Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Type: Organization

Name: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Scientists Can't Replicate Surprising Finding on Alzheimer's Treatment

THURSDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Although a study in 2012 suggested a cancer drug could reverse the thinking and memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease, three groups of researchers now say they have been unable to duplicate those fin ... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 23 2013]

Entities: bexarotene, Alzheimer's Disease, antineoplastic, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, University of Chicago Medical Center

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Northwestern University

Marion Marx Osborn

Holmes Beach, Fla. and Shelby, Mich., formerly of Wilmette, Ill.Marion Marx Osborn of Holmes Beach, Fla. and Shelby, Mich., formerly of Wilmette, Ill. passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Larkin Osborn.Marion ... [Published Oceanas Herald-Journal - May 23 2013]

Entities: Northwestern University, Joseph Miller, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medi..., Kappa Delta

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Audio-Digest Foundation Announces The Release of Obstetrics/Gynecology Volume 60, Issue 06: Pearls in Urogynecology

Peter K. Sand, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Director, Evanston Continence Center, Evanston, IL, presented on Pharmacotherapy for Urinary Incontinence and Biologic ... [Published PRWeb - May 23 2013]

Entities: Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medi..., Education

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

U.S.-born kids have more allergies, asthma

Just over 20 percent of children born outside the U.S. had any type of allergic disease – including asthma, eczema, hay fever or food allergies – compared to between 34 and 35 percent of those born in the U.S.[CHICAGO TRIBUNE]Kids and teens who are born ... [Published Black Press USA - May 15 2013]

Entities: United States, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medi..., Eczema

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Should Salt Amounts Be Regulated?

Study: Fast Foods Still Have Way Too Much Salt share this storyDespite wide reports of excessive and unhealthy salt content in fast food and processed food, the amount of salt has remained high over the past several years, and in some cases has gotten ... [Published ThirdAge - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sodium, Salt Content, Stephen Havas, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medi...

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

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Salt in foods is still high: US study

(MENAFN - AFP) The amount of salt in foods that are processed or sold at fast food restaurants is still high despite calls by medical experts ... [Published MENAFN - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sodium, FDA Food & Drug Administration, National Restaurant Association

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 4 reports

Processed and fast food salt levels remain high as ever, new study reports

The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain essentially unchanged, despite numerous calls from public and private health agencies for the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium levels, reports a new Northwestern Medicine ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sodium, Fast Food, Stephen Havas, Hypertension

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Lefkofsky ICU unit receives ICU Design Citation

The 40-bed medical and surgical ICU unit catering to patients ranging from newborns to young adults received the award for its patient- and family-focused design. The architects also took design and amenities input from the members of the hospital’s Kids’ ... [Published World Interior Design Network - May 14 2013]

Entities: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medi..., Critical Care Medicine, American Institute of Architects, Patient

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Celebrates Most Ambitious and Successful Fundraising Campaign i

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heroes for Life: Campaign for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago raised $675 million, exceeding its goal by $75 million and making it one of the nation's most successful campaigns on behalf of children's health. ... [Published NewsBlaze - May 13 2013]

Entities: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation, Chicago, Lester Crown, Fundraising

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Editorial: Slow down on prescription power

Psychologists and mental health medicines Illinois psychologists aren't doctors, but they're seeking one of medicine's most potent tools: the power to prescribe drugs for their patients.The psychologists scored a victory in April, when the state Senate ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 13 2013]

Entities: Patient, Don Harmon, Drugs, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medi...

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Northwestern Physicians Discuss Health Topics with Community Members at "House Calls"

_ The Women?s Health Advisory Council of hosted its ninth annual House Calls event on April 27, with over 150 community members in attendance. Matthew J. Flynn, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital welcomed ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 09 2013]

Entities: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medi..., Northwestern Memorial Hospital, surgical oncologist, neurobiology, Geriatrics

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 4 reports

Kids born in America have more allergies, asthma- New guide helps docs diagnose acid reflux in infants

Kids and teens who are born abroad and immigrate to the United States are about half as likely to have asthma and allergies as those who are born in the U.S., according to a new study.Researchers surveyed the parents of 80,000 children in one of six languages ... [Published FOXNews.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: reflux, United States, Acid

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...Daniela Ladner, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL agrees, "Living liver donation is arguably the most invasive operation we as surgeons perform in willing patients with no demonstrable medical benefit, allowing them to donate a portion of their liver to save the life of someone with end-stage liver disease. As Dr. Pomfret and colleagues suggest, transplant surgeons are obligated to fully disclose all potential risk to donors." Dr. Ladner also suggests that all complications as well as near-miss events that did not reach the patient should be captured and systematically examined...

Are Living Liver Donors At Risk From Life-Threatening "Near-Miss" Events? [Published Medical News Today - May 24 2013]

...stunned -- when we first saw these results presented at a small conference," Sisodia said in a University of Chicago Medical Center news release. "The mechanism of action made some sense, but the assertion t"

Scientists Can't Replicate Surprising Finding on Alzheimer's Treatment [Published Bio-Medicine - May 23 2013]

More information: "Comment on 'ApoE-Directed Therapeutics Rapidly Clear β-Amyloid and Reverse Deficits in AD Mouse Models,'" by I Tesseur, Science, 2013

Multiple research teams unable to confirm high-profile Alzheimer's study [Published Medical Xpress - May 23 2013]

"There's a very good balance here in research and treatment," Giles said. "Most institutions are very heavy on one or the other. There are very few that are quite strong on both. This is one of them."

Boost in Studies for Cancer Patients [Published Northwestern University - May 21 2013]

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