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Trying to Bring Evidence-Based Practice to Behavioral Medicine How do behavioral scientists and practitioners incorporate the latest evidence-based interventions in their field into clinical practice and share them with other disciplines? Not easily, according to Bonnie J. Spring, PhD, professor of preventive medicine. Unlike the infrastructure that has evolved in evidence-based medicine to promote the[…]

April 12, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Stem Cell Transplant Resets Immune System in Type 1 Diabetes Patients CHICAGO—A Northwestern University researcher has used adult stem cell injections to reset the immune systems of patients with early-onset Type 1 diabetes. After the therapy, patients were free of taking insulin for up[…]

April 12, 2007 Two Researchers Work to Unravel Mysteries of the Aging BrainAmericans are living longer thanks to advances in treating major diseases, but the new longevity exposes them to a greater threat to the aging brain’s vulnerability to degenerative disorders. Two Northwestern University researchers working to unravel the mysteries of neurodegenerative disorders and their[…]

April 30, 2007 Helen Binns Tackles Lead Poisoning in Children Pediatrician Dr. Helen Binns (left) and attorney Anita Weinberg have served together on the Illinois Lead-Safe Housing Task Force for a decade. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Illinois leads the nation in the number of lead-poisoned children, a fact that[…]

Chinatown Residents Flock to Student-Run Health Fair First-year medical student Isaac Wu greets Yung An Yu, one of 264 participants in the annual student-run Chinatown Health Fair. At 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 15, a long line snaked its way along the front of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Chicago’s Chinatown. Residents patiently stood[…]

New Northwestern Center Targets Epilepsy Six hundred students danced for CURE and not necessarily to The Cure, an English post-punk band, during Northwestern’s 30-hour Dance Marathon 2007 held in early March. Their around-the-clock efforts resulted in a donation of $423,028 to the Chicago-based Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy and a boost in awareness about[…]

Northwestern Medical Students Among Those Aiding the Homeless Medical students from three schools joined forces to provide health care to the homeless at a shelter on Chicago’s West Side. The homeless generally have two daily priorities: food and shelter. On March 3 students from three regional medical schools including Northwestern made sure that health care[…]

Match Day Reveals Residency Choices Dressed for the role, including “doc” tattoos, these FeinbergSchool seniors are ready to start their residencies inorthopaedic surgery. This year, 160 Feinberg School students joined more than 15,000 medical students nationwide vying for first-year residency positions in the United States offered through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). “I’m going[…]

March 13, 2007 Contact: Wendy Leopold at 847/491-4890 or atw-leopold@northwestern.edu Research Finds Musical Training Can ‘Tune’ the Auditory System EVANSTON, Ill.—A new study by Northwestern University researchers suggests that Mom was right when she insisted that you continue music lessons—even after it was clear that a professional music career was not in your future. The[…]

Alum Addresses Health Disparities Among Native Americans Patrick O’Connor, MD, ’82, likened the Indian reservation on which he has worked for more than 20 years to a Third World country in terms of health disparities but one that is being treated medically with first-world resources thanks to the U.S. Public Health Service. His lecture to[…]