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Study Finds Women Can Quit Smoking and Control Weight Gain Many women don’t quit smoking because they are afraid of gaining weight. That’s because nicotine suppresses the appetite and boosts a smoker’s metabolism. A new meta-analysis (results of several studies) shows that women who quit smoking while receiving treatment for weight control are better able[…]

Transplanting People’s Own Stem Cells Can Treat Heart Disease Study Finds The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects[…]

Comprehensive Transplant Center Celebrates Official Launch (From LEFT) J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Dixon Kaufman, MD, PhD, Michael Abecassis, MD, MBA, and Dean M. Harrison at the reception following the Launch of the comprehensive transplant center. With an audience of approximately 240 physicians, faculty, staff, patients and friends, the Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center (CTC)[…]

Feinberg Announces New Chair of Preventive Medicine Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, associate professor of Preventive Medicine and Medicine for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named the new Chair of Preventive Medicine. With this appointment, Lloyd-Jones takes the helm of one of the top preventive medicine departments in the country. As[…]

Northwestern Medical School, Engineering School Launch New Lecture Series Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the McCormick School of Engineering have launched a new lecture series, the Dean’s Grand Challenge Lecture Series in Medicine and Engineering. This series of six lectures brings together medical and engineering faculty members to catalyze interdisciplinary collaboration. “By aligning[…]

2009-10 State of the School Address Outlines Strategic Goals for the Coming Year, Presents Vision for Northwestern Medicine J. larryJameson, MD, PHD, vice president for medical affairs and Lewis landsberg dean of the feinberg school of medicine, presents the State of the School Address. The Feinberg School of Medicine community assembled on October 19 to[…]

Sesquicentennial Finale Reflects on 150 Years of Progress, Looks Forward to Future of Medicine J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, vice president for medical affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine. Jeremiah Stamler, MD, professor emeritus and the first chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine. C. Shad Thaxton, MD, PhD, assistant[…]

Northwestern Finds Modest Weight Loss Slashes Diabetes Risk Intensive lifestyle changes aimed at modest weight loss reduced the rate of developing type 2 diabetes by 34 percent in people at high risk for the disease, according to a national study based on 10 years of data. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine was a[…]

Northwestern Research Finds Antidepressant Drugs Aim at Wrong Target More than half the people who take antidepressants never get relief from their symptoms. Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to new research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.[…]

Hobnob with Northwestern Transplant Experts Oct. 28 The thousands of people affected by organ failure — and their family and friends — wonder what the medical future holds for them. What are the latest research advances that may benefit them and future generations? They’ll find out from top Northwestern organ transplant experts on Oct. 28[…]

Feinberg School of Medicine Instructor Receives 2009 Pfizer Teacher Development Award Dr. Tuwanda Williamson Dr. Tuwanda C. Williamson, a family physician and clinical instructor in the Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine, was selected to receive the 2009 Pfizer Teacher Development Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (AAFP[…]

Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing New technology 300 times more sensitive than commercial tests, defines new PSA “zero” Chad A. Mirkin, PhD, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, professor of medicine in the Feinberg School of Medicine, and professor of materials sciences and engineering in[…]

Feinberg Student Awarded National Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership in Healthcare Blayne Amir Sayed aims to address challenges faced by medically underserved communities Blayne Amir Sayed, an MD-PhD student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been awarded one of five Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Herbert W. Nickens Scholarships. The scholarships are presented[…]

Spotlight: Doctor of Medicine Degree Sarah Connell, M4 Northwestern University has been training medical students for 150 years. The focal point of Feinberg School of Medicine undergraduate medical education programs is the one degree all students look forward to attaining: the Doctor of Medicine. The Feinberg integrated doctor of medicine curriculum is designed to prepare[…]

Former Professor, Edward Jozef Kaminski Passes Away Edward Jozef Kaminski, professor emeritus of pathology at the Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern University Dental School died peacefully October 6, after a long illness. He was 83 years old. Born in Torun (Thorn), Poland, he immigrated to Scotland after World War II, where he learned English,[…]

New Chemo Cocktail Blocks Breast Cancer Like a Fence Think of a protective fence that blocks the neighbor’s dog from charging into your backyard. The body, too, has fences – physical and biochemical barriers that keep cells in their place. When breast cancer spreads or metastasizes, it crashes through the body’s protective fences. The disease[…]