Public Confused About Ingredients in Pain Relievers People take billions of doses of over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol every year, but many do not pay attention to the active ingredients they contain, such as acetaminophen, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. That lack of knowledge about popular pain relievers, plus particular ignorance of acetaminophen’s…

AMWA, WFO Host Mentoring Tea to Advance Women in Medicine (L-R) First-year medical students Mindy Hoffman and Silvia McCandlish serve as co-presidents of Feinberg’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association. The group worked with members of the Women’s Faculty Organization to organize the mentoring tea. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine chapters of…

Feinberg Students Offer Services to Underserved through Alternative Spring Break During Alternative Spring Break, Feinberg students served children and young adults through the Cheyenne River Youth Project. The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, located in Eagle Butte, S.D., sits within Dewey County, the poorest county in the United States. Working with members of the Cheyenne River…