Sensor-based asthma inhalers can benefit pediatric asthma patients
Sensor-based inhalers integrated into health care providers clinical workflows may help improve medication adherence and support children with asthma - and their families - to more effectively manage this condition, according to a new Northwestern and Lurie Children s study published in
Pediatrics.
The study, developed in collaboration with UnitedHealth Group, showed the use of sensor-based inhaler monitoring may help improve asthma symptom control and caregiver quality of life.
Connected inhalers, which use Bluetooth sensors that attach to participants asthma inhalers to detect medication use and share the data with physicians, may promote adherence to recommended controller medication use and proactively detect worsening of asthma symptoms, according to the study.
A new Northwestern Medicine study showed cognitive SuperAgers have resistance to the development of fibrous tangles in a brain region related to memory and which are known to be markers of Alzheimer's disease.
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WASHINGTON - Recent data reveals that gay men living with HIV report having supportive relationships with family, friends, or in informal relationships rather than with primary romantic partners, while gay men who are HIV negative report having relationships mainly with primary partners. Additionally, gay men living with HIV were more likely to report no primary or secondary supportive partnerships compared to men who are HIV negative. The analysis was led by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Along with successful HIV treatments, it is known that the presence of social support impacts long-term survival among men living with HIV. However, little has been known about the types of supportive relationship among gay men in general, and none for those men living with HIV. Identifying the types of relationships could inform how they impact healthy aging among this community of men.
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Nominations invited for $250,000 Kabiller Prize
World’s largest monetary award for achievement in nanomedicine to be presented alongside $10,000 Kabiller Young Investigator Award
February 11, 2021 | By Mark Heiden
Northwestern University is now accepting nominations for two prestigious international prizes: the $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, and the $10,000 Kabiller Young Investigator Award.
The deadline for nominations is May 17, 2021. Recipients will be evaluated and chosen by an independent committee of experts in nanotechnology.
Established in 2015, the Kabiller Prize is the world’s largest monetary award for outstanding achievement in nanomedicine. It recognizes researchers who have made significant, career-long contributions to the field of nanotechnology and its application to medicine and biology. The Kabiller Young Investigator Award is given to emerging researchers who have made recent groundb