AMSA Sponsors Integrate Chicago Conference at Feinberg to Promote Integrative Medicine The 2011 Integrate Chicago conference planning committee included (L-R) Anila Bindal, MD, (first-year resident, University of Chicago), Vivian Leung (M2, Rush), Jennifer Young (M2, Feinberg), Lizhou Huang (M2, Feinberg), Jenny Macagnano (fourth-year Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine student, Midwestern), Elizabeth Wong (M1, Feinberg), Kevin Liu…

Universities Miss Chance to Identify Depressed Students One out of every four or five students who visits a university health center for a routine cold or sore throat turns out to be depressed, but most centers miss the opportunity to identify these students because they don’t screen for depression, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.…

Alzheimer’s Study Targets Early Memory Loss Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is enrolling participants for the first national study to detect Alzheimer’s disease in older people before they begin to have significant memory loss. Researchers will use imaging techniques and biomarker measures in blood and cerebrospinal fluid specially developed to track changes in the…