Byline: Erin Spain
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New Guidelines Aim to Help Researchers Become More Effective Mentors
A major four-year review of academic literature led by Northwestern Medicine researcher Michael Fleming, MD, MPH, offers a thorough understanding of what actually works and what doesn’t when it comes to mentoring and how institutions should approach research trainee mentorships.
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Research Shows Keeping Cardiovascular Risk Factors Low Adds Up to 14 Years to Life
If you have optimal heart health in middle age, you may live up to 14 years longer, free of cardiovascular disease, than your peers who have two or more cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Study Finds Women, Even Regular Exercisers, too Sedentary
Emerging research shows that prolonged sitting has significant health consequences, including an increased likelihood of developing a chronic condition such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers.
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Feinberg Researcher Discovers That Thinner Diabetics Face Higher Death Rate
American adults of a normal weight with new-onset diabetes die at a higher rate than overweight/obese adults with the same disease, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Debilitating Eyesight Problems on the Decline for Older Americans
Today’s senior citizens are reporting fewer visual impairment problems than their counterparts from a generation ago, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Study Finds Whites Sleep Better than Minorities
White people seem to sleep longer at night, have a better quality of sleep, and experience less daytime sleepiness than people identified as black, Hispanic, or Asian, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine.
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In 2010, Ten Million American Children Diagnosed With ADHD
The number of American children leaving doctors’ offices with an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis has risen 66 percent in 10 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Heart Healthy Choices Early on Pay Off Later
A new study finds maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age.
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Bringing Hope, Blankets to Afghan Babies at Risk
Thanks to the quick thinking of a Northwestern Medicine pediatrician, 14,000 silver mylar blankets are headed to Afghanistan to help children in danger of freezing to death.
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Study Shows Benefits of New PSAV Test for Prostate Cancer
A new study shows that PSAV risk count testing may provide a more effective screening for significant prostate cancer.
