Women's Health Portal
News, Events & Connections
lynn westphal, MD, Director, Women's Health, a multi-disciplinary program within the School of Medicine, based in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is dedicated to enhancing the health of women through the integration of biomedical and social science, by way of interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts, from a sex/gender-differentiated perspective. We are committed to expanding and fostering translational research by integrating basic, clinical and population science; as well as being a leader in women's health medical and community education programs.
Women's Health Magazine
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Women's Health - In the News
- Stanford researchers find protein targets for potential treatment of multiple sclerosis, a disease that afflicts twice as many women as men.
- Breast cancer risk lingered years after women discontinued estrogen-progestin therapy, Stanford researcher says
- Women's hearts take center stage at new Stanford clinic,
led by program director, Jennifer Tremmel, MD.
- Breast cancer gene mutation more common in
Hispanic, young black women, Stanford/NCCC study finds.
- In The News Archives
Women’s Health - Video Series
Please review our archives of various Women’s Health
at Stanford videos, representing presentations, news and
interviews featuring Stanford University School of Medicine faculty.
Many of these videos are also available at Stanford on iTunes U.
in podcast format (http://itunes.stanford.edu/) and are noted accordingly.
Medical Education |
For a comprehensive listing of this month's seminars in Women's Health, please click here .
Some upcoming events of particular note:
The Littlefield Women's Health Medical Forum meets on various Wednesday's every month from 12:00-1:00 PM and is normally located in the Medical School Classroom, M112 - 12:00 - 1:00 PM.
Lunch is provided.
NOTE: Location change for April 30, 2008 to
Blake Wilbur, Room W1084
Wednesday, April 30th
Rebecka Peebles, MD
Instructor - Pediatric/Adolescent Medicine
Division of Adolescent Medicine
"New Directions in Eating Disorders:
The Internet, The Uninsured, and EDNOS"
E-Journal Clubs
The Women's Health Program is pleased to provide access to new e-journal clubs . . . allowing medical personnel a convenient opportunity to learn about Women's Health across a variety of medical disciplines.
This month's feature from the Cardiovascular Sex Differences E-Journal Club, produced by Jennifer Tremmel, MD, is an assessment of Impact of Impaired Fasting Glucose on Cardiovascular Disease. The focus is not so much on CVD, but on performing sex subgroup differences analyses. While this article evaluates genetic association studies, the points raised are worth considering when doing any subgroup analysis of sex differences.Please click on the article and the analysis to access the documents related to this most recent feature. Archived articles.
Complete Listing of Events |
Patients & Community |
Littlefield Women's Health Public Forum a free seminar series open to the general public, is on summer break. Fall 2007 dates/speakers/topics will be posted on our web page in late summer 2007.
Health Education for Women
Clinical Trials
Support Groups for Infertility Patients
- Infertility Support
- Pregnancy Support
- Donor Support
- Miscarriage Support
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Recognizing & Treating Abuse
Developed by Harise Stein, MD, web portals are now available to Stanford University Medical Center healthcare professionals,offering screening, treatment, and contact information, for domestic abuse and elder abuse situations.
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Does Gender Matter?
A Look at the Impact of
Gender on Career Advancement
in Academic Sciences, by
Ben Barres, MD, PhD. -
Nature, July 13, 2006. |
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