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• New study finds digoxin safe despite recent reports

  A study published in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal analyzing the same data. Older patients with AF also often have heart failure, and more

• Antidepressants for pregnant moms don't affect infants' growth

  Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants taken by a woman during pregnancy do not impact her infant's growth over the first year, reports a new study from a Northwestern Medicine scientist. There had been concern that antidepressant treatment during pregnancy reduced growth duri more

• New drug prevents spread of human prostate cancer cells

  A new drug developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists prevented human prostate cancer cells from spreading to other tissues without any toxic effects to normal cells or tissues. The drug turns off the "go" switch in the cancer cells and immobilizes them."This is an extremely promising new therape more

Publications Northwestern University

• Generalization of Variants Identified by Genome‐Wide Association Studies for Electrocardiographic Traits in African Americans

  Summary Electrocardiographic (ECG) measurements vary by ancestry. Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have identified loci that contribute to ECG measurements; however, most are performed in Europeans collected from population‐based cohorts or surveys. The strongest associations reported are more

• A Novel Program Trains Community‐Academic Teams to Build Research and Partnership Capacity

  Abstract The Community‐Engaged Research Team Support (CERTS) program was developed and tested to build research and partnership capacity for community‐engaged research (CEnR) teams. Led by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), the goals of CERTS were more

• Youthful Memory Capacity in Old Brains: Anatomic and Genetic Clues from the Northwestern SuperAging Project

  The Northwestern University SuperAging Project recruits community dwellers over the age of 80 who have unusually high performance on tests of episodic memory. In a previous report, a small cohort of SuperAgers was found to have higher cortical thickness on structural MRI than a group of age-matched more

Market studies Northwestern University

• Stem Cell Technologies: World Market Outlook 2011-2021

  How will the stem cells market develop this decade? Our new report shows you that emerging industry and market's revenue potential from 2011 to 2021. This report covers stem cells in therapeutic applications: technologies, products and services. You will assess events, opportunities and activities more

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