Tag: Research
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Offspring of Older Fathers May Live Longer
A new Northwestern University study suggests that our bodies might increase investments to slow the pace of aging if our father and grandfather waited until they were older before having children.
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Study Finds Whites Sleep Better than Minorities
White people seem to sleep longer at night, have a better quality of sleep, and experience less daytime sleepiness than people identified as black, Hispanic, or Asian, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine.
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Lloyd-Jones Enthusiastic About Future with NUCATS Institute
On June 15, Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, will become the new director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research at the medical school.
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Feinberg Scientists Celebrate 1,000th Entry into Protein Data Bank
As part of a multi-institutional, international consortium, investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine are using X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance to examine the atomic details of proteins from human pathogens.
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City Kids Much More Likely to Have Food Allergies than Rural Ones
New Northwestern study is the first to map children’s food allergies by geographical location in the United States.
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Northwestern Receives $10 Million Gift to Support Regenerative Nanomedicine Research
A $10 million gift from the Querrey Simpson Charitable Foundation will establish the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine. The center will operate within Northwestern’s Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine and support bold, risk-taking research ideas that could offer solutions to challenging human health problems as well as develop life-enhancing…
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Telephone Therapy Retains More Patients than Face-to-face Sessions
New Northwestern Medicine research shows patients who had therapy sessions provided over the phone were more likely to complete 18 weeks of treatment than those who had face-to-face sessions.
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Changing One Bad Habit has Domino Effect
A simple but profound new Northwestern Medicine study finds that simply changing one unhealthy habit can help you also eliminate others.
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Building a Culture of Innovation at Feinberg
Over the past year there has been an increase in the amount of inventions, licenses, and startups generated from the medical school, especially in the area of medical devices.
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Circadian Clock Plays Role in Female Reproductive Issues
A new Northwestern University study shows that the biological clock is not the only clock women trying to conceive should consider. The circadian clock needs attention, too.
