News
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Circadian Rhythms Play a Role in Muscle Repair
Circadian rhythms play a role in how quickly damaged muscles heal, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Advances.
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Health Equity Week Encourages Education and Action
Faculty, residents, trainees and students from Feinberg and beyond recently came together for Health Equity Week, a weeklong series of educational programming designed to expose the roots of healthcare inequities and actions to take to address them.
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Predicting Disease Risk and Improving Patient Outcomes
Investigators are advancing research to support proactive responses in diagnosing and preventing chronic diseases. Across departments, scientists at Feinberg are pursuing new ways of testing to determine a person’s risk of developing chronic conditions.
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Tracking Patient-Reported Symptoms Improves Cancer Care, Trial Finds
The use of patient-reported outcomes during cancer treatment improved overall patient care, according to a trial published in Nature Medicine.
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Alzheimer’s Treatment May Lie in the Brain’s Own Cleanup Crew
A new Northwestern Medicine study suggests a promising alternative to current approaches to Alzheimer’s disease: enhancing the brain’s own immune cells to clear amyloid plaques more effectively.
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Dirajlal-Fargo and Fant Named Co-Directors of Center for Global Pediatric Health
Northwestern University has announced the launch of the new Center for Global Pediatric Health, a collaboration between the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health and at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Media Coverage
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New York Times
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How Healthy Are Eggs?
To many nutrition experts, eggs are golden — one of the most accessible and affordable protein sources available. The scientific community used to be more divided about dietary cholesterol risks, said Philip Greenland, MD, a professor of cardiology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. But the Dietary Guidelines for Americans stopped…
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Yahoo! News
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5 years after the pandemic started, COVID-19 is still around. Masks? Not so much.
Even at the peak of the pandemic, how much people masked depended a lot on where they lived, and that’s likely still the case today. Rachel Amdur, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University, tells Yahoo Life that while the U.S. is likely not at the same level of comfort with wearing masks…
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Chicago Tribune
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Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now local scientists, doctors warn Trump’s policies are weakening public health.
Five years ago, reports of the new and mysterious virus emanating from China gripped the globe in terror and uncertainty. As infections spread across continents, humanity raced to better understand the novel coronavirus and prevent its proliferation, with case counts, hospitalizations and deaths climbing rapidly. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19…
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WBEZ Chicago
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Spring forward? Here’s how to ease the time change.
Clocks will “spring forward” as daylight saving time takes effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, meaning we jump ahead one hour. While the extra evening sunlight might be welcome, the lost hour of sleep can leave people feeling groggy and out of sync. Clara Peek said the key to a smoother transition is simple: Plan ahead.…
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USA Today
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RFK Jr. touts vitamin A for measles prevention. Doctors disagree.
Late last month, the U.S. had its first death from measles in a decade when a school-aged child died in Texas, the epicenter of a current outbreak. Measles is a vaccine-preventable disease that was formerly eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. The vaccine is usually given early in childhood as the standard set of immunizations…
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Yahoo! News
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Expert: Prevent eczema flare-ups by teaching immune system to tolerate allergenic foods
Contrary to commonly held beliefs, current research shows that cutting out certain foods makes little difference in controlling the skin disease eczema, a renowned U.S. dermatologist said Friday. The latest probes into the complex links between diet, food allergies and eczema — also known as atopic dermatitis — reveal eczema may be better controlled or…
Events
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Julius B. Kahn Jr Lecture – Bruce P. Bean, PhD
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Lurie Cancer Center Core Technologies & Applications Seminar Series
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
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SQE Lectureship Series: “Variegating Epigenetic Mechanisms as Complex Disease Switches” with Andrew Pospisilik , PhD
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Northwestern Medical Orchestra Winter Chamber Concert
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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Spatially-resolved molecular approaches for understanding structure-function relationships in the human brain
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar – Fariba Nosrati, PhD
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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