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April 9, 2004 ENH Center Studies Genetics of Schizophrenia Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, a member of the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, has established a new Center for Genetics in Psychiatry, headed by Pablo V. Gejman, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Gejman holds one of the[…]

April 12, 2004 Accepted Students Take a “Second Look” at the School Approximately 150 prospective students accepted to the Feinberg School’s incoming Class of 2008 will take a second look at the school as part of “Second Look Weekend.” The annual revisit weekend for accepted students begins with a welcome reception on Thursday evening, April[…]

April 8, 2004 Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Stem Cells Used in Bone Marrow Research CHICAGO— Researchers at Northwestern University have devised a method to induce embryonic stem cells to develop into bone marrow and blood cells. Injecting the stem cells into the bone marrow cavity of mice whose bone[…]

April 8, 2004 Trauma Highly Prevalent Among Delinquents CHICAGO— Almost every boy and girl currently detained in a juvenile facility in the United States has experienced at least one major trauma, and a large proportion of these children have post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study in the April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.[…]

April 9, 2004 RIC Delivers Revolutionary Wheelchair The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) has become one of the first U.S. distributors of a power wheelchair that can climb and descend stairs; traverse sand, gravel, and grass; navigate over 4-inch curbs; and rise on two wheels. Mike D’Arcy of Plainfield, Illinois (shown here with his family),[…]

CARDIA Marks 20th Year They say youth is often wasted on the young. Yet, when it comes to reducing coronary heart disease, it is the young who may have the most to gain from following healthy lifestyles starting in their youth, according to findings of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.[…]

Free Public Lectures Focus on Ethnicity and Disease Ethnicity distinguishes people in many ways from language to culture. Unfortunately, certain genetic disorders also follow along the same lines and frequently occur among different ethnic populations. Discussing DNA, mutations, and dominant and recessive inheritance, Ira S. Salafsky, MD, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, will speak on[…]

Questions Raised on Shorter Hospital Stays During the past decade, time spent in-hospital has declined dramatically, even for patients with serious illnesses. This trend raises concern that increasing numbers of patients may be discharged before their conditions are stable, particularly if a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order has been written. A Northwestern University study of Medicare patients[…]

Lupus Discovery May Lead To Improved Drugs In an important development for the treatment of lupus as well as certain cancers, scientists at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University have discovered how autoimmune lupus T cells stave off programmed cell death and drive production of autoantibodies directed against the body’s own DNA. Syamal[…]

Medical Students Meet Their Matches On March 18, “Match Day,” fourth-year Feinberg School of Medicine students learned where they will be going for the next phase of their medical careers. The day marked the culmination of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in which graduating medical students are matched with residency positions in the specialties[…]