Feinberg Student Group Focuses on Environmental Responsibility Physicians for Society Responsibility members (L-R) Connie Choi, Lizhou Huang, Peter Orris, MD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of preventive medicine, and Alexander Sheu, joined Sarah Lovinger, MD, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Chicago Chapter, to discuss the effects of global warming on human health. Students from…

Nation’s Second Participant Enrolls in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) recently enrolled their first subject in a national clinical research trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy for participants with a subacute thoracic spinal cord injury.…

Night Owls at Risk for Weight Gain and Bad Diet Staying up late every night and sleeping in is a habit that could put you at risk for gaining weight. People who go to bed late and sleep late eat more calories in the evening, more fast food, fewer fruits and vegetables, and weigh more…