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September 14, 2004 Researcher Offers Tips for Better Sleep CHICAGO—The 2003 Sleep in America poll by the National Sleep Foundation found that 67 percent of older Americans report trouble sleeping. Sleep for people over 55 often involves waking up several times during the night, not being able to get back to sleep and waking up[…]

September 9, 2004 Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Apparently Normal Teens are Not “Ticking Time Bombs,” Study Finds CHICAGO— Contrary to the psychoanalytic theory that children who appear to be well adjusted as adolescents are actually “ticking time bombs,” most normal teenagers adapt to and benefit from life experiences, a[…]

August 25, 2004 Auditorium Named for First African American Medical School Graduate CHICAGO— Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine will dedicate a new state-of-the-art auditorium and atrium to Daniel Hale Williams, MD, the school’s first African American graduate and faculty member and one of the most noteworthy physicians of the 20th Century. Dr. Williams served[…]

August 19, 2004 Contact: Charles R. Loebbaka at 847/491-4887 or atc-loebbaka@northwestern.edu University Hosts Workshop on Bioterrorism CHICAGO— Northwestern University was host on Wednesday, August 12, to a workshop on the crucial role of the media in reporting on a bioterrorist attack. The workshop featured remarks by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Mary[…]

August 19, 2004 Public Invited to Breast Cancer Forum CHICAGO— The 2004 Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Town Hall meeting, “Expert Perspectives on the Latest Breast Cancer Treatments and Research,” which is free and open to the public, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at Northwestern University, Thorne Auditorium, 375 East[…]

In Memoriam (Eugene Derlacki) Eugene L. Derlacki, MD, professor emeritus of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, died July 21 at a retirement home in Corvallis, Oregon; he was 91. Born and raised in the Chicago area, Dr. Derlacki obtained both his bachelor’s and MD degrees from Northwestern University. He completed[…]

August 25, 2004 Drug-Behavioral Therapy Helps Depressed Teens CHICAGO— Adolescents with major depressive disorder show improvement after treatment that combines the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac®) and cognitive behavioral therapy, according to the results of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS), published in the August 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.[…]

August 12, 2004 Major Grant Renewal Funds Cancer Clinical Studies CHICAGO— Northwestern University has received a six-year renewal grant of $2.9 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) through the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). The grant will fund an extensive portfolio of cancer clinical studies and will be administered by the Robert H. Lurie[…]

August 19, 2004 One in Four Adults at Risk for Irregular Heart Rhythm CHICAGO— One in four adults age 40 and older is at risk for developing a heart rhythm abnormality known as atrial fibrillation. What is worse, many of them may not even know they are having symptoms, according to a study in the[…]

Preventive Medicine Leader Recognized Jeremiah Stamler, MD, professor emeritus of preventive medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named an American Heart Association (AHA) Distinguished Scientist. This honor is bestowed on a highly select group of investigators who have made significant contributions to cardiovascular and stroke research. In a letter dated July 29,[…]

July 1, 2004 Contact: Wendy Leopold at 847/491-4890 or atw-leopold@northwestern.edu Brain Development, Puberty: Key to Learning Problems? EVANSTON, ILL.— A Northwestern University study is the first to suggest that delayed brain development and its interaction with puberty may be key factors contributing to language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia. The article appears in the June[…]

July 21, 2004 In Memoriam (Leonid Calenoff) Leonid Calenoff, MD, professor emeritus of radiology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, died on July 16 in Illinois of complications from esophageal cancer. He was 80. Born in Vienna, Austria, Dr. Calenoff served as a medic in the Bulgarian Army during World War II. After the war,[…]

July 1, 2004 Gene Mutation Causes Cell Deficits in Aging CHICAGO— A mutation of the gene for lamin A protein gradually causes devastating effects on cellular structure and function in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare, fatal genetic condition characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children. A study on the lamin A gene mutation[…]

July 21, 2004 Hyperglycemia and Pregnancy Study Receives $9.2 Million CHICAGO— Northwestern University has received a four-year, $9.2 million renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study. An additional $1.7 million has been awarded to fund the HAPO Data Coordinating Center. Boyd E. Metzger, MD,[…]

July 7, 2004 Nuzzarello Heads Office of Student Programs Angela Nuzzarello, MD, MHPE, has been appointed associate dean for student programs and professional development at the Feinberg School of Medicine. She succeeds Jack F. Snarr, PhD ’67, who retired earlier this month after 29 years as head of the Office of Student Affairs. Dr. Nuzzarello[…]

July 9, 2004 Keeping Summer Fun Safe Summer, with its warmer temperatures and sunny skies, entices everyone to get moving and enjoy the outdoors. While boosting activity levels can increase summer fun, the season presents hazards to personal health and safety if one does not exercise caution. “Active people are generally more susceptible to a[…]

Opera Buff Shares Passion with Students “Culture” for medical students doesn’t have to take place just in the laboratory. Thanks to the Feinberg School of Medicine’s participation in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s College Opera Circle, students are learning that their arts education isn’t over even when the “clinically obese” woman sings. A record number of[…]

June 10, 2004 Regulatable Gene Therapy May Advance Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease CHICAGO— Northwestern University neuroscientists have overcome a major obstacle in gene therapy research. They’ve devised a method that will safely deliver and regulate expression of therapeutic genes introduced into the central nervous system to treat Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. The method,[…]

Feinberg School Leads NU in Research Funding With $168.2 million in research funding in 2003, the Feinberg School of Medicine surpassed all other academic units in drawing research dollars to Northwestern. The medical school’s award total constitutes 51 percent of all research funding to the University, which totaled $328.1 million. Funding from research awards granted[…]