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Doctors Without Borders Displays “Help Wanted” Sign Since 1971 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided emergency medical assistance to individuals displaced from their homes by wars, natural disasters, and epidemics. Often rendering aid to people living in makeshift refugee camps around the world, MSF is now bringing “refugee camps” to the people this[…]

In Memoriam (Martin Gustafson) Martin O. Gustafson, DDS, MS, assistant professor of clinical surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine and retired oral and maxillofacial surgeon, died unexpectedly August 31 at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, Illinois. He was 67. Born in Chicago, he was raised in Sycamore, Illinois and received his DDS degree from[…]

September 4, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Study Tries New Way to Rehab Fried-Food-Loving Couch Dwellers CHICAGO—For lunch, Joy Hesemann loved to dive into a platter of deep-fried, crunchy chicken tenders with a side of ranch dressing. At night, she’d fry[…]

September 6, 2007 Contact: Erin Shields at (773) 880-4348 or ateshields@childrensmemorial.org Ann Lurie Announces $100 Million Gift for New Children’s Memorial Hospital Philanthropist Ann Lurie has pledged $100 million to Children’s Memorial Hospital to help establish a new, world-class medical center devoted exclusively to the care of children. The $100 million gift, the largest charitable[…]

September 6, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Don’t Just Save Her Life—Save Her Fertility Landmark National Grant Targets Infants, Young Girls, Women with Cancer CHICAGO—Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has been awarded a $21 million grant from the National Institutes[…]

September 21, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Microscopic Pollution May Trigger Heart Attacks/Strokes by Spurring Blood Clots CHICAGO—It was a murder mystery playing out in major cities across the country and perplexing scientists. Thousands of people were dying from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours of a spike in microscopic[…]

August 21, 2007 Contact: Pat Vaughan Tremmel at 847/491-4892 or atp-tremmel@northwestern.edu Breaking Up May Not Be as Hard as the Song Says EVANSTON, Ill.—The devastation caused by a broken heart has been a dominant theme throughout the ages of great literature and pop culture alike. But a new Northwestern University study shows that lovers, especially[…]

July 31, 2007MEDIA CONTACT: Pat Vaughan Tremmel at 847-491-4892 or p-tremmel@northwestern.edu Reading More Into a Face Than Noticeably Meets the Eye EVANSTON, Ill.—Reading the face of a person who is trying to conceal fear or other emotions is tricky business, according to a new Northwestern University study of electrical activity in the brain. Though such[…]

Studying Falls Key to Reducing Disability Among Elderly Physical therapist Evan McLeod introduces a patient to an excerise designed to improve balance. Older people typically fall due to a combination of factors including poor muscle strength, lack of balancing abilities, and using medications that have side effects such as drowsiness and dizziness. Poor eyesight and[…]