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A new study shows the degeneration of brain motor neurons stars early in ALS, and the brain is a target for treatment, flipping a long-standing belief.

As the world marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, a disability justice advocate warns that our culture is simply too addicted to notions of speed and ease to make any kind of radical change.
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Thompson serves as the graduate assistant in the One Book One Northwestern office and studies environmental education at Northwestern. She shares insights on how to use self care to drive change.

John Haas is an assistant professor in the department of theatre at Northwestern University, where he teaches in the music theatre and master of fine arts acting programs. A course entitled Singing Sondheim is one of the courses Hass teaches.
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Patients with high cholesterol and triglycerides who underwent spinal, cardiac or orthopedic surgery were at greater risk of waking up blind. The condition, called perioperative visual loss, is caused when a blood clot blocks the veins.

Delegates from Northwestern University who attended the COP26 summit were inspired by the turnout but also alarmed that some groups, especially Indigenous and small island nations, were not as successful in shaping the final commitments in Glasgow last month.

A groundbreaking psychology study by Northwestern University provides the first evidence that perceptions about risk-takers are influenced by racial stereotypes.

Ahead of World AIDS Day on Wednesday, experts say scientific innovations in HIV prevention and treatment remain elusive for many in the United States and around the world.
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new biomarker to identify which patients with brain tumors called glioblastomas — the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors — might benefit from immunotherapy.

As the new Omicron coronavirus variant emerges in a growing number of countries, it likely will soon be detected in the United States, Northwestern Medicine experts say
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