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Even physically active women sit too much

Women who exercise regularly spend as much time sitting as women who don't, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Health created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parkinson's breakthough could slow disease progression

In an early-stage breakthrough, a team of Northwestern University scientists has developed a new family of compounds that could slow the progression of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can your body sense future events without any external clue?

Wouldn't it be amazing if our bodies prepared us for future events that could be very important to us, even if there's no clue about what those events will be?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (21) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Scientists to EPA: Include women in reproductive health research

A team of Northwestern University scientists will meet with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrators in Washington D.C. Oct. 18 to advocate for important changes in the agency's guidelines for reproductive health ...

Health created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Humanized' mice advance study of rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have developed the first animal model that duplicates the human response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an important step that may enable scientists to discover ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

You're far less in control of your brain than you think, study finds

You've probably never given much thought to the fact that picking up your cup of morning coffee presents your brain with a set of complex decisions. You need to decide how to aim your hand, grasp the handle and raise the ...

Neuroscience created Sep 28, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Double assault on tough types of leukemias

Investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified two promising therapies to treat patients with acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AMKL), a rare form of leukemia where the number of cases is ...

Cancer created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Your memory is like the telephone game—Each time you recall an event, your brain distorts it

Remember the telephone game where people take turns whispering a message into the ear of the next person in line? By the time the last person speaks it out loud, the message has radically changed. It's been ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Kids with food allergies can fall through the cracks

More can be done to properly manage the care of American children with food allergies, especially when it comes to diagnostic testing and recognizing non-visual symptoms of severe allergic reactions, according to a new Northwestern ...

Immunology created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

By age 45, smokers already at significantly higher risk of cancer death

(Medical Xpress)—A new Northwestern Medicine study shows that smoking during your middle-aged years dramatically increases your lifetime risk of not just getting cancer, but dying from it.

Health created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscience just got faster, cheaper and easier

Richard Gershon has a shiny new toolbox for neuroscientists that will revolutionize their clinical research by making it radically faster, cheaper and more accurate. It also will help researchers recruit children and adults ...

Neuroscience created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

When to worry about kids' temper tantrums

Temper tantrums in young children can be an early signal of mental health problems, but how does a parent or pediatrician know when disruptive behavior is typical or a sign of a serious problem?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover one of the ways the influenza virus disarms host cells

(Medical Xpress)—When you are hit with the flu, you know it immediately—fever, chills, sore throat, aching muscles, fatigue. This is your body mounting an immune response to the invading virus. But less is known about ...

Medical research created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Practicing music for only few years in childhood helps improve adult brain: research

A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing of sound, according to a new Northwestern University ...

Neuroscience created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Elderly SuperAgers have brains that look and act decades younger than their age

Researchers have long chronicled what goes wrong in the brains of older people with dementia. But Northwestern Medicine researcher Emily Rogalski wondered what goes right in the brains of the elderly who still have terrific ...

Neuroscience created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1