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Annual Report Dissects “Anatomy” of the Feinberg SchoolExamining how the component parts of the Feinberg School of Medicine interconnect to enable success, the school’s 2003–04 annual report, entitled Anatomy, is now available online.The education section highlights students in the MD degree, physical therapy, and genetic counseling programs; Angela Nuzzarello, MD, the new associate dean for[…]

April 12, 2005 Sedentary Lifestyle Impairs Arthritic Elderly CHICAGO—A sedentary lifestyle in older adults with arthritis, particularly women and minorities, is associated with declining ability to perform basic functional tasks of daily living, a Northwestern University study has found. Dorothy D. Dunlop, PhD, and colleagues from the Feinberg School of Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute of[…]

Nursing Mothers Having Surgery—How Long a Wait to Breastfeed Safely? By Elizabeth Crown CHICAGO—Sometimes women who are breastfeeding must undergo surgery requiring general anesthesia or conscious sedation. They understandably want to know when they may safely resume breastfeeding. Because few data exist regarding how much of these drugs is actually excreted in the milk, physicians[…]

Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu April 26, 2005 Faulty Body Clock Leads to Obesity and Diabetes EVANSTON, Ill.—Obesity and diabetes in both adults and children are rising at alarming rates, and a wide range of culprits—super-sized food portions, lack of exercise due to television and computers, suburban sprawl, l oss of gym[…]

Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center of Northwestern University DedicatedThe Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center of Northwestern University was dedicated on April 21, opening the doors of a new state-of-the-art research and teaching facility at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Taking part in the ceremony on the Chicago campus were Ann Lurie, wife of[…]

April 19, 2005 Many Elderly at Risk for Being Uninsured CHICAGO—Fully 25 percent of Americans will be uninsured at some point during late middle age, greatly increasing their risk for death or a decline in their overall health prior to retiring and becoming eligible for Medicare, finds a study in the April 11 issue of[…]

Hendrix Lab Will Be Cancer Training Program Site By Elizabeth Crown The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has named the laboratory of Northwestern University researcher Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD, the site of a new training program for NCI-funded scientists whose research is focused on tumor-host interactions. Dr. Hendrix’s laboratory, located at Children’s Memorial Research Center, was[…]

Feinberg School Seniors Meet Their Matches This year’s Match Day coincided with St. Patrick’s Day, so fourth-year students at the Feinberg School of Medicine had double the reason to celebrate. Match Day is the culmination of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), a process that uses a computer algorithm to match the preferences of applicants[…]