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New Scale Predicts Recovery After Brain Injury
New Scale Predicts Recovery After Brain InjuryBy Elizabeth Crown A Northwestern University researcher has developed the first truly reliable measure of neurobehavioral functioning during coma from severe brain injury that predicts recovery of consciousness up to one year after injury, with up to 86 percent certainty. Theresa Louise-Bender Pape, DrPH, research assistant professor of physical[…]
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Nanoparticle Breast Cancer Drug Approved by Food and Drug Administration
March 8, 2005 Nanoparticle Breast Cancer Drug Approved by Food and Drug Administration Chicago—Research at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine played a significant role in Food and Drug Administration approval of AbraxaneTM (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension), indicated for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. “The approval means that women with metastatic breast[…]
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Hendrix Lab will be Cancer Training Program Site
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[…]
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Feinberg School Seniors Meet Their Matches
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[…]
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Online Continuing Medical Education Available
Online Continuing Medical Education Available In collaboration with a commercial medical communication company and Children’s Memorial Hospital (CMH), the Feinberg School of Medicine is offering options for receiving continuing medical education (CME) credits online. “Our faculty members serve as the course directors who develop the content,” says Genevieve Napier, director of CME at the Feinberg[…]
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In Memoriam (Michele Till)
In Memoriam (Michele Till) Michele Till, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Feinberg School of Medicine, died March 24. A native Chicagoan, she was 46 years old. Dr. Till earned her bachelor of arts degree in chemistry and MD degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago in[…]
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New Test is First Step in Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu New Test Is First Step in Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Commercial enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELISA) can only detect ADDLs in brain tissue where the biomarker is most highly concentrated. The bio-bar-code amplification technology, which is a million times more sensitive than ELISA, can detect ADDLs in cerebrospinal[…]
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Auditory Test to Help Identify Learning Impairments
Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu February 8, 2005 Auditory Test to Help Identify Learning Impairments EVANSTON, Ill. — Scientists in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University have developed a new diagnostic tool that can quickly and objectively identify disordered auditory processing of sound, a problem associated with learning impairments in many[…]
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Epidural Analgesia Does Not Increase C-Sections
February 22, 2005 Epidural Analgesia Does Not Increase C-Sections CHICAGO—Injecting spinal-epidural analgesia in early labor does not increase Caesarean delivery rates and provides better pain relief and a shorter duration of labor than systemic opioid analgesia, according to an article by Northwestern University researchers published in the February 17 issue of the New England Journal[…]
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Symposium Features Canadian Minister of Health
Symposium Features Canadian Minister of Health Fact: Forty-five million Americans go without health insurance.Fact: Every Canadian receives universal health care coverage.Fiction: Both countries have few worries when it comes to providing for the health and well-being of their citizens. The United States and Canada share a vast northern boundary and a common language. Yet these[…]
