CHICAGO, Illinois, April 26 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Many Young Adults Have High Long-term Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds By Melissa Rohman A recent Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA has found that one in seven U.S. adults between the ages of 30 and 59 years have a high 30-year risk for cardiovascular disease. The findings emphasize the importance of calculating both short-term and long-term ri  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 26 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Protein Implicated as Driver of Lung Cancer Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how a testis-specific protein contributes to tumor growth and progression in lung cancer, according to a study published in Science Advances. Previous research in the laboratory of Lu Wang, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and co-senior author of th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 26 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Study examines how laughing gas could treat depression UChicago Medicine research finds promise in common anesthetic used for centuries By Grace Niewijk Although many therapies and medications now exist for major depression, roughly one in three diagnosed patients still suffer from treatment-resistant depression--a form of the disorder that does not respond to first-line antidepressants. Even when trad  more