More than half the people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief.
Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to new research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The medications are like arrows shot at the outer rings of [...]

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital will host a public forum and scientific workshop Oct. 14 to 16 to discuss emerging issues of importance for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for women’s health research in the coming decade.

Think of a protective fence that blocks the neighbor’s dog from charging into your backyard. The body, too, has fences — physical and biochemical barriers that keep cells in their place.
When breast cancer spreads or metastasizes, it crashes through the body’s protective fences. The disease becomes fatal when it travels outside the mammary ducts, enters [...]

People with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are the heaviest smokers in the country, but their doctors are afraid to ask them to quit. They assume that if their patients try to quit smoking, their mental disorders will get worse.

On Wednesday, August 26th, the American Hearing Research Foundation together with Northwestern University will present a lecture on hearing, hearing loss and hearing loss therapies entitled “What You Always Wanted to Know About Hearing: Ask a Doctor.”