Tag: Medicine
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Pregnant Gen Zers, Millennials Twice as Likely to Develop Hypertension in Pregnancy
Gen Zers and millennials are approximately two times more likely to be newly diagnosed with high blood pressure during pregnancy, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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New Technique Improves Proteoform Imaging in Human Tissue
Investigators have developed a new imaging technique that increases the detection and identification of proteoforms by four-fold when compared to current methods.
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Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Mortality, Misinformation and Maternal Vaccination
Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study COVID-19, from comparing mortality rates between SARS-CoV-2 variants to examining the effectiveness of maternal vaccination in protecting infants and combating COVID-19 misinformation on social media.
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Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Prostate Cancer Hypoxia Identified
A Northwestern Medicine study has identified a molecular mechanism that helps regulate the progression of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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McDermott Honored with AHA Distinguished Achievement Award
Mary M. McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, the Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been honored with the American Heart Association’s 2022 Peripheral Vascular Disease Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Investigating the Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores for CHD
Polygenic risk scores demonstrated minimal clinical benefit in predicting long-term coronary heart disease when added to a traditional risk factor model, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Diabetes Drug Metformin Shows Potential Benefit in Large COVID-19 Trial
Metformin, a common, safe and inexpensive drug for type 2 diabetes, lowered the odds of emergency department visits, hospitalizations or death due to COVID-19 by over 40 percent, according to a new multi-site clinical trial.
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Improving Emergency Care for People Living with Dementia
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Bigger is better for genetic tests that check for cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias
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Antibiotic Stewardship Reduces Unnecessary Prescriptions
A recent study showed that an antibiotic stewardship program was associated with a 50 percent reduction in antibiotic prescribing.
