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.
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Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, president and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, presented a lecture on systems approach to biology and medicine on Monday, May 13 at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Four medical school faculty members were elected into two prestigious professional societies, the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Neil Stone, MD, is chair of a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute panel scheduled to issue new cholesterol guidelines which may reshape the treatment of millions of Americans.
Event provides the opportunity for students and researchers to learn more about the important aging and dementia research taking place at Northwestern.
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, a distinguished investigator of international stature whose research has had a transformative impact in the area of neurodegenerative diseases, will join Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on July 1 as Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor, chair of the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, and director of the newly established Center for Rare Diseases.
One of only a handful of centers focused on women of all ages who may be suffering from reproductive-related depression, the Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders will integrate state-of-the art research into clinical care to make sure that women with depression receive the care that they need.
Marian Boehr, MD’51, spent 38 years performing surgery in Nellore, India. She believed it was her mission in life to serve others. During her career, she completed 34,000 surgical operations.
Having dedicated her career to investigating how bones are developed and the mechanisms that cause their deterioration, Paula Stern, PhD, recently published an article on vitamin D and its effect on osteoperosis.
William Grobman, MD, MBA, professor in obstetrics and gynecology-maternal fetal medicine, reviewed data from 115,502 women over a three year period and determined that race and ethnicity affect obstetric care and outcomes.
Third-year medical students Alexander Sheu and Patrick Tyler received awards at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting for their research in the field. This interest led them to start a student group to promote research opportunities and mentoring in the specialty.
In a new preclinical study, a Northwestern Medicine® scientist has isolated the motor neurons in the brain that die in ALS and, for the first time, dressed them in a green fluorescent jacket. As a result, scientists will now be able to track what goes wrong in these cells to cause their deaths and be able to search for effective treatments.
A Northwestern Medicine® and University of Alabama study published recently in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal analyzing the same data.
Within the next few decades, getting a new kidney could be as simple as having a doctor order an engineered organ that will be developed in the laboratory with a patient’s own cells. Delivery could take a few months and, theoretically, a patient might not need immunosuppressant drugs because his body would recognize the kidney as his own.
With the help of genetics, prostate specific antigen (PSA) screenings may become more accurate and reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies.
A Northwestern Medicine® study has found Chicago’s Neighbor Carts pilot program last year was profitable for the vendors selling fresh produce and a boon for customers buying fruit, vegetables, and nuts. It was so successful, in fact, that this year the program will expand from eight to 30 carts, with new ones rolling out this month.
Showcasing the cultural diversity of the student body through song, dance, and artistic performance, Fusion 2013 included 13 acts. The event, held April 20, benefited five local charities.
Colleagues remember Toshio Narahashi, PhD, John Evans Professor of Pharmacology, for his contributions to the field and his dedication to mentoring.
Part of the longest continually accredited physical therapy school in the nation, 74 Feinberg PT students graduated on Saturday, April 20, after three years of classroom and clinical instruction.
More than 600 alumni, guests, faculty, and students took part in the annual celebration of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduates.
The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
Postdoctoral fellow Kelly Glajch, PhD’12, received a prestigious fellowship from the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation to support the study of neuron signaling changes in the striatum region of the brain, an area associated with the disease.
A new Northwestern Medicine® study has shown that survival following heart transplantation is associated with several patient characteristics, including education, higher social and economic satisfaction, and adherence with the medical regimen.
The Office of Admissions at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine hosted the annual Second Look event on April 11-12, giving prospective medical students an opportunity to learn more about Feinberg before making a final decision on where to go to medical school.
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disorder that’s difficult to treat. However, thanks to new research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, doctors may be able to treat some patients more effectively.
A new agreement with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) means the RIC will provide the clinical venue for Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences faculty, expand clinical education experiences for students, create a joint Northwestern-RIC physical therapy residency program, and allow Feinberg and RIC researchers the ability to better pursue investigative questions and develop innovative science-based devices, technologies, and treatments.
First-year medical students reinforced concepts from their cardiopulmonary, respiratory, and renal units through a week of hands-on simulation events known as the Synthesis and Application Module. This component of the new curriculum focuses on integrating more clinical experiences early on and challenges students to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom.
Clifford Clinton Raisbeck Jr, MD’53, GME’61, orthopaedic surgeon and strong supporter of the medical school, died on March 29 from complications of pneumonia. He was 84.
Graduating its first class in 2012, Feinberg’s Physician Assistant Program has moved from provisional to continuing accreditation, receiving a rating of 100 percent compliant from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.
The Ninth Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day, held on Thursday, April 4, had a record breaking 318 scientific posters, representing all 26 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine departments.