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Northwestern Medicine is using an in-house build artificial intelligence tool to prevent incidental findings on patients’ medical imaging. According to Dr. Mozziyar Etemadi “This problem is a case study of preventable harm; there is a document but unrecognized finding that could have led to a meaningful intervention, but instead the patient’s disease develops unchecked.”

CBS 2′ s Audrina Bigos turned to an expert from Northwestern Medicine to ask, how do you improve your sleep? Dr. Justin Fiala said consistency is key and so is listening to your body.

The dim light entered the eyelids and disrupted sleep despite the fact that participants slept with their eyes closed, said study author Dr. Phyllis Zee , director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Research linking dietary cholesterol in eggs with a heightened risk of early death is pretty punchy stuff. The study, from Northwestern Medicine in the US, looked at nearly 30,000 US adults, with an average age of 51.

For every additional half of an egg eaten per day (around three extra eggs per week), the risk of cardiovascular disease rose by 6%.

While no time system will be perfect for everyone, making daylight saving time permanent would lead to a greater number of dark mornings than we have now, said Phyllis Zee , chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Chronic risk factors, including diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and unhealthy diet are some aspects that can trigger these types of strokes, Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD volunteer president of the American Heart Association and chair, Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, told Health.com.

While no time system will be perfect for everyone, making daylight saving time permanent would lead to a greater number of dark mornings than we have now, said Phyllis Zee , chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Natalie Cameron, an instructor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, co-wrote an editorial that accompanied the findings.

“If future research shows that BAC improves heart disease risk prediction among women not yet on cholesterol-lowering medications, BAC could serve as a powerful tool to help guide heart disease prevention for the millions of women who undergo routine mammography each year,” she said.

Only about 10% of strokes occur in people younger than 50, Dr. Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine said. While some symptoms like numbness may mimic other conditions like anxiety, Lloyd-Jones said a tell-tale sign of stroke is when the symptoms only occur one one side and “minutes matter in terms of saving brain tissue and brain function.”

Dr Dinee Simpson is a surgeon who specialises in liver and kidney transplants at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. After recently running into a former patient when she stopped for coffee, Simpson shared the exchange on Twitter.