (endocrine glands, liver, pancreas, respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts), and the mesoderm (bone, muscle, cartilage, circulatory system and connective tissues.) These “master cells” have the
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“What Women Need to Know” Question & Answers August 2019
Wednesday, 07 August 2019
caffeine Q. I need a cup or two of coffee in the morning to get me going. My daughter, who follows a strict macrobiotic diet, has been nagging me about my coffee drinking. She contends that caffeine (I only drink caffeinated coffee) is an addictive drug that can cause all kinds of health problems. I
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Alzheimer’s Disease “What Women Need to Know” Question & Answers July 2019
Sunday, 28 July 2019
Alzheimer’s Disease Question: Since I have become menopausal, I have become very forgetful. Although I have no trouble remembering events that happened a long time ago, I do have difficulty recalling such simple things as the name of a person to whom I was just introduced. Am I showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease? Answer: Loss of
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The International Society for Gender Medicine: History and Highlights
Thursday, 25 July 2019
The International Society for Gender Medicine: History and Highlights is about a major step in the improvement of quality in medicine, namely the long overdue understanding that women are different from men in every system of the body and may require different approaches in diagnosis and treatment. This is not a textbook, nor is it a
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IGM Congress 2019
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
On September 12, Dr. Legato gave the keynote lecture for the International Society of Gender Medicine’s Annual Congress in Vienna, Austria. Her presentation on The Intelligent Genome: What Mediates Adaptation? sheds light on the historical division between the biomedical and social sciences about how the final phenotype is shaped, and whether it is nature or nurture that determines phenotype. Date: September
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Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine Annual Gala 2019
Friday, 14 June 2019
We celebrated our 23rd annual gala in a magnificent new venue, the exclusive Metropolitan Club in New York City. We honored Thomas F. Secunda, Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and Member of the Management Committee of Bloomberg, LP, whose extensive philanthropy through the Secunda Family Foundation covers a broad spectrum of interests. The Secunda Family Foundation focuses
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9th Congress of the International Society of Gender Medicine
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
The 9th Congress of the International Society of Gender Medicine will be held in the Billrothhaus in Vienna from 12th (Thu) to 13th (Fri) of September 2019. The Billrothhaus is the location of the Society of Physicians in Vienna and was opened in 1893. It is located in the heart of Vienna and one of the finest medical-historical monuments
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The Pontifical Academy of Sciences Workshop on The Revolution of Personalized Medicine 2019
Monday, 15 April 2019
On April 9, nineteen experts from around the world delivered their views on the moral and ethical implications of the Revolution of Personalized Medicine. Doctor Legato discussed the concept of gender and its relevance to personalized medicine. To read more about the conference, click here. “Click here to view the playlist containing all of the speeches from
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WOMEN’S PAIN IS DIFFERENT FROM MEN’S—THE DRUGS COULD BE TOO
Friday, 12 April 2019
MEN AND WOMEN can’t feel each other’s pain. Literally. We have different biological pathways for chronic pain, which means pain-relieving drugs that work for one sex might fail in the other half of the population. So why don’t we have pain medicines designed just for men or women? The reason is simple: Because no one has looked for
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