Genetic Testing Critical for Women with Family History of Ovarian and Breast Cancers A new study underscores the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely to develop lethal breast or ovarian cancer, says…

Student Group the Jugulars Juggle More Than Books, Courses Jugulars members and second-year medical students Andrew Haynes, Andrew Morris, and Andrew Ketterer practice their juggling skills with former club president and third-year student Sam Yu. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s juggling club, the Jugulars, offers medical students an opportunity to put their textbooks down…

Dr. Alan W. Yasko, 1958-2010 By Margaret RamirezThe Chicago Tribune August 23, 2010 Alan W. Yasko, MD, MBA, FACS, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, passed away from a pulmonary embolism on August 19. Alan W. Yasko, MD ’84, MBA, FACS, 51, an internationally known bone cancer surgeon and chief of…