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Top 3 Episodes of Breakthroughs Podcast in 2025
This year, the Breakthroughs podcast released 17 episodes on topics including improvements in mental healthcare delivery, precision medicine therapies for rare diseases, an introduction to bedside medicine and much more.
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Advancing Bioethics and Medical Humanities
In this Q&A, Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, shares how ethics and the humanities are shaping the future of medicine, driving research and redefining medical education.
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Students Collaborate to Solve Global Health Concern at Intramural Case Competition
Students from disciplines across Northwestern recently collaborated to pitch solutions to complex, real-world global health challenges at Global Health Day’s Intramural Global Health Case Competition.
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Novel Biomarker May Predict Immunotherapy Resistance
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a novel biomarker for immune immunotherapy resistance in cancer that may also serve as a potential therapeutic target for patients who don’t respond well to immunotherapy, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Study Identifies Misleading Genomic Sequences of Bacteria Causing Gonorrhea
Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified issues with most genomic sequence data for the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium, findings that could complicate future epidemiological and pathogenesis studies, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Elucidating Brain Communication Networks
The human brain is often described as the most complex network in existence, with billions of neurons exchanging signals across intricate pathways. Recent research led by Feinberg investigators is revealing how different regions of the brain coordinate and process information, and how disruptions in these networks can impact health.
Media Coverage
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New York Times
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What Menopause Does to the Body
You know menopause can cause hot flashes. But did you know it can also lead to a dry mouth, heart palpitations or recurring urinary tract infections? Though only a handful of them get much attention, there are more than two dozen known symptoms of menopause and perimenopause, the time leading up to and immediately following…
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Philanthropists give $11 million for Lurie Children’s rare genetic disease program
Chicago philanthropists Don and Anne Edwards have donated $11 million to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital to establish what will be the largest pediatric genetics training program in Illinois and triple the hospital’s rare disease clinical trials. Dr. Carlos Prada will head the Edwards Family Division. Prada, who joined the hospital in 2021,…
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BBC
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They contracted hepatitis before the vaccine was given at birth – now the shot may be delayed again
The US has now returned to a time where vaccinations against hepatitis B are no longer recommended for all newborns. Some public health experts and those living with hepatitis B say the move is a regression that could risk exposing all children to a virus that has become much less common because of vaccines. “Evidence…
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US News & World Report
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Germophobes Can Breathe Easy On Airplanes, In Hospitals, Experts Say
The ambient air on planes and in hospitals mostly contains harmless microbes typically associated with human skin, researchers reported Dec. 4 in the journal Microbiome. The cutting-edge study analyzed germ samples captured on the outer surface of face masks worn by air travelers and health care workers, researchers said. “We realized that we could use…
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US News & World Report
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White House Says Trump’s Imaging Looks Normal; Doctors Question the Testing
The White House released new medical information about President Donald Trump on Monday, saying recent imaging tests showed he is in “excellent overall health.” But some medical experts say the notice raised more questions than answers. Dr. Jeffrey Linder, chief of general internal medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said the…
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TIME
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How Clean Is Airplane Air, Really?
Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, researchers report on a question that will run through many people’s minds as they cram into tightly packed planes: How clean is airplane air? To find out, Erica Hartmann, associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University, and her colleagues tested…
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