Category: Clinical Breakthroughs
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Overcoming Barriers to Clinical Trial Participation
Patients with cancer who watched personalized educational videos before their first visit with an oncologist were better equipped to consider participating in clinical trials, reports a paper co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Al B. Benson, III, MD.
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Inherited Neandertal DNA Influences Human Disease Risk Today
Rex Chisholm, PhD, vice dean of Scientific Affairs and Graduate Education, co-authored two recent papers that used electronic health records to explore patient genetic data, including genes inherited from early humans.
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Longer Shifts For Surgical Residents Are Safe For Patients
A landmark national study has shown allowing surgical residents the flexibility to work longer hours does not pose any greater risk to patients.
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Assessing Drug Treatment for Sickest Hepatitis C Patients
A phase III clinical trial including Northwestern Medicine investigator Steven Flamm, MD, tested a new combination of antiviral drugs for hepatitis C patients with late-stage cirrhosis.
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Common Heart Medication Doesn’t Work for All
Patients with a specific type of heart failure were less active when taking a commonly prescribed nitrate medication thought to improve exercise capacity, according to a recent study co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Sanjiv Shah, MD.
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Priceless Gifts
Five recipients receive seven organs from a single donor, all over the course of 34 hours.
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Studying Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy
A randomized clinical trial showed an intravitreous drug may be an alternative treatment for some patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
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Improving Movement After Stroke and Brain Injury
Injections of botulinum toxin improved active arm movement for stroke and brain trauma patients in a clinical trial that involved Northwestern Medicine co-investigator Christina Marciniak, MD, ’85 GME.
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Children With Common Allergies Have Twice the Heart Disease Risk
Children with allergic disease have about twice the rate of high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Influencing Hospitals, Clinicians and Policymakers to Improve Patient Care
Karl Bilimoria, MD, director of the Northwestern Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, discusses his team’s research to elevate the quality of care patients receive.
