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A new Northwestern Medicine study tested a specially designed ChatGPT to see if it could successfully provide answers to patients’ common questions about radiation oncology. Patients may be too overwhelmed to address all their concerns during a clinical visit or forget what the physician told them.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is tracking 479 anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S. that are in various phases of legislation, including broad-reaching, bundled bill packages proposed in Georgia just days ago that would — among other things — ban trans athlete participation and ban gender nonconforming students from bathrooms aligning with their gender identity.
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Northwestern University has received the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence Award for the fifth consecutive year from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it became the first university to receive the award in 2020.

New implantable sensor measures strain to detect bladder filling. Implant continuously streams data to smartphone, so users and their physicians can monitor filling/emptying in real time.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a World Water Day livestream featuring anthropologist and global health researcher Sera Young of Northwestern University and CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program experts.

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Mining billions of words online, a new Northwestern University study of intersectionality has found a cavernous divide between the visibility of white men and the invisibility of Black women, which is likely to produce bias in artificial intelligence.

President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order to expand and improve how the U.S. federal government funds health research about women, who historically have been and currently still are underrepresented in medical research.
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The U.S. maternal mortality rate is accelerating at an alarming rate, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine. But it’s not due to the widely believed hypothesis that maternal mortality in the U.S. has increased largely because people are getting pregnant at older ages.

Findings of a new study led by researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Cincinnati could help public health officials lead more effective vaccination campaigns that overcome hesitancy.

A team of Northwestern University scientists has developed the first wireless, implantable temperature sensor to detect inflammatory flareups in patients with Crohn’s disease. The approach offers long-term, real-time monitoring and could enable clinicians to act earlier to prevent or limit the permanent damage caused by inflammatory episodes.