A nano-sized discovery by Northwestern Medicine scientists helps explain how bipolar disorder affects the brain and could one day lead to new drug therapies to treat the mental illness.
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Northwestern Medicine study found when adults in their 30s and 40s drop unhealthy habits they can potentially reverse the natural progression of coronary artery disease.
Findings indicate that regular vitamin D screenings may be beneficial, especially for African- and European-American men.
Taking one pill instead of three could be a powerful ally to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Depressive symptoms increased over the first five years of fatherhood for young men who were around 25 years old when they became fathers and lived in the same home as their children.
Published online in the journal Medical Informatics, the research found that doctors who use electronic health records in the exam room spend about a third of their visits looking at a computer screen, missing out on nonverbal cues from patients.
The guidelines – released from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association – will help doctors better identify which patients may benefit from lifestyle changes, drug therapy, or both to help prevent future cardiovascular disease-related events.
Northwestern Medicine® scientists have successfully tested a nontoxic therapy that suppresses Lupus in blood samples of people with the autoimmune disease. This is a positive step toward one day developing a vaccine-like therapy that could keep Lupus in remission in the human body without the use of toxic drugs.
A new algorithm developed by an interdisciplinary team at Northwestern can be used with a physical activity app to predict the location of a phone no matter where an individual carries it.
Physicians who make a lot of eye contact and engage in a few “social touches” are viewed as more likable and empathetic by patients.