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The recent backlash over telehealth company Hims & Hers’ upcoming SuperBowl ad selling compounded weight-loss drugs speaks to the complicated nature of weight loss in America today, say Northwestern University obesity experts Drs. Justin Ryder and Veronica Johnson.
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Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren’t so lucky. A new Northwestern Medicine study in experimental animals reveals a critical difference in how macrophages — a part of the immune system — help repair the heart in newborns versus adults after a heart attack.

Journalists seeking expert sources to weigh in on the Department of Justice lawsuit claiming that local and state laws violate federal immigration law are invited to reach out to professors of political science and economics at Northwestern University.
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Northwestern University scientists are working toward a possibly more effective treatment for aphasia patients: using a brain computer interface (BCI) to convert brain signals into spoken words. The first step is determining where in the brain the BCI should record from to decode someone’s intended speech.

CHICAGO --- The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County Thursday morning over its sanctuary city policies. The suit claims the local and state laws violate federal immigration law.
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Mantis shrimp withstand repeated high-impact forces without structural damage. Researchers discovered the shrimp’s clubs feature a protective pattern that controls how stress waves travel through its body.

Using a novel, medication-based approach, a new Northwestern Medicine study successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery.

Northwestern researchers have developed a specialized sponge that slurps up pollutants, offering a reusable and cost-effective solution to water contamination.

Think your juice cleanse is making you healthier? A new Northwestern University study suggests it might be doing the opposite. The study, recently published in Nutrients, found that a vegetable and fruit juice-only diet — even for just three days — can trigger shifts in gut and oral bacteria linked to inflammation and cognitive decline.

The Trump administration’s flurry of executive orders is impacting decades of progress on civil rights, women’s and LGBTQ rights and democratic principles, says Northwestern University social movements and protest expert Aldon Morris. Morris is professor emeritus of sociology at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern. He is the author of the prize-winning book “The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement,” which emphasizes the organizational and cultural basis of social protest.
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