Uamuzi Bora is a promising project with a unique idea , aiming to create a secure database system for patients HIV trail data . Its built using CakePHP the PHP Framework , which has many features including easy deploying , installation , and customization , but the most important feature is easy to extend the [...] read more...

CHICAGO — Wrist fractures have an important personal and public health impact and may play a role in the development of disability in older people, according to a Northwestern University study published by the British Medical Journal.   Beatrice Edwards, M.D., associate professor of geriatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, was the lead author [...] read more...

DICOM Tools is a FREE small useful Google Android application to receive, send, anonymize DICOM files and now pull a modality work list. DICOM Tools is released as a Free app but its ads supported , however in its old ALPHA phase it has an interesting notice that the app will be commercial soon as [...] read more...

I recently received a copy of an article written in 2007 by Molly Carnes, MD and Judyann Bigby, MD.   One of the obstacles to the advancement of women in academic medicine is discussed in terms of the Jennifers vs the Janets.   Jennifers refer to the younger women who are just coming out of medical school, [...] read more...

Springimages.com is an online scientific collection of images , diagrams  , charts and  photos . It has a collection of medical images ( over than 600.000 images ) , including clinical pictures , Springimages.com includes now Images.MD as a part of medical and public health category , it contains over than 95.000 images . VHU8V9373FCD [...] read more...

CHICAGO — The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women who carry excess weight around their hips, known as pear shapes, than women who carry it around their waists, called apple shapes.  The study of 8,745 cognitively normal, post-menopausal [...] read more...

The New York Times has recently reignited a hypothesis made by Lawrence Summers, Director of the White House’s National Economic Council, about the ratio of males to females in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. Despite inroads, females make up a minority in these historically males-populated occupations. In the article “Daring to Discuss Women [...] read more...

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Searchdocs.net : is a search service for searching , social media documents such as scribd.com , docstoc.com . its built with Google Custom Search . www.docstoc.com www.scribd.com www.edocr.com www.thinkfreedocs.com www.share.zoho.com www.wepapers.com www.docshare.com www.docuter.com read more...

Several Northwestern researchers, including our own Institute director, Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, have been making a strong case for more sex-based research that is making waves in several prestigious journals including Nature and Women’s Health.   Readers interested in reading these articles should click here read more...

Gapminder :is a very creative and useful project , its a desktop application built-with Adobe AIR technology , to ” converting boring numbers into enjoyable, animated and interactive graphics ” . Gapminder requires Adobe AIR runtime in order to be installed since its an AIR package . Its working on Linux , Windows , Mac [...] read more...

Ms. Magazine has a new blog post about the drug Flibanserin, which is touted as the female Viagra. The post brings up some interesting points about the psychosocial issues surrounding female sexuality and encourages the FDA to reject the drug. Rather than treat low female libido with pharmaceuticals, the article encourages the government to increase [...] read more...

The results of a study were recently released that examined the best strategy to wean college-age women who are considered addicted or pathological tanners from tanning salons.   “They’re not worried about skin cancer, but they are worried about getting wrinkled and being unattractive,” said June Robinson, a professor of dermatology at Northwestern University and senior [...] read more...