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November 21,2005 Viagra® Improves Urinary Tract SymptomsCHICAGO—Viagra® (sildenafil citrate), known for improving erectile dysfunction (ED), also effectively treats the prostate and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with prostate enlargement that often occur with ED, a Northwestern University study has found. Kevin T. McVary, MD, professor of urology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine,[…]

Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu Protein in Lou Gehrig’s Disease Linked to Neuron Death EVANSTON, Ill.—French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot first described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1869, but nearly 140 years later little is known about the cause of the devastating neurodegenerative disease, and there is no cure. What is known about[…]

In Memoriam (Melvyn Bayly Jr.) Melvyn A. Bayly Jr., MD ’71, emeritus associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the Feinberg School, died October 31 of cancer. He was 60. A faculty member since 1978, Dr. Bayly received emeritus status shortly before he passed away. Dr. Bayly spent his career at his alma mater[…]

October 4, 2005 Health Literacy Linked to Poor Health CHICAGO—Elderly individuals with poor health literacy have more physical and mental health problems than those with adequate health literacy, according to a study published in the September 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. The study, led by Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, of Northwestern University’s[…]

October 18, 2005 Few Mentally Ill Juvenile Detainees Get Treatment CHICAGO—More than 130,000 juveniles are held in juvenile facilities on a given day. More than one in six of them have a major mental disorder. Most do not receive treatment, a Northwestern University study has found. The study of nearly 2,000 juvenile detainees aged 10[…]

McKinlock Campus Poster Now Hangs in Galter Library When Al Cubbage, vice president for University Relations at Northwestern University, noticed the colorful poster in a downtown Chicago gallery, he knew right away that it should hang somewhere on the University’s Chicago campus. Cubbage made arrangements to acquire the poster, and James Shedlock, director of the[…]

Russell Robertson Appointed Family Medicine Chair Russell G. Robertson, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, effective October 10. He had been associate professor of family and community medicine and associate dean for faculty affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. A[…]

October 11, 2005 Northwestern Is Center for Stem Cell Research CHICAGO—Northwestern University has been awarded a $3.6 million grant and named a Center of Excellence in Translational Human Stem Cell Research by the National Institutes of Health. Northwestern University was one of two institutions to receive the prestigious NIH Center of Excellence grant. The two[…]

Northwestern Medical Student Studies French Health Care SystemGlobe trotting for second-year medical student Adam L. Trotta means seeing the world not just for traveling’s sake but also for sharing and learning. This former Peace Corps volunteer spent six weeks in a French hospital this summer, where he studied immigrant health care in the greater Paris[…]

October 25, 2005 Biodefense Partners Charged with Fighting Disease as Weapon CHICAGO—Northwestern University has been named a collaborating institution for a Regional Center of Excellence (RCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Robert L. Murphy, MD, John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases and professor of[…]