Covid 19 Convalescent Plasma Study

PCOS Awareness Month, Convalescent Plasma & COVID19, Men's Health

OCTOber 1, 2020

Upcoming / RECENT Talks

Covid 19 Convalescent Plasma Study

with Dr. Katharine Bar

June 4, 2020

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Convalescent plasma therapy involves the transfusion of plasma collected from a donor who has recovered from Covid-19 to a patient with an active infection. Two recent studies have shown that convalescent plasma therapy can be used in treating critically-ill covid-19 patients. Penn’s recently launched two part study will investigate how convalescent plasma therapy works in moderately and severely ill patients. We are talking to Principal Investigator of the study Dr. Katharine Bar to understand the nuances of the study.

Panelists

Dr. Katharine Bar

Cynthia Chmielewski

Priya Menon

July 22, 2020, 4 PM EST

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PCOS is an enigmatic disease with the most common symptoms being irregular menstrual cycles and ovulation leading to infertility in many cases. We created a PCOS Tracker, a free app for women to track their PCOS symptoms, and as it completes one year, it has now been downloaded more than 23,000 times by women wanting to track their PCOS Symptoms. We received many questions from PCOS Trackers on irregular periods, periods pain and associated infertility, that were answered in this Q&A session by PCOS expert Dr. Carolyn Alexander of Southern California Reproductive Center and reproductive endocrinologist Dr Aimee Eyvazzadeh of Egg Whisperer Enterprises.

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Dr. Carolyn Alexander

Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh

Ashley Levinson

Michelle Schwarz

Lisa Rosenthal

Shweta Mishra

June 25, 2020, 5 PM EST

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June is men’s health awareness month, when we aim to increase awareness of preventable health problems and early detection/treatment of diseases among men and boys, and encourage them to seek regular medical advice. We talked to Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, a board certified urologic surgeon specializing in chronic testicular pain and infertility, who discussed relevant men's health issues and shared his suggestions on improving overall health for men.

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