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Treating Cardiovascular Health with Anti-Obesity Medications and

WEB“It’s likely due to the drug itself having what we call ‘weight-independent effects’ on cardiovascular events — things like reduced inflammation and improved …

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Dietary Supplements Can Reduce Cancer Mortality but May …

WEBPostmenopausal women who took calcium and vitamin D supplements demonstrated reduced cancer mortality but increased cardiovascular mortality after a 20 …

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Advancing Quality Improvement to Boost Health Equity

WEBAccording to the authors, effective quality improvement initiatives must be designed with clear health equity aims, measure change among disadvantaged …

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Health Equity Week Explores the Leap From Promises to Practice

WEBSuleiman is one of the original organizers of Health Equity Week. The event, held February 26 through March 1, featured several virtual sessions and an in-person …

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Routine Medical Checkups Have Important Health Benefits

WEBBenefits of routine check-ups include chronic illness detection, cancer screenings. Jeffrey Linder, ’97 MD, MPH, chief of General Internal Medicine and …

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Drug Shows Promise for Starving Out Cancer Cells

WEBStarving out tumor cells may be a promising therapy for treatment-resistant lung cancer, according to a study published in Science Advances.. More than 230,000 …

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Advancing Health Equity for the LGBTQ Community

WEBAdvancing Health Equity for the LGBTQ Community. By Melissa Rohman Jun 24, 2020. Brian Mustanski, PhD, director of ISGMH and professor of Medical Social …

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Global Health, Elevated: A New Feinberg Institute Launches

WEBOn March 27, approximately 60 members of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Center for Global Health gathered for a retreat in …

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Chicago Universities are Part of $170 Million NIH Nutrition for

WEBNorthwestern, the University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois, Chicago and Rush University are part of a $170 million National …

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Evolving Telehealth Research and its Place in Healthcare Delivery

WEBEvolving Telehealth Research and its Place in Healthcare Delivery. By Haleigh Ehmsen Dec 8, 2023. This story was published in the December 2023 issue of …

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Shape-Shifting Ultrasound Stickers Detect Post-Surgical …

WEBInvestigators led by Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new, first-of-its-kind sticker that …

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Reducing Implicit Bias in Healthcare

WEBReducing Implicit Bias in Healthcare. By Anna Williams Nov 13, 2018. A lecture focused on reducing implicit race and gender bias in healthcare, sponsored by …

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New Chicago Biopharma Hub Will Accelerate Timeline from …

WEBA new partnership based at Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive Transplant Center will help leading academic biomedical investigators in Chicago deliver …

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New Leadership in the Department of Medicine

WEBAfter 15 years of distinguished leadership in the Department of Medicine, Douglas E. Vaughan, MD, the Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine, has announced his …

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New Potocsnak Longevity Institute Hopes to Lengthen Human …

WEBThe goal of the institute, funded by a very generous gift from Chicago industrialist John Potocsnak and family, is to extend what Vaughan terms the human …

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‘Father of Microbiome Research’ Awarded 2024 Nemmers Prize in …

WEBJeffrey Gordon, MD, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, who is often referred to as the “father of microbiome research,” is the recipient of the 2024 …

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Funding Disparities Research and Underrepresented

WEBBy Melissa Rohman Jan 22, 2020. Despite recent NIH findings showing that health disparities research and underrepresented minority scientists lack significant federal …

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Women in Medicine Conference Celebrates Empowerment and …

WEBWomen in the healthcare field and their allies convened in the Feinberg Pavilion at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to celebrate women’s empowerment and …

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Global Health Day Highlights Pandemic, HIV Research

WEBGlobal Health Day Highlights Pandemic, HIV Research. By Olivia Dimmer Dec 8, 2023. Shannon Galvin, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of …

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