Tag: Research
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Scientists Find Heart Disease Can Be Reversed by Adopting Healthy Habits
Northwestern Medicine study found when adults in their 30s and 40s drop unhealthy habits they can potentially reverse the natural progression of coronary artery disease.
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Math Models Show Influence of Macromolecular Crowding
A recently published Northwestern Medicine study uses math models based on the physical interactions within cells to make predictions of how gene transcription might be effected.
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Study Finds Sex-Specific Differences in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Kathryn E. Hulse, PhD, research assistant professor in Medicine-Allergy-Immunology, found that while men are more likely to have chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, women with the disease have a more severe form.
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Study Investigates Bacteriology, Immunology of Legionnaires’ Disease
Celeste Mallama, a fourth-year graduate student, studies how the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ Disease infects host cells.
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Targeted Radiation Controls Spreading Breast Cancer
Radioembolization may offer an alternative to chemotherapy for breast cancer patients whose tumors have spread to the liver.
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Carotid Artery May Hold Clues to Predicting CVD in Lupus
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, professor of Medicine-Rheumatology, recently published a paper in the American Journal of Cardiology that links plaque in the carotid artery of women with lupus to an increased risk of cardiovascular events.
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Choices in High School Elevate Lifetime Cancer Risk for LGBT Students
One of more than a dozen connected papers to be published in the American Journal of Public Health, a recent study has shown that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender youths make an increased number of choices that elevate their risk of cancer.
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Creating New Measurements for Spinal Cord Trauma
Mark Hoggarth, a DPT/PhD student, created a new screening measure that has the potential to decipher if a patient has whiplash and the severity of the trauma.
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Automated Reminders Increase Rate of Colon Cancer Screenings in Low-Income Communities
A Northwestern Medicine study finds more frequent testing combined with automated reminders yields dramatic improvements in colorectal cancer screening rates among low-income and minority communities.
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First Large-Scale Study to Look at Death Rates in Delinquent Youth
New Northwestern Medicine study shows delinquency in youth predicts a much higher rate of being shot to death before age 30.
