News Center

Home » Archives for medweb » Page 193

Author: medweb

  • New Chemo Cocktail Blocks Breast Cancer Like a Fence

    New Chemo Cocktail Blocks Breast Cancer Like a Fence Think of a protective fence that blocks the neighbor’s dog from charging into your backyard. The body, too, has fences – physical and biochemical barriers that keep cells in their place. When breast cancer spreads or metastasizes, it crashes through the body’s protective fences. The disease[…]

  • Dean Jameson Wins Sheen Award

  • ,
    Making Headlines

    Making Headlines

    Faculty members at the Feinberg School of Medicine frequently are quoted or featured in national and/or international news stories.

  • Northwestern Leads Team Science Panel at NIH Workshop

    Northwestern Panel at NIH Workshop to Support Team Science, Influence Women’s Health Research Andrea Dunaif, MD, Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine in the Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine. Members of the Team Science initiative at Northwestern University will moderate and serve on a panel[…]

  • ACGME Honors Feinberg Professor with Teaching Award

    Feinberg School of Medicine Professor Receives 2010 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award Diane Wayne, MD, associate professor of medicine, program director internal medicine residency, and vice-chair of education in the Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine. Diane Wayne, MD, associate professor of medicine, program director internal medicine residency, and vice-chair of education[…]

  • Press Release: Dosing Instructions for Kids on Tamiflu May Cause Serious Errors

    Press Release Dosing Instructions for Kids on Tamiflu May Cause Serious Errors MEDIA CONTACT: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or marla-paul@northwestern.edu CHICAGO (September 23, 2009) — Parents giving their children Tamiflu for the H1N1 virus could potentially give the wrong dose because the prescription instructions on the label may not match the markings on the[…]

  • ,
    Making Headlines

    Making Headlines

    Faculty members at the Feinberg School of Medicine frequently are quoted or featured in national and/or international news stories.

  • Former Lecturer, Dr. Leonard Fenninger Passes Away

    Former Lecturer, Dr. Leonard Fenninger Passes Away Dr. Leonard D. Fenninger, a former lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, passed away on September 10 at the age of 91. Dr. Fenninger was active on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital staff from 1985 until his retirement in 1990. He received his[…]

  • 2009 Founders’ Day Address

    2009 Founders’ Day Address Stephen L. Ondra, MD, senior policy advisor for health affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, gave the keynote address at the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Founders’ Day Convocation. August 28, 2009 – Stephen L. Ondra, MD, senior policy advisor for health affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, gave the[…]

  • Traffic Jam in Brain Causes Schizophrenia Symptoms

    Traffic Jam in Brain Causes Schizophrenia Symptoms: Researchers Reveal How Schizophrenia Works in the Brain and Provide a Fresh Opportunity for Treatment There are fewer pathways (green strands on right) for information to flow between neurons in the brain of a mouse bred to have symptoms of schizophrenia compared to a normal mouse. Fewer pathways[…]