Release Date: April 2, 2024 Media Contacts Marla Paul Video available CHICAGO --- Cancer patients about to undergo radiation oncology treatment have lots of questions. Could ChatGPT be the best way to get answers? A new Northwestern Medicine study tested a …
12:30 p.m. After lunch, I’m off to my Biomaterials and Medical Devices class, one of my Biomedical Engineering (BME) track courses. BME PhD students at Northwestern can choose between multiple focus areas, or “tracks,” and having completed my undergraduate …
Gotta go? New bladder device lets you know Should you run to the bathroom now? Or can you hold it until you get home? A new implant and associated smartphone app may someday remove the guess work from the equation. Northwestern University scientists have …
Feinberg School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion recently welcomed its largest cohort yet – a group of 21 Northwestern undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds – to participate in NUDOCS, an immersive week-long introduction to careers …
A digital anatomy learning tool developed by Kirsten Moisio, PT, PhD, professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, has been named a winner of the National Science Foundation VITAL Prize Challenge. The National Science Foundation’s Visionary …
A statistical model can accurately predict the risk of bloodstream infections in a subset of children with cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. For children with cancer, fever is a common complication. While …
Feinberg’s chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society welcomed 40 new members during the ceremony. Photo: Nathan Mandell. Feinberg’s chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society welcomed 40 new members during a ceremony on March …
Embargo date: March 18, 2024 6:00 AM CT Release Date: March 18, 2024 Media Contacts Marla Paul Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering Download study PDF Temperature sensor warns of disease flareups, tracks disease progression in real time Currently no way …
Two methods of prostate cancer biopsy – transperineal biopsy without preventive antibiotics and transrectal biopsy with targeted antibiotic prophylaxis – demonstrated similar, minimal rates of infection, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study …
At the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center on Northwestern’s Chicago campus, fourth-year Feinberg students excitedly tore open envelopes to reveal their residency matches at this year’s Match Day celebration on March 15. “ …
Students from Our Lady of Tepeyac High School had the chance to gain hands-on experience in the lab as part of the event. Photo: Olivia Dimmer High school juniors from Our Lady of Tepeyac High School in Little Village had the chance to shadow and learn …
Erica Taylor, MD, MBA, assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and vice chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Duke University School of Medicine, gave this year’s keynote address. During her speech, Taylor outlined how she helped to create a …
Manjot Gill, MD, professor of Ophthalmology and of Medical Education, Sadiya Khan, ‘09 MD, ‘14 MSc, ’10, ’12 GME, the Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, and Shawn Smith, MD, assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital- …
Release Date: March 11, 2024 Media Contacts Marla Paul CHICAGO --- What is a good death for a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)? The answer to that question may depend on whether you ask a family member of a patient or the physician, who are not …
A mutated protein expressed in lysosomes may contribute to Parkinson’s disease, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Cell Biology. Parkinson’s disease is the second-most common neurodegenerative disorder in the U.S., …
Media Information Embargo date: March 8, 2024 10:00 AM CT Release Date: March 6, 2024 Media Contacts Kristin Samuelson Journal: JAMA Health Forum Download study PDF Community health workers are frontline public health workers who share demographic …
Thrombolytic therapy administered longer after the onset of ischemic stroke than current recommendations did not demonstrate improved clinical outcomes as compared to placebo, according to a recent trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine. …
First-of-its-kind device ‘tags’ an organ to monitor abnormal, life-threatening fluid leaks Investigators led by Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new, first-of-its-kind sticker that enables …
Media Information Release Date: March 6, 2024 Media Contacts Kristin Samuelson Children with HIV who were deemed eligible to have their treatment paused did so to see if they could achieve HIV remission (no detectable virus for least 48 weeks) Four of six …
