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Robert Satcher Selected for Top 50 List The editors of Science Spectrum and U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology have selected Robert L. Satcher, MD, PhD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, as one of this year’s “50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science.” Dr. Satcher and other honorees are[…]

September 14, 2004 Researcher Offers Tips for Better Sleep CHICAGO—The 2003 Sleep in America poll by the National Sleep Foundation found that 67 percent of older Americans report trouble sleeping. Sleep for people over 55 often involves waking up several times during the night, not being able to get back to sleep and waking up[…]

September 9, 2004 Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Apparently Normal Teens are Not “Ticking Time Bombs,” Study Finds CHICAGO— Contrary to the psychoanalytic theory that children who appear to be well adjusted as adolescents are actually “ticking time bombs,” most normal teenagers adapt to and benefit from life experiences, a[…]

August 19, 2004 Contact: Charles R. Loebbaka at 847/491-4887 or atc-loebbaka@northwestern.edu University Hosts Workshop on Bioterrorism CHICAGO— Northwestern University was host on Wednesday, August 12, to a workshop on the crucial role of the media in reporting on a bioterrorist attack. The workshop featured remarks by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Mary[…]

August 19, 2004 Public Invited to Breast Cancer Forum CHICAGO— The 2004 Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Town Hall meeting, “Expert Perspectives on the Latest Breast Cancer Treatments and Research,” which is free and open to the public, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at Northwestern University, Thorne Auditorium, 375 East[…]

In Memoriam (Eugene Derlacki) Eugene L. Derlacki, MD, professor emeritus of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, died July 21 at a retirement home in Corvallis, Oregon; he was 91. Born and raised in the Chicago area, Dr. Derlacki obtained both his bachelor’s and MD degrees from Northwestern University. He completed[…]

August 25, 2004 Drug-Behavioral Therapy Helps Depressed Teens CHICAGO— Adolescents with major depressive disorder show improvement after treatment that combines the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac®) and cognitive behavioral therapy, according to the results of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS), published in the August 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.[…]

August 12, 2004 Major Grant Renewal Funds Cancer Clinical Studies CHICAGO— Northwestern University has received a six-year renewal grant of $2.9 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) through the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). The grant will fund an extensive portfolio of cancer clinical studies and will be administered by the Robert H. Lurie[…]

August 19, 2004 One in Four Adults at Risk for Irregular Heart Rhythm CHICAGO— One in four adults age 40 and older is at risk for developing a heart rhythm abnormality known as atrial fibrillation. What is worse, many of them may not even know they are having symptoms, according to a study in the[…]