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A parent survey from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found intergenerational trends in swimming skills, with stark racial and ethnic differences.

In a new study, researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze data from a wide variety of tissues, collected from humans, mice, rats and killifish. They discovered that the length of genes can explain most molecular-level changes that occur during aging.

Recent drug shortages of amoxicillin, Tamiflu and now infant and Children’s Tylenol have caused concern among parents and pediatricians, but Northwestern Medicine pharmacist Dr. Sterling Elliott said “we’ve been seeing and consciously managing drug shortages across the board in excess of five years now.”
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Astronomers used to believe that only supernovae could produce long gamma-ray bursts. A new study finds that neutron-star mergers can also generate them.

All non-white racial and ethnic groups are underrepresented in OB-GYN clinical trials, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

The Winter Chamber Music Festival returns for its 26th season at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music Jan. 6 to 22, 2023. The lineup includes six concerts offering classical and contemporary chamber works performed by world-class musicians. The festival is directed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist and Bienen faculty member Blair Milton.

As 2023 peers around the corner, cardiology and sleep medicine experts at Northwestern Medicine are encouraging one goal to be on everyone’s New Year's resolution lists: getting better sleep.
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Northwestern political scientists and law faculty are available to comment on the “state of play” as the new Congress is seated in January 2023. Below, they offer reactions to the midterms and thoughts about the future of American politics.
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Protests have flared up in countless urban centers all over China on the heels of a violent clash between workers and police at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou and a fire in a residential tower in Xinjiang that killed 10 people. Northwestern University history and sociology experts on China are available to discuss the significance of the mass protests.
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Some clinicians have recommended vitamin D supplements to ease the muscle aches of patients taking a statin, but a new study from scientists at Northwestern University, Harvard University and Stanford University shows the vitamin appears to have no substantial impact.