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With help from an experienced underwater cave-diving team, Northwestern University researchers have constructed the most complete map to date of the microbial communities living in the submerged labyrinths beneath Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

For the first time in 10 years, the American Heart Association (AHA) has updated the model to predict someone’s risk of developing heart disease, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published today (Nov. 10) in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

Greenland’s thousands of peripheral glaciers have entered a new and widespread state of rapid retreat.

Funded by DARPA, researchers have developed a novel device that produces oxygen inside a "living pharmacy" implant in order to keep cells alive inside the self-contained device. The longer cells can stay alive and healthy, the longer they can autonomously produce therapeutics for the body.

Northwestern University medical and health economist experts are available to speak to media in response to today’s news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly and Company’s obesity-management drug tirzepatide (sold as Zepbound).
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Ohioans today have voted on abortion access. Issue 1, the ballot measure that would establish a right to abortion in the state constitution, has become viewed as a “political football” instead of the human rights issue it is, said Northwestern University medical ethicist Katie Watson.

In the United States, premature death associated with exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution — a toxic gas emitted primarily by burning fossil fuels in cars, trucks and power plants — is more likely to impact people of color compared to the white population, a new Northwestern University study has found.

Researchers from Northwestern University evaluated outcomes for the Chicago CRED (Create Real Economic Destiny) program and found that those who completed the full program were more than 73% less likely to have an arrest for a violent crime in the two years following enrollment compared to individuals who did not participate.

In a new study, researchers induced mild, acute sleep deprivation in mice and then examined their behaviors and brain activity. Not only did dopamine release increase during the acute sleep loss period, synaptic plasticity also was enhanced — literally rewiring the brain to maintain the bubbly mood for the next few days.

A new Northwestern Medicine study has found postpartum individuals living in states with generous mandated paid family and medical leave (PFML) are more likely to breastfeed and less likely to experience postpartum depression symptoms compared to those living in states with little or no mandated state-paid leave. The findings were even more pronounced among lower-income populations covered by Medicaid.