Tag: Patient Care
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Building a Human Kidney
Within the next few decades, getting a new kidney could be as simple as having a doctor order an engineered organ that will be developed in the laboratory with a patient’s own cells. Delivery could take a few months and, theoretically, a patient might not need immunosuppressant drugs because his body would recognize the kidney…
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Personalizing Prostate Cancer Screening
With the help of genetics, prostate specific antigen (PSA) screenings may become more accurate and reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies.
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Success Spurs Expansion of ‘Neighbor Carts’ Program
A Northwestern Medicine® study has found Chicago’s Neighbor Carts pilot program last year was profitable for the vendors selling fresh produce and a boon for customers buying fruit, vegetables, and nuts. It was so successful, in fact, that this year the program will expand from eight to 30 carts, with new ones rolling out this…
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Shedding New Light on Brain Circuit Involved in Parkinson’s
Postdoctoral fellow Kelly Glajch, PhD’12, received a prestigious fellowship from the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation to support the study of neuron signaling changes in the striatum region of the brain, an area associated with the disease.
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Education, Adherence to Medical Regimen Increase Survival Following Heart Transplant
A new Northwestern Medicine® study has shown that survival following heart transplantation is associated with several patient characteristics, including education, higher social and economic satisfaction, and adherence with the medical regimen.
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Genes Reveal Patients Who Will Benefit from Scleroderma Drug
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disorder that’s difficult to treat. However, thanks to new research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, doctors may be able to treat some patients more effectively.
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Feinberg, RIC Announce Expanded Collaboration
A new agreement with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) means the RIC will provide the clinical venue for Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences faculty, expand clinical education experiences for students, create a joint Northwestern-RIC physical therapy residency program, and allow Feinberg and RIC researchers the ability to better pursue investigative questions…
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Remembering Raisbeck, Alumnus and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Clifford Clinton Raisbeck Jr, MD’53, GME’61, orthopaedic surgeon and strong supporter of the medical school, died on March 29 from complications of pneumonia. He was 84.
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Hospitals Measuring Up for Medicare Reimbursement
A new study gives an early look at how hospitals are measuring up under the new, mandatory Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program that went into effect October 2012. Hospitals receive financial rewards or penalties according to achievement or improvement on several publicly reported quality measures.
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Fundraising Efforts Send Ultrasound to Largest Hospital in Uganda
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine student organization Unite for Uganda raised about $5,000 to ship an ultrasound machine to Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
