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Scientists Discover Human Sperm Gene is 600 Million Years Old Just as styles in sexy clothes or fashion change from year to year and culture to culture, “sexy” genes, or genes specific to sex, also change rapidly. But there is one sex-specific gene so vital, its function has remained unaltered throughout evolution and is found[…]

Extra Pounds Reduce Memory The more an older woman weighs, the worse her memory, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. The effect is more pronounced in women who carry excess weight around their hips, known as pear shapes, than women who carry it around their waists, called apple shapes. The study of 8,745 cognitively[…]

New Animal Model Uncovers the Role of Beta-2 Nicotinic Receptors in the Activity-rest Cycle, Natural Reward, and Anxiety Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have created a new mouse animal model to study a rare form of human epilepsy. The research team, led by Anis Contractor, PhD, published their first findings in the[…]

Third-Year Medical Students Accept New White Coats in Transition to Clerkship At the ceremony, medical students were given new white coats symbolizing a new beginning — the start of their two-year clerkship, a period where they will work directly with patients and learn alongside trained clinicians. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine held an Introduction[…]

Clinical Psychology PhD Program Trains Students to Become Academic Psychologists Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology — located in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (DPBS) — remains one of only a few U.S. programs based in an academic medical center and the sole clinical psychology doctoral program housed[…]

New Formula Gives First Accurate Peak Heart Rate for Women Women who measure their peak heart rates for exercise will need to do some new math, as will physicians giving stress tests to patients. A new formula based on a large study from Northwestern Medicine provides a more accurate estimate of the peak heart rate[…]

Hands-on Approach to Breast Exams Simulated breasts, genitals can help students learn proper techniques for physical exam By Dawn Turner TriceThe Chicago Tribune Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, associate professor of surgery at Feinberg, has developed simulators that help medical students learn the proper techniques for administering breast and pelvic exams. As a little girl, Carla[…]

New Ophthalmology Chair Named Nicholas Volpe is nationally recognized in ophthalmic education Nicholas J. Volpe, MD, Professor and Adele Niessen Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been named the new chair of opthalmology at Northwestern Medicine. Nicholas J. Volpe, MD, Professor and Adele Niessen Chair in Ophthalmology at the[…]

New Target Identified for Scleroderma Therapy Investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified the molecule Egr-1 (early growth response factor 1) as a new therapy target for scleroderma, an autoimmune disease for which there currently is no cure. Scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis, is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the[…]

White Coat Ceremony Initiates First Class of Students to Feinberg PA Program The 30 members of the Physician Assistant Program inaugural class hail from 23 states and 20 undergraduate institutions, and boast 20 undergraduate majors. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine recently welcomed its first class of students[…]