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More than one in two young women between the ages of 20 and 44 who gave birth in the United States in 2019 had poor heart health before becoming pregnant, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found.

In a new, rare study of direct brain recordings in youth, scientists have discovered as brains mature, two key memory regions’ precise communication boost formation of lasting memories

Northwestern Medicine expert tells what you need to know about the risks of head trauma and when to seek emergency care.
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A new study found global efforts to track variants grossly underreported a probable variant of concern, eta, circulating in Nigeria in early 2021. This was followed by the circulation of a rare delta sublineage in the region that was different from the delta variant that circulated in most other parts of the globe.

Experts from Northwestern University are available to speak with media about the advertising trends they expect to see during the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 13.
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Retired Pope Benedict did nothing to protect them or to punish their abusers is more evidence of a pervasive culture that enabled sexual abuse and abusers, said Northwestern religious studies scholar Robert Orsi, whose work focuses on the church’s sex abuse crisis and its causes.
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As some states push to lift school mask mandates, Northwestern Medicine experts say it’s still too early.. A Northwestern Law professor says the Illinois judge’s decision creates unnecessary uncertainty.

Northwestern professor Nina Kraus writes about the vastness of the hearing brain, explaining how the sounds of our lives shape our brains in her recent book “Of Sound Mind.”

Black History Month is about celebrating history makers past and present, recognizing gains made and acknowledging the work yet to be done. Northwestern University scholars can speak to media about the ongoing struggle over voting rights as well as successful inroads made by Black women in journalism and law.

V.S. Subrahmanian, a Northwestern Buffett Faculty Fellow and a global cybersecurity expert, said that Ukraine may already be vulnerable to a cyber first strike from Russia, and that it will likely be combined with a coordinated misinformation campaign.
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