Tag: Public Health
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Fellow Quantifies Healthy Years Gained by Avoiding Heart Failure Risk Factors
The absence of obesity, diabetes and hypertension in middle age was associated with significantly fewer years lived with heart failure, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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New Leader of Public Health Named
Ronald Ackermann, MD, MPH, has been named senior associate dean for public health and director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), succeeding IPHAM’s inaugural leader, Rowland Chang, MD, MPH.
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Stopping Diabetes in its Tracks
For the last decade, Ronald Ackermann, MD, MPH, has worked on implementing a method to halt diabetes that is both effective for patients and affordable for insurers. He and colleagues have focused on adapting an intervention called the Diabetes Prevention Program.
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New Diabetes Screening Recommendation Misses More Than Half of High-Risk Patients
The latest government guidelines for diabetes screening missed 55 percent of high-risk individuals with prediabetes or diabetes, a new Northwestern Medicine study found.
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Transplant Surgeons Join White House Efforts to Increase Access to Organ Transplants
Transplant surgeon Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD, participated in the White House Organ Summit, convened to increase access to organ transplants, reduce the organ waiting list and eventually develop new regenerative medicine technologies.
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Heart Disease Risk Higher For Those With Genetically Inherited High Cholesterol
In the first of its kind study, Northwestern Medicine scientists looked at the impact of this genetic condition on the risk of developing heart disease.
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Northwestern Medicine Goes Red For Women
Women took a pledge to break up with salt and consume more water at a recent Northwestern Medicine event promoting heart healthy lifestyles.
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Many Top-Selling Sunscreens Don’t Offer Adequate Protection
Forty percent of top-selling sunscreens don’t meet national standards for protection, and consumers are spending up to 3,000 percent more for products that provide equivalent benefit, according to new research.
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Indoor Air Pollution Linked to Heart Disease
Burning kerosene and diesel fuel indoors for lighting, cooking and heating may increase the chance of developing fatal heart disease, according to recent research.
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Making the Case for Sudden Cardiac Death Screening
A Northwestern Medicine study, the first of its kind, estimated lifetime risk for sudden cardiac death, finding that one in every nine men and one in every 30 women will be affected, most of whom with no previous symptoms.
