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May 15, 2002 AIDS/HIV Education for Jailed Women Could Reduce Epidemic CHICAGO— Providing HIV and AIDS education to female jail detainees could reduce the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the United States and should become a national public health priority, a Northwestern University study recommends. Many women at particular risk for HIV and AIDS—women who[…]

May 15, 2002 Choline Prevents Liver Damage in Patients on IV Nutrition CHICAGO— Research has shown that fatty liver, a condition associated with obesity, diabetes and heavy alcohol consumption, often leads to cirrhosis of the liver or liver failure. Studies conducted by Alan L. Buchman, MD, associate professor of medicine at The Feinberg School of[…]

In Memoriam (Joseph Calandra) Joseph C. Calandra, MD ’46, PhD ’51, professor emertus of pathology, died March 3 at age 84. The Chicago native earned PhD and MD degrees from Northwestern and joined the medical faculty in 1938. Dr. Calandra founded Bio Test Labs, one of the nation’s largest independent testing labs during the 1960s[…]

Campus Construction Moves Forward Within the last month constructon activity picked up on the Chicago campus. Barricades went up around the Wesley Pavilion, signaling the start of demolition that will be completed by year’s end to clear way for the new Prentice Women’s Hospital, slated for completion in 2007. The current Prentice Pavilion will continue[…]

Children’s Memorial Dedicates Middle School Health Center Thanks to Children’s Memorial Hospital, Arai Middle School in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood has become the first Chicago public middle school to house a school-based health center. Recently dedicated, the center provides a range of services, including mental health screening, counseling, and dental care. Cynthia J. Mears, DO, assistant[…]

April 12, 2002 Built-in ‘Failsafe’ Blocks Abnormal Growth of New Blood Vessels CHICAGO— Some inhibitors of angiogenesis prevent new blood vessel growth by triggering a built-in “failsafe” device in vessel-forming endothelial cells that marks them for apoptosis, or programmed cell death, according to a study from The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and[…]

NMH Honored for Patient Care Northwestern Memorial Hospital recently garnered accolades for excellence in patient care. Consumers’ Checkbook, a Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit consumer education organization, named NMH fifth on the list of “America’s Top Hospitals” in a 2002 national survey. The hospital’s Best Patient Experience (BPE) pilot project received the annual Patient Service Excellence Award[…]

Reunion Weekend a Big Success Alumni Weekend attracted more than 435 alumni and their guests to the medical school April 19–20. Keen interest in Northwestern’s progress made a state-of-the-school address, presented by Senior Executive Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey C. Miller, a major attraction. Strongly attended, the update generated “lively discussion,” reported Assistant[…]

Students Recognized with Fellowships Four first-year medical students have been selected to participate in the 2002–03 Chicago Schweitzer Fellowship Program. They are Sara B. Busarow of Racine, Wisconsin; Benjamin Levi of Highland Park, Illinois; Carla A. Morgan, of Valparaiso, Indiana: and Anna E. Ringwelski, of Budd Lake, New Jersey. They and 23 colleagues from other[…]