Novel Wearables Capture Body Sounds to Continuously Monitor Health

In a study published in Nature Medicine, Northwestern scientists have introduced new soft, miniaturized wearable devices that continuously track subtle sounds simultaneously and wirelessly at multiple locations across nearly any region of the body.

Investigating the Pathogenesis of Rare Congenital Nerve Disorder

A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered previously unidentified intracellular mechanisms in the peripheral nervous system that cause Charcot–Marie–Tooth Type 2B disease, findings that may inform the development of new targeted therapies.

Student Investigates AI Solutions to Medical ‘Loose Ends’

Roger Smith, an eighth-year student in Feinberg’s Medical Scientist Training Program, is developing an artificial intelligence tool to tie up medical "loose ends'" identified in electronic health records.

Studies Identify Novel Underpinnings of Genetic ALS

A pair of recent studies from the laboratory of Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD, have uncovered novel cellular mechanisms that are involved in two types of genetic ALS, providing support for future development of targeted therapies to treat the disease.

Navy Vet is First to Receive Heart Transplant Through Northwestern Medicine-Veterans Affairs Collaboration

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute cardiologists established an advanced heart failure clinic at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago.

Inside the OR: C-Section and Hysterectomy

Follow along with LaTasha D. Nelson, MD, as the Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Oncology teams work together on a complex case to safely deliver a baby girl.

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