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Black patients with cirrhosis – late-stage liver disease – are about 25% more likely to die compared to non-Hispanic white patients and four times less likely to receive a liver transplant, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Inger Burnett-Zeigler wants to help women confront the pain of trauma and suffering while teaching them coping tools through her new book, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women."

The three-part Black Composer Showcase series includes several performances by Bienen School voice and instrumental students, as well as scholarly background information on the works and composers provided by faculty and student musicologists and guest presenters

Wireless, battery-free and fully implantable, the transient pacemaker disappears after its no longer needed, eliminating the need for surgical extraction.

In the first human study of its kind, researchers found muscles, in an attempt to adapt to impairment from stroke, lose sarcomeres -- their smallest, most basic building block.

Political science and history experts from Northwestern University are available to comment on the For the People Act.
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Catholic studies experts explains the move by conservative U.S. bishops to deny President Biden communion as hypocrisy and dangerous political folly inspired by Steven Bannon.
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Elie Rekhess, Crown Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at Northwestern University, is available to comment on the new political landscape in Israel following the formation of a new coalition government.
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Reports of China’s intention to loosen restrictions on childbirth are prompting experts to warn that previous efforts to control fertility backfired.
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By introducing nanoparticles into ordinary cement, researchers have formed a smarter, more durable and highly functional cement.