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“If you have Parkinson’s disease and you want to delay the progression of your symptoms, you should exercise three times a week with your heart rate between 80 to 85 percent maximum. It is that simple,” said study co-lead author Daniel Corcos. He’s professor of physical therapy and human movement sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

A team of researchers at Northwestern Medicine and the University of Colorado School of Medicine wanted to find out whether high- or moderate-intensity exercise was safe for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Would it help with the disease’s symptoms, the progressive loss of muscle control, tremors, stiffness?

“We gave them a proper workout,” said Daniel Corcos, a professor of physical therapy at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who helped lead the study.

A team of researchers at Northwestern Medicine and the University of Colorado School of Medicine wanted to find out whether high- or moderate-intensity exercise was safe for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Would it help with the disease’s symptoms, the progressive loss of muscle control, tremors, stiffness? “The real question is: Is there any disease or any disorder for which exercise is not good?” said Daniel Corcos, one of the lead authors of the study and a professor of physical therapy and human movement sciences at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “I haven’t found any.”

Bathing in water is just as effective for the treatment of eczema as bathing in a bleach solution, a new review of previous research indicates. “I don’t know if it throws the baby out with the bathwater, but bleach baths lack the evidence to support how commonly they are being recommended,” said senior author Dr. Jonathan Silverberg. “The water baths appear to be doing most of the heavy lifting. If bleach is adding any benefit, it’s quite modest.”

When parents bring a premature baby home from the hospital, it’s the dads who feel the most stress, a new study finds. “Dad goes from a situation where the baby and mom are cared for by experts in the hospital to having to simultaneously care for his baby, partner and work. He is supposed to be the ‘rock’ for his partner but the stress can really set in,” said study lead author Dr. Craig Garfield ,. He’s an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

When parents bring a premature baby home from the hospital, it’s the dads who feel the most stress, a new study finds. “Dad goes from a situation where the baby and mom are cared for by experts in the hospital to having to simultaneously care for his baby, partner and work. He is supposed to be the ‘rock’ for his partner but the stress can really set in,” said study lead author Dr. Craig Garfield ,. He’s an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

“I suspect most would hypothesize that outcomes would be significantly worse for locum tenens physicians compared to staff physicians, as the locum tenens docs are not as familiar with the hospital, local practices and policies, and how to get things done locally,” said Dr. Karl Bilimoria , director of the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago. “Thus, this study provides findings that may be counterintuitive to many people,” Bilimoria said by email. “But just because the patients did not die more frequently under the care of locum tenens docs, does not mean that their disease-specific outcomes are equal,” Bilimoria added. “There may be more nuanced outcomes that could show a difference.”

When people learn of aging and dementia researcher Emily Rogalski’s groundbreaking work with SuperAgers—seniors 80 and older with memory that is at least as good as individuals in their 50s and 60s—their first question is, “What’s their secret?” “I don’t think there’s one magic bullet,” admits Rogalski, though the Ph.D. and her collaborators, including a research team she leads at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, have been unlocking clues to maintaining cognitive ability as we age.

This past summer, Baskaran drew on his experiences to help build “I-AM SHAKTI,” a movement to help South Asian Americans face mental health challenges and share their stories. He co-founded the group, which celebrated its launch last month, with undergraduates and medical school students from Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.