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  • Sadiya Khan, MD, MSc, the Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, reviewing a CT scan to evaluate risk of heart disease.

    New ‘Heart Percentile’ Calculator Helps Young Adults Grasp Their Long-Term Risk

    A new Northwestern Medicine study introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that uses percentiles to help younger adults forecast and understand their risk of a heart event over the next 30 years.

  • Northwestern scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain — bypassing the body’s natural sensory pathways. Photo: Mingzheng Wu/Rogers Research Group

    Wireless Device ‘Speaks’ to the Brain With Light

    Northwestern scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain — bypassing the body’s natural sensory pathways, as detailed in a new study published in Nature Neuroscience.

  • Hormone Therapy Does Not Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Younger Postmenopausal Women

    While menopausal hormone therapy increased cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women older than 70 years with vasomotor symptoms, hormone therapy did not significantly affect cardiovascular disease risk in younger postmenopausal women, according to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.