TIAA-CREF named Dr. Legato as one of 100 winners
Tuesday, 02 October 2018
“CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Marianne Legato! TIAA-CREF named Dr. Legato as one of 100 winners for their competition as a Difference Maker 100 out of more than 4,000 applicants. This competition marks the 100th anniversary of this prestigious financial services organization.”
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Tinnitus and White Noise: A Cause for Alarm?
Thursday, 27 September 2018
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
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To Drink or Not to Drink …That is The Conundrum!
Thursday, 13 September 2018
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,
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In Honor of Labor Day
Monday, 03 September 2018
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
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Could Your Gut Microbiome Be the Reason You Can’t Lose Weight?
Monday, 27 August 2018
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
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How Low Testosterone Impacts Men and…Women
Monday, 13 August 2018
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
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Staying Cool When Temperatures Become Deadly
Monday, 06 August 2018
Summertime and the livin’ is easy…and sometimes incredibly hot. As we race toward summer homes, vacation spots or just hang around the City, we have to be mindful that hot temperatures can be very dangerous wherever we are. Heat advisories should be taken seriously especially when high temperatures and humidity can produce heat indices between
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Call for Symposium Proposals for the 2nd Joint OSSD/IGM Meeting 2019 in Washington, DC
Wednesday, 01 August 2018
Call for Symposium Proposals 2nd Joint Meeting of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences and the International Society for Gender Medicine Sex and gender research: Impact throughout the lifespan May 5-8, 2019 Washington Marriott Georgetown Washington, DC, USA The 2019 OSSD/IGM Meeting Program Committee invites proposals for Scientific Symposia. We welcome proposals in
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Prediabetes: Warning Signs and Preventative Measures
Monday, 30 July 2018
According to a 2017 Center for Disease Control (CDC) report, over 30 million Americans have diabetes but nearly triple that amount have prediabetes—84 million and only 10% know they have it. In most cases, prediabetes will morph into diabetes but it doesn’t have to. Prediabetes as its name implies is the stage prior to an
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New Advances in Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Monday, 16 July 2018
Colorectal Cancer is the second-leading killer in the U.S., and according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), over 140,000 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed and over 50,000 will die from the disease in 2018. ACS also notes that “Overall, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about 1 in 22 (4.49%)
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