September 18, 2002 Nocturnal Blood Pressure May Have Kidney Disease Link CHICAGO— Monitoring nighttime blood pressure is a simple, painless and noninvasive method of identifying patients with Type 1 diabetes who are at increased risk for kidney disease, according to a study published in the Sept. 12 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine[…]

September 9, 2002 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or at fellman@northwestern.edu “Fingerprints” for Biological Agents EVANSTON, ILL.— Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a powerful new method for detecting infectious diseases, including those associated with many bioterrorism and warfare threats such as anthrax, tularemia, smallpox, and HIV. A research team led by Chad A.[…]

Visit the Access to Essential Medicines EXPO Millions of people die each year from diseases for which medicines are too expensive, no longer effective, or out of production. Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine is one of 22 cities that the Access to Essential Medicines EXPO will visit this year to highlight this dearth of[…]