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Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center Receives Fourth Continuous Grant from NIH
The center, led by Leena Sharma, MD, has expanded to include a strengthening program in osteoarthritis research and a focus on health care utilization, with particular emphasis on underserved minorities.
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High Debt Could be Hazardous to Your Health
A new Northwestern Medicine® study has found that high financial debt is associated with higher diastolic blood pressure and poorer self-reported general and mental health in young adults.
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First-Year Medical Students Arrive, Jump into Clinical Experiences
The Class of 2017 arrived on campus and before starting classes learned about the curriculum, interviewed patients, and shadowed healthcare professionals during Arrival Week and the Introduction to the Profession Module.
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Study Finds Exercise is No Quick Cure for Insomnia
If you have insomnia, you can’t exercise yourself into sleep right away, according to a Northwestern Medicine® study. It takes time for the positive effects of daily activity to kick in.
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New Test May Help Reveal Early-Onset Dementia
Simple tests that measure the ability to recognize individuals such as Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, or Oprah Winfrey may help doctors identify early dementia in those 40 to 65 years of age, according to new Northwestern Medicine® research.
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Yale’s Robert Alpern Named 2014 Commencement Speaker
With interests in research, clinical practice, and teaching, Alpern’s career is filled with numerous leadership roles, editorial positions, and educational honors.
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Urine Biomarker Test Can Diagnose, Predict Rejection of Transplanted Kidneys
John Friedewald, MD, and Michael Abecassis, MD/MBA, hope to advance the findings in The New England Journal of Medicine during two clinical trials to take place at Feinberg.
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Global Health Experiences Provide Opportunity for Student Research
This summer, the first class of medical students began their Area of Scholarly Concentration research projects, a new requirement under the revised curriculum. Three students decided to take their project overseas.
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Scientists Adding to Vitamin D, Food Sensitization Link
Xin “Lucy” Liu, MD, PhD, has published a paper in Pediatrics that points toward a connection between a toddler’s ability to overcome the effects of low vitamin D levels at birth with later food sensitization and allergy.
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Molecule May Lead to Development of New Spinal Muscular Atrophy Therapy
Published in Human Molecular Genetics, research from the lab of Christine DiDonato, PhD, has helped bring a potential therapy for spinal muscular atrophy into clinical trial.
