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HIV & AIDS

New directions for HIV treatment

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a new compound which could inform future HIV cure strategies, according to research published in Science Advances.

Neuroscience

Predicting risk of blood clots in brain tumors

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new tool to help physicians predict the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with adult-type diffuse gliomas, results published in the journal Blood.

Diabetes

Dim lights before bedtime to reduce risk of gestational diabetes

Pregnant persons should dim the lights in their home and turn off or at least dim their screens (computer monitors and smartphones) a few hours before bedtime to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, a new Northwestern ...

Oncology & Cancer

Studying the impact of stem cell transplants

People with sickle cell disease who receive nonmyeloablative stem cell transplants are at greater risk for developing new tumors, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

A wide-gripped pen with magnets designed for Parkinson's patients

When Izzy Mokotoff's grandfather stopped writing his weekly letters to her in the spring of 2022, she knew she had to find a solution. Parkinson's disease had slowly been wearing down her grandfather's central nervous system, ...

Medications

New options for treating eczema

Patients with severe eczema who were treated with the drug dupilumab experienced a reduction in symptoms and improved quality of life, according to a meta-analysis of several clinical trials published in JAMA Dermatology.

Medical research

Calming the destructive cells of ALS by two independent approaches

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered two ways to preserve diseased upper motor neurons that would normally be destroyed in ALS, based on a study in mice. Upper motor neurons initiate movement, and they degenerate ...

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