Tag: Patient Care
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Overhauling Confusing Prescription Medicine Instructions
Northwestern Medicine, Walgreens, Alliance of Chicago community health centers and Merck are collaborating on a study with the goal of providing clear instructions on prescription medicine labels so patients don’t make mistakes.
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Heart Institutes at Northwestern Medicine Celebrated with Launch Event
Comprised of the world-class Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Heart Institutes at Northwestern Medicine are poised to become a recognized leader in cardiovascular medicine through clinical excellence and the discovery of innovative new therapies.
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Berg Balance Scale Validated for Lower-Limb Amputees
Scientists at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center recently used an existing assessment tool to quantify issues of balance in individuals with lower-limb amputation. Findings were published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Heavy Smoking Raises Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans
Smoking at least a pack a day also increases the odds of this community developing a severe and harder to treat form of the disease.
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Dermatology Alumna Acts as Mentor for Students, Advocate for Patients
Shirley Chi, MD’01, GME’02, discusses how her education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shaped her career as a dermatologist, teacher, and advocate.
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Study Shows First Evidence that Fear Can Be Reduced During Sleep
The finding offers a potentially new way to enhance typical daytime treatment of phobias by adding a nighttime element.
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Creative Solutions Highlight Global Health Day 2013
More than two dozen medical students presented their summer research projects during the annual event that also included the University’s first One Book One Northwestern discussion of the year.
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Predicting Who Will Have Chronic Pain
In a study published September 16 in the journal Pain, A. Vania Apkarian, PhD, found that abnormalities in brain axons predispose people to chronic back pain after injury.
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New Student-led Program Engages with Homeless Community
The Office of Diversity and Feinberg students partnered with the Fourth Presbyterian Church to create a new program, Good Neighbors. This group will provide resources and build relationships with the homeless population in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago.
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Pandolfino Appointed Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
John E. Pandolfino, MD, professor of medicine, has been appointed the Hans Popper Professor and chief of gastroenterology-hepatology in the Department of Medicine.
