A Northwestern research team has created a database of 17,000 foods and beverages for an app that will help consumers see nutrition information.
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A minimally invasive procedure to repair aortic stenosis may be preferable to open-heart surgery when treating patients at intermediate risk of surgical mortality, according to recent research.
Some high-risk medical devices used in obstetrics and gynecology were approved by the FDA based on flawed data, according to a recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine residents.
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s new 242-bed research hospital will put scientists and physicians in shared spaces, allowing innovation and treatment to collide.
Smartphone conversational agents like Apple’s Siri respond to questions about health crises inconsistently and incompletely, according to a recent study.
Two drugs known to improve survival for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma do not reduce the risk of cancer recurrence when administered after surgery, according to a recent clinical trial.
Two simple behavioral interventions decreased the rate of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections, according to a recent paper co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Stephen Persell, MD, MPH.
A recent clinical trial co-led by Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, and colleagues found that increasing physical activity in sedentary older men and women did not prevent serious fall injuries.
A recent clinical trial conducted by Northwestern Medicine investigator Seema Singhal, MD, showed that the drug daratumumab is a safe and effective treatment for patients with advanced multiple myeloma.
Patients with cancer who watched personalized educational videos before their first visit with an oncologist were better equipped to consider participating in clinical trials, reports a paper co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Al B. Benson, III, MD.