Marie Curie, The Mother of Physics
Many know Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes, one in 1903 for Physics and the other in 1911 for Chemistry, but how many people know she was the mother of two children? The quandry of how women balance a research profession and motherhood is being tackled by Emily Monosson according to a report on the The American Astronomical Society website. Ms. Monosson is focusing on women, science, and family and has tentatively titled the book Motherhood: The Elelphant in the Laboratory.
An excerpt follows:
The aim of this book is to initiate a national discussion about science, work,
and motherhood, by highlighting the unique accomplishments and challenges of
women, as scientists and as mothers, with the ultimate goal of redefining the
concept of career scientist.
Scientists with families, particularly women with young children, find it
difficult to achieve a balance between work and family in these highly
competitive often male dominated fields. But many do. They work
part-time or full-time, they opt-out, and opt back-in, they become
entrepreneurs, they job share, they get creative.
If you are interested in contributing and would like more information or would
like the full proposal, please respond to:
emonossonverizon.net
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Use of Marrow Stromal Cells for the Therapy of Heart Disease
Darwin Prockop, PhD, Department of Medicine and Center for Gene Therapy at Tulane University is one of several investigators working on animal models of cardiac diseases using marrow Stromal cells and other immortal cell lines.
Dr. Prockop's work focuses on injecting stromal cells into damaged myocardium. The cells differentiate into myocardial muscle instead of skeletal muscle.
Companies interested in this therapy should contact Doug Adams at
Drexel University's Entrepreneurship & Technology Commercialization Office. He can be reached at 215-895-0304.
For more information on cardiac treatments and stem cell research go to the latest issue of The Scientist.com
Darwin Prockop, PhD, Department of Medicine and Center for Gene Therapy at Tulane University is one of several investigators working on animal models of cardiac diseases using marrow Stromal cells and other immortal cell lines.
Dr. Prockop's work focuses on injecting stromal cells into damaged myocardium. The cells differentiate into myocardial muscle instead of skeletal muscle.
Companies interested in this therapy should contact Doug Adams at
Drexel University's Entrepreneurship & Technology Commercialization Office. He can be reached at 215-895-0304.
For more information on cardiac treatments and stem cell research go to the latest issue of The Scientist.com
Women, Heart to Heart
Female physicians at Penn Medicine dole out some thoughtful gems of advice on including themselves in their family's cardiac health equation.
"Women need to stop caring for all the members of their families for a few minutes and start caring for themselves. They need to know their risk factors for heart disease and take steps to reduce future risk. Heart disease kills women five times more than any cancer in the U.S."
Mariell Jessup, MD
Medical Director, Heart Failure & Transplant Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
"I often talk to women who insist that their husbands get evaluated, but they don’t apply the same standards to themselves. Women delay going to hospital, when having a heart attack, more than three hours more than men do. Women need to get to the emergency room quickly so that they're symptoms can be evaluated promptly.
"If I could tell my female patients one thing, it would be to stop smoking! The only young women I’ve seen with heart attacks are smokers."
-- Susan Wiegers, MD
Director, Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
"A recent survey showed that a majority of women can not identify risk factors for heart disease or steps they can take to reduce their own risks. And many do not know their cholesterol levels, and have never discussed heart disease with their doctors. This illustrates the enormous treatment gap that results in premature strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, and death. Both health care providers and patients need to close this gap with better education, awareness, and communication."
-- Laura Demopoulos, MD
Director, Women's Cardiovascular Health
Penn Medicine at Radnor
"Women don't realize how important heart disease is to their own health. There's a major disconnect between what women know about heart disease and what they actually do to prevent it. They don't pay attention to their symptoms or take preventive measures. Why aren't women talking about heart disease with their primary physicians? They are talking about breast cancer.
"Women are starting to understand that heart disease is important but they still aren't connecting it to themselves and taking the steps to prevent it. Think about your risk factors and take care of them before you end up in a cardiologist's office."
Ruchira Glaser, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Female physicians at Penn Medicine dole out some thoughtful gems of advice on including themselves in their family's cardiac health equation.
"Women need to stop caring for all the members of their families for a few minutes and start caring for themselves. They need to know their risk factors for heart disease and take steps to reduce future risk. Heart disease kills women five times more than any cancer in the U.S."
Mariell Jessup, MD
Medical Director, Heart Failure & Transplant Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
"I often talk to women who insist that their husbands get evaluated, but they don’t apply the same standards to themselves. Women delay going to hospital, when having a heart attack, more than three hours more than men do. Women need to get to the emergency room quickly so that they're symptoms can be evaluated promptly.
"If I could tell my female patients one thing, it would be to stop smoking! The only young women I’ve seen with heart attacks are smokers."
-- Susan Wiegers, MD
Director, Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
"A recent survey showed that a majority of women can not identify risk factors for heart disease or steps they can take to reduce their own risks. And many do not know their cholesterol levels, and have never discussed heart disease with their doctors. This illustrates the enormous treatment gap that results in premature strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, and death. Both health care providers and patients need to close this gap with better education, awareness, and communication."
-- Laura Demopoulos, MD
Director, Women's Cardiovascular Health
Penn Medicine at Radnor
"Women don't realize how important heart disease is to their own health. There's a major disconnect between what women know about heart disease and what they actually do to prevent it. They don't pay attention to their symptoms or take preventive measures. Why aren't women talking about heart disease with their primary physicians? They are talking about breast cancer.
"Women are starting to understand that heart disease is important but they still aren't connecting it to themselves and taking the steps to prevent it. Think about your risk factors and take care of them before you end up in a cardiologist's office."
Ruchira Glaser, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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