March 21, 2006 Research Study Will Assess Use of Botox for Excessive Sweating in Teens CHICAGO—Forget that adage about how men sweat and women perspire. We all sweat, and it’s a good thing we do. Sweating controls body temperature. But some people, including adolescents, sweat copiously and uncontrollably following mild or even no stimulation. They[…]

February 1, 2006 Stem Cell Transplantation as Lupus TreatmentCHICAGO—About half of patients with severe lupus that does not respond to standard treatment and who undergo autologous stem cell transplantation to boost their immune system have substantial improvement of their disease after several years, according to preliminary research published in the February 1 issue of the[…]

Galter Library’s Restored Rare Books Featured at Block Museum Exhibit Albinus’ Tabulae Selecti et Musculorum Corporis Humani, published in 1747, required restoration before it could be displayed. The exhibit “Anatomy of Gender” at Northwestern’s Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art explores the relationship between sex, gender, and images of dissection in Renaissance and early[…]