New Biomarkers Needed to Evaluate Heart Failure Risk Post-Pregnancy
Biomarkers used to predict heart failure risk in the general population may be ineffective for assessing risk after pregnancies complicated by hypertension or diabetes, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.
The Antibiotic That Takes the Bite Out of Lyme
A new Northwestern study shows piperacillin, an antibiotic, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at a dose 100 times smaller than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold-standard treatment.
Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection
A new Northwestern study may explain why the body may continue to respond to an invisible threat long after bacterial death in Lyme disease.