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Empowering Health Professions Education in Africa
Through a longstanding collaboration with the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, Feinberg medical educators support and train educators who will go on to teach thousands of future physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
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Northwestern Medicine Study Reveals Hidden Immune Environment in Myasthenia Gravis Patients
In a study published in Science Advances, Northwestern Medicine scientists uncovered a previously hidden immune environment in the thymus that may help drive myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue.
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New Cellular Clues to Complications of Scleroderma
A recent Northwestern Medicine study published in JCI Insight has uncovered new clues about why people with systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, frequently develop debilitating esophageal complications.
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Oxidative Stress Drives Rare Disease Flare-ups, Study Finds
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a mechanism that may explain why people with Darier disease, a rare genetic skin disorder, often develop symptoms years after birth and experience painful flare-ups triggered by heat, sunlight and psychological stress.
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Documenting Curbside Consultations to Improve Patient Safety
Implementing a hospital-wide program for documenting informal clinician consultations improved patient safety through better communication and multi-disciplinary care in a pediatric healthcare system, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Tumor-Like Tissue Environments Could Hold Clues to Curing HIV
The tissue microenvironments surrounding HIV-infected immune cells look a lot like those surrounding cancerous tumors, according to a new Northwestern study.
Media Coverage
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Chicago Tribune
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Protecting Mature Trees From Storms and Disease Can Reduce Chicago Deaths, Study Finds
Even a minuscule, 0.03% increase in Chicago’s tree canopy each year could save the lives of more than 100 residents citywide by offering relief from extreme heat, a recent study found. “If we continuously strive to better that (canopy), that’s when you actually see an associated reduction in mortality,” said Harrison Garcia, a medical student…
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WGN
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What Do Your Cholesterol Numbers Actually Mean?
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update. They break down what your cholesterol numbers mean and what to monitor. They also look ahead to flu season and determine the best time to get your shot, and discuss other threats…
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Chicago Tribune
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Mokena Woman Loving Life After Repeated Battles With Rare Cancer
Doctors at Northwestern took a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating the cancer. The team included medical, radiation and surgical oncologists, as well as pathologists and radiologists. “You really have to have a full team who can diagnose it correctly,” said Dr. Yazan Numan, the medical oncologist/hematologist who has been treating Henneman. He said the…
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern Researchers Home in on Why Rare Autoimmune Disease Recurs, Even After Surgery
Northwestern Medicine researchers may have uncovered a hidden driver of the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis, or MG, lurking in the thymus — a small organ vital to training immune cells in childhood, but potentially problematic in adulthood. Dr. Ankit Bharat is the senior author of the study, chief of thoracic surgery and executive director of…
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Scientific American
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Popular Drug Metformin Transforms Your Gut Into a Sugar Sink
Researchers are finally learning the mechanism behind one of the most prescribed medicines in the U.S., primarily used to treat or prevent type 2 diabetes. For their new study, Northwestern University mitochondrial biologist Navdeep Chandel and his team wanted to figure out how these two ideas fit together: that metformin both causes the gut to…
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CNN
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The Disinfecting Mistake Many People Make at Home
Disinfectants have their place. Use when there’s a contagious illness in the house and after food preparation. Yet people often reach for a germ killer first, not realizing it may be unnecessary or ineffective, said microbiologist Erica Hartmann, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who studies how…
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