Category: Clinical Breakthroughs
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New Diabetes Screening Recommendation Misses More Than Half of High-Risk Patients
The latest government guidelines for diabetes screening missed 55 percent of high-risk individuals with prediabetes or diabetes, a new Northwestern Medicine study found.
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Transplant Surgeons Join White House Efforts to Increase Access to Organ Transplants
Transplant surgeon Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD, participated in the White House Organ Summit, convened to increase access to organ transplants, reduce the organ waiting list and eventually develop new regenerative medicine technologies.
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Northwestern Medicine Goes Red For Women
Women took a pledge to break up with salt and consume more water at a recent Northwestern Medicine event promoting heart healthy lifestyles.
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Testing New Therapies for Emphysema
Coils implanted into the lungs may improve exercise tolerance for patients with severe emphysema, according to a study that involved Northwestern Medicine investigators.
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Acceptance For Life: Improving Transplant Immune Tolerance
Northwestern Medicine scientists take innovative cell-based approaches to induce immune tolerance In kidney transplant recipients.
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Young at Heart
Heart health at all ages is central to the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program at Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute.
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New Drug Clears Psoriasis in Clinical Trials
Patients with psoriasis saw their disease completely or almost completely cleared with a new drug called ixekizumab in three recent clinical trials led by a Northwestern Medicine investigator
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Targeting Immune Cell Trafficking in Colon Disease
A new drug safely and effectively treats patients with ulcerative colitis, according to a recent study co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Stephen Hanauer, MD.
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Data Science Transforming Biomedical Research at Feinberg
New data science initiatives propel Feinberg to “the future of medicine” and individualized patient care.
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Comparing Foods Could Get Easier With NUCATS Funding
A Northwestern research team has created a database of 17,000 foods and beverages for an app that will help consumers see nutrition information.
