Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, chief of medicine-cardiology, and a group of scientists and healthcare professionals recently published new clinical guidelines regarding the care of patients with heart failure.
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Mary McGrae McDermott, MD, professor of medicine, has been selected to receive the designation Master of the Society of Vascular Medicine (SVM), the highest award bestowed by the organization. She was presented with the award at the recent national SVM meeting.
The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain essentially unchanged, notwithstanding numerous calls from public and private health agencies for the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium levels, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study conducted with the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Darwin Labarthe, MD, PhD, MPH, professor in preventive medicine, was bestowed the American Heart Association 2012 Gold Heart Award, the highest honor the association gives in recognition of continued, distinguished service.
On June 15, Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, will become the new director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research at the medical school.
Christian Stehlik, PhD, professor of Rheumatology at Feinberg, discovered a protein in macrophage cells that identifies bacterial cell wall components in harmful bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes.
A hike in your blood pressure during middle age significantly raises the risk of having a heart attack or a stroke during your lifetime, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
A new Northwestern Medicine study shows the behaviors and risk factors that reduce the incidence of heart disease also substantially lower the risk of lung, breast, prostate and colon cancers by up to nearly 40 percent.
A new study that takes a complete snapshot of adolescent cardiovascular health in the United States reveals a dismal picture of teens likely to die of heart disease at a younger age than adults do today, reports Northwestern Medicine research.
In 2020, the majority of adults in America will be overweight or obese and more than half will suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetic conditions, according to projections presented today by Northwestern Medicine researchers at the AHA Scientific Sessions.