Is it more effective to freeze your love handles, killing the fat cells between two super-cooled plates in a procedure known as cryolipolysis, or vacuum them away with liposuction? And which lasts longer, a surgical facelift or facial skin tightening via a laser?  Story >

Teepu Siddique, MD, professor of neurology and a physician at Northwestern Memorial, recently made a monumental discovery regarding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease - a finding that perhaps meant most to lab tech Rachel Spann.  Story >

Gerald Lasin, MD, Pediatrics, was recognized for 45 years of service at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital during the recent Medical Staff Quarterly Meeting. Dr. Lasin celebrated alongside three family members who are also on the medical staff. In attendance were his nephew, Aaron Epstein, MD, Emergency Medicine (seven years), his son, Steven Lasin, MD, Internal Medicine (20 years) and his brother, Arthur Lasin, MD, Pediatrics (41 years).

The Welles Park Cowboys traveling football team made a donation to the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University to support breast cancer research.  Story >