Byline: Marla Paul
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Older Adults Didn’t Think COVID-19 Would Affect Them
Many individuals in the highest risk category for COVID-19 because of multiple chronic health conditions didn’t think the disease would affect them and reported not changing their behavior at the beginning of Chicago’s outbreak, according to a new study.
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COVID-19 Drug Trial Launches at Northwestern Medicine
Northwestern Medicine has enrolled its first participants in a new international clinical drug trial for COVID-19, testing remdesivir, a novel anti-viral drug developed to treat Ebola, and which has also shown antiviral activity in coronaviruses.
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Medical Students Organize Volunteers to Help Community
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students have organized a volunteer effort among medical students and graduate students to help support health care workers, older community members at higher risk for COVID-19 and working parents during the pandemic.
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New Drug Target Found for COVID-19
A new potential drug target has been identified in SARS CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – by scientists who say multiple drugs will likely be needed to respond to the pandemic.
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New Coronavirus Protein Reveals Drug Target
A potential drug target has been identified in a newly mapped protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Hot Cocoa Aids Walking in Peripheral Artery Disease
Drinking flavanol-rich cocoa three times a day improved walking distance in individuals with peripheral artery disease, reports a new Northwestern Medicine pilot study published in Circulation Research.
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Meat Consumption Raises Risk of Heart Disease and Death
A new study has linked the consumption of red and processed meat with a higher risk of heart disease and death.
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Reducing Dangerous Swelling in Traumatic Brain Injury
Northwestern Medicine scientists were able to significantly reduce brain swelling and damage after a traumatic brain injury by injecting nanoparticles into the bloodstream.
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Decoding Hidden Brain Conversations to Advance Neuroprostheses
Scientists have discovered a set of neural “conversations” underlying individual neurons’ activity during learned movements, findings with implications for the development of neuroprostheses.
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AI Model Improves Breast Cancer Detection
An AI model predicted breast cancer in mammograms more accurately than radiologists, reducing false positives and false negatives, according to a new study.
