Tag: Patient Care
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Rosen Accepts Provost Position at City of Hope
The director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University helped usher in an era of international prominence during his nearly quarter-century at the helm.
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NUAID Establishes New Site in India
A group of medical students spent a month volunteering in urban and rural clinics and learning about public health in India.
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Study Reinforces Value of Nonverbal Social Communication in Doctor-Patient Relationships
Physicians who make a lot of eye contact and engage in a few “social touches” are viewed as more likable and empathetic by patients.
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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.
