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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


FDA details potential plan to grant accelerated approval to Duchenne treatment

April 22, 2014

The Food and Drug Administration outlined a possible pathway that would grant accelerated approval to a drug with the potential to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the disease Dance Marathon raised...

Iowa senator’s request revives controversy over medical device used at Northwestern

April 2, 2014

A U.S. senator is analyzing new documents he requested from Northwestern related to a 2008 controversy over a medical device patients alleged was used before it was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, a...

Marissa Penrod (right), the founder of Team Joseph, hugs Dance Marathon executive co-chair Anna Radoff during Block 10. Penrod expressed her gratitude toward DM for choosing her cause.

‘The miracle is Joseph’: Dance Marathon raises more than $1.3 million in hopes of Duchenne cure

March 9, 2014

When Marissa Penrod got up on stage during the final block of Dance Marathon 2014 and began talking to the crowd about her son, it was the first time in almost 28 hours the tent reached something close...

Gates: Recognize danger in dietary supplements

Gates: Recognize danger in dietary supplements

February 19, 2014

Research released this month found antioxidants may protect cancer cells from the body’s defenses, increasing one’s risk of developing cancer. This news comes as a shock to many who have been...

Folmsbee: Herbal supplements mislabeled and dangerous

Folmsbee: Herbal supplements mislabeled and dangerous

October 30, 2013

Since its inception, the Food and Drug Administration has approved thousands of drugs for medical use. And for clinicians, learning the names, types and dosages of all of these drugs, as well as the new...

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