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Maintaining Low Blood Pressure in Middle Age Helps Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke
A hike in your blood pressure during middle age significantly raises the risk of having a heart attack or a stroke during your lifetime, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
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Northwestern Receives $10 Million Gift for Life Sciences Graduates
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has received a $10 million gift from the Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Foundation to endow and name the Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Graduate Training Program in Life Sciences. The gift will support graduate student training in the life sciences at Feinberg with particular, but not exclusive, emphasis[…]
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Discovery May Lead to Therapy for Eye Diseases Causing Blindness
A new Northwestern Medicine study has identified a gene that plays a major role in maintaining clarity of the cornea in humans and mice – and could possibly be used as gene therapy to treat diseases that cause blindness.
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Side Effects Cause Women to Quit Breast Cancer Drugs Early
Study reports that 36 percent of women quit medications early because of their side effects, which are more severe and widespread than previously known.
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Northwestern Nets Presidential Award for Girls’ Science Mentoring
A Northwestern Medicine program for mentoring urban minority high-school girls for college and careers in science and health was awarded the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
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Healthy Lifestyle for Your Heart Also Cuts Cancer Risk Up to 40 Percent
A new Northwestern Medicine study shows the behaviors and risk factors that reduce the incidence of heart disease also substantially lower the risk of lung, breast, prostate and colon cancers by up to nearly 40 percent.
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New ‘Culprit’ Found in Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Following a breakthrough that identified a common converging point for all forms of ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease, a new finding further broadens the understanding of why cells in the brain and spinal cord degenerate in the fatal disease.
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Today’s Teens will Die Younger of Heart Disease
A new study that takes a complete snapshot of adolescent cardiovascular health in the United States reveals a dismal picture of teens likely to die of heart disease at a younger age than adults do today, reports Northwestern Medicine research.
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Master of Science in Clinical Investigation
MS in Clinical Investigation Offers Formal Clinical and Translational Science Research Training to Residents, Fellows, and Junior Faculty The Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has grown from five to more than 70 students since its inception in 1999. This part-time master’s degree program, sponsored by[…]
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November 9 Designated ‘Steven T. Rosen Day’
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proclaimed November 9, 2011, ‘Steven T. Rosen Day’ in honor of the physician’s contribution to the field of oncology.
