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More than 99% of people who went on to suffer a heart attack, stroke or heart failure already had at least one risk factor above optimal level beforehand, reports a large-scale study led by Northwestern Medicine and Yonsei University in South Korea.

Northwestern School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) professor Uri Wilensky, a preeminent scholar in computer modeling and simulations, has been awarded the 2025 Yidan Prize for Education Research. The Yidan Prize is the world’s largest prize in education.

The initial hospital treatment of firearm injuries cost the U.S. health care system an estimated $7.7 billion between 2016 and 2021, with the largest share falling on urban trauma center hospitals that serve the highest proportion of Medicaid patients, reports a new study led by Northwestern Medicine and the University of Michigan.

Patients weighing 450 pounds or more face barriers and discrimination when scheduling or attending doctor visits at subspecialty practices, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Developmental pediatric experts at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago are available to speak to reporters who are covering the Trump administration’s assertion that there is a link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism, saying the claim “doesn’t stand on good science.”
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A new Northwestern University study analyzing public records maintained by the U.S. Government Publishing Office and Congressional Budget Office over a 40-year period showed that federal science and research accounts received more funding when Republicans controlled the U.S. House of Representatives and the presidency, as opposed to their Democratic counterparts.

Northwestern University has named three new members to its Board of Trustees: Susan Howe, CEO of The Weber Shandwick Collective; Christina Kosmowski, CEO of LogicMonitor; and Daryl Morey, president of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Northwestern University scientists have created a groundbreaking lifestyle medicine program that uses three wearable sensors — a necklace, a wristband and a body camera — to capture real-world eating behavior in unprecedented detail and with respect for privacy.

Northwestern scientists have made key contributions to every major gravitational-wave milestone.

The 2023 landmark Supreme Court decision effectively banning race-conscious affirmative action — along with the subsequent challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion in major corporations and military admissions — has brought back the decades-old argument for “merit-based” or “colorblind” policies.