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Neuromuscular Warm-Up Reduces Girls’ Sports Injuries
Neuromuscular Warm-Up Reduces Girls’ Sports Injuries Today’s athletic high school girls “got game” on the basketball court and soccer field, but they are at a greater risk for sports-related knee injuries than their male counterparts. In a new study from Northwestern Medicine, focused on predominantly low-income, urban female athletes in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), researchers[…]
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New Center Aims to Reduce Health Disparities for Latinos and African Americans
New Center Aims to Reduce Health Disparities for Latinos and African Americans The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has received a three-year $4.3 million dollar federal grant to establish a Research Center of Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services. The center is one of three nationally established by the United States Department of Health and[…]
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Protein Acts as Miracle-Gro for Neurons, Slows Brain Disease
Protein Acts as Miracle-Gro for Neurons, Slows Brain Disease A protein that promotes the growth of neurons and blood vessels appears to stop the progression of a genetic disease that causes degeneration of the cerebellum, according to new preclinical Northwestern Medicine research published in Nature Medicine. The disease, spinocerebella ataxia type 1, typically strikes people[…]
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Honors & Appointments
A list of honors, awards, and faculty appointments from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Lower-Income Dads Active in their Kids’ Health
Lower-Income Dads Active in their Kids’ Health Lower-income, urban dads are involved in their children’s health and encourage them to exercise and eat healthy foods, reports a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. But these same dads may also give their kids the wrong dose of medicine and may be uncomfortable handling[…]
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Musicians in Medicine, DOCappella Serve as Creative Outlet for Feinberg Students
Musicians in Medicine, DOCappella Serve as Creative Outlet for Feinberg Students Musicians in Medicine â an ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists â and DOCappella â a group of choral, pop, and opera singers â join together for many performances, including monthly concerts at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Amid courses like problem-based learning and medical[…]
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Peanut Allergy Turned Off by Tricking Immune System
Peanut Allergy Turned Off by Tricking Immune System Researchers have turned off a life-threatening allergic response to peanuts by tricking the immune system into thinking the nut proteins aren’t a threat to the body, according to a new preclinical study from Northwestern Medicine. The peanut tolerance was achieved by attaching peanut proteins onto blood cells[…]
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Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Teaching Feinberg students to practice patient-centered care The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program, housed in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences (NUPTHMS), can not only boast about its standing as the oldest physical therapy school in the nation, but can[…]
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Sheldon Miller, MD Obituary
Remembering Professor Emeritus and Former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Sheldon Miller, MD Sheldon Miller, MD, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2011, at the age of 73. He served as the chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences[…]
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Feinberg Personnel Pivotal to Chicago Marathon Medical Safety
Feinberg Personnel Pivotal to Chicago Marathon Medical Safety Northwestern medical volunteers David Salzman, MD ’05, GME ’09, a fellow in the Feinberg Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning center, and Kelly Williamson, MD, GME ’11, a recent graduate from the Emergency Medicine residency program, at the 2008 Chicago Marathon. The Chicago Marathon is the largest sporting[…]
