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August 25, 2004 Drug-Behavioral Therapy Helps Depressed Teens CHICAGO— Adolescents with major depressive disorder show improvement after treatment that combines the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac®) and cognitive behavioral therapy, according to the results of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS), published in the August 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.[…]

July 1, 2004 Contact: Wendy Leopold at 847/491-4890 or atw-leopold@northwestern.edu Brain Development, Puberty: Key to Learning Problems? EVANSTON, ILL.— A Northwestern University study is the first to suggest that delayed brain development and its interaction with puberty may be key factors contributing to language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia. The article appears in the June[…]

July 21, 2004 In Memoriam (Leonid Calenoff) Leonid Calenoff, MD, professor emeritus of radiology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, died on July 16 in Illinois of complications from esophageal cancer. He was 80. Born in Vienna, Austria, Dr. Calenoff served as a medic in the Bulgarian Army during World War II. After the war,[…]

July 1, 2004 Gene Mutation Causes Cell Deficits in Aging CHICAGO— A mutation of the gene for lamin A protein gradually causes devastating effects on cellular structure and function in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare, fatal genetic condition characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children. A study on the lamin A gene mutation[…]

July 21, 2004 Hyperglycemia and Pregnancy Study Receives $9.2 Million CHICAGO— Northwestern University has received a four-year, $9.2 million renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study. An additional $1.7 million has been awarded to fund the HAPO Data Coordinating Center. Boyd E. Metzger, MD,[…]

July 7, 2004 Nuzzarello Heads Office of Student Programs Angela Nuzzarello, MD, MHPE, has been appointed associate dean for student programs and professional development at the Feinberg School of Medicine. She succeeds Jack F. Snarr, PhD ’67, who retired earlier this month after 29 years as head of the Office of Student Affairs. Dr. Nuzzarello[…]

July 9, 2004 Keeping Summer Fun Safe Summer, with its warmer temperatures and sunny skies, entices everyone to get moving and enjoy the outdoors. While boosting activity levels can increase summer fun, the season presents hazards to personal health and safety if one does not exercise caution. “Active people are generally more susceptible to a[…]

Chicago VA Renamed to Honor Former Secretary The VA affiliate in the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University has undergone a name change. On May 25, 2004, the VA Chicago Health Care System was renamed the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. The late Jesse Brown served as executive director of American Disabled Veterans before being[…]

Design Show Taps Annual Report for Top 100 The Feinberg School of Medicine’s fiscal year 2003 annual report, “On Course,” has been selected as one of 100 annual reports to be honored in Black Book’s AR100 Award Show Book. AR100 is considered the nation’s largest and most prestigious annual report competition, according to Liz Haldeman,[…]

June 1, 2004 Blood Pressure Control Poor in Elderly NEW YORK— Improved blood pressure control of people 80 years and older, especially women, must be made a national priority, a Northwestern University researcher urged at the American Society of Hypertension’s 19th Annual Scientific Meeting in May. “The current rates of blood pressure control in the[…]