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Maternal obesity predicts heart disease risk better than pregnancy problem
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Preeclampsia and gestational diabetes have lately been linked to an increased risk of developing heart disease later in life. A new Northwestern Medicine study, however, discovered that obesity before or during pregnancy is the true root cause of future cardiovascular illness.
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Study challenges widely accepted theory on origin of Parkinson's disease
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A recent study from Northwestern Medicine challenges a widely accepted theory on the origins of Parkinson's disease.
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Researchers find cause of Parkinson’s upends common beliefs
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A new Northwestern Medicine study calls into question a commonly held belief about what causes Parkinson's disease.
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Researchers more insight into Parkinson’s disease treatment
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A new method by which parkin gene mutations cause family types of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by Northwestern Medicine researchers. According to researchers in a recent study, the discovery provides a fresh approach to Parkinson's treatment.
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Understanding metabolites that drive mammalian eye development
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications, aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells convert glucose into lactate, is essential for mammalian eye development.
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Dim lights before bedtime might reduce risks of gestational diabetes: Stud
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A new Northwestern Medicine study shows, pregnant women 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.
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Dim lights before bedtime to reduce gestational diabetes risk: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a recent Northwestern Medicine study, pregnant women should dim their home's lights and switch off or at least dim their screens (computer monitors and smartphones) a few hours before bedtime to lower their risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.
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Social deficits, seizures in autism type linked to overactive brain circui
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A genetic variant of autism and schizophrenia that causes social deficits and seizures in mice and people has been linked to a cause, according to researchers from Northwestern Medicine.
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Smart necklace to help you stop smoking: Looks like jewellery, but it's tr
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A necklace that could help you quit smoking is on the way. Northwestern Medicine researchers created a smart neck-worn gadget that looks like a lapis blue pendant and detects smoking significantly more reliably than prior systems. It accomplishes this by collecting heat signatures from therm
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Scientists discover new drug to lower symptoms of severe eczema
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Illinois [US], September 24 (ANI): Researchers from Northwestern Medicine discovered a new drug that was highly effective in lowering the signs and symptoms of moderate-to-severe eczema. This is the first trial to use a biologic therapy (monoclonal antibody) instead of immune-suppressing dru
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New drug helps relieve eczema's terrible itch
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Illinois [US], September 19 (ANI): Researchers involved in a new multi-site international phase III study led by Northwestern Medicine found that a new drug was highly effective in reducing the signs and symptoms of moderate-to-severe eczema. This is the first study to treat moderate-to-seve
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Why Ketamine is speedster of antidepressants: Study
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Ketamine acts as a speedster of antidepressants, working within hours compared to common antidepressants that can take several weeks, according to a new study by Northwestern University.
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