Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, has been selected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the oldest general scientific society in the United States.
Neighborhood Social Factors Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Individuals exposed to adverse neighborhood social factors in early adulthood demonstrated a higher risk of developing coronary artery calcification in midlife, a key measure of early cardiovascular disease, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications.
Little-Used Cholesterol Test Could Prevent More Heart Attacks, Strokes
A new Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA has found that a little-used cholesterol test outperformed standard tests in guiding cholesterol-lowering therapy.