﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Cision News</title><link>https://news.cision.com</link><description>Cision is the leading global provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services. With over 40 locations throughout the world, Cision provides the insight, expertise and intelligence that improve performance and build reputations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:33:04 GMT</pubDate><image><title>Cision News</title><width>146</width><height>60</height><link>https://news.cision.com</link><url>https://news.cision.com/Content/img/news-logo.png</url></image><item><title>NorthShore University HealthSystem Announces First of its Kind Clinical Trial to Examine Use of Predictive Genetic Tests for Cancer Risk Assessment</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/northshore-university-healthsystem-announces-first-of-its-kind-clinical-trial-to-examine-use-of-pred,c2047747</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2259796</guid><description><![CDATA[Trial to examine impact of genetic risk score testing on screening for breast, prostate and colorectal cancer
Researchers at NorthShore University HealthSystem  (http://www.northshore.org/)(NorthShore) have launched the first clinical trial to investigate a genetic risk score (GRS) test to predict the risk of breast, prostate and colorectal cancer in the primary care setting. The test was developed by NorthShore researcher Jianfeng Xu, DrPH, in order to provide primary care physicians with a tool to better understand how to prevent and treat cancer, and learn how patients respond after]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:11:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NorthShore University HealthSystem to Participate in Largest Research Project in U.S. History</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/northshore-university-healthsystem-to-participate-in-largest-research-project-in-u-s--history,c2043112</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision2253590</guid><description><![CDATA[NIH Awards $2.3 million to NorthShore for five-year study
As a member of the Illinois Precision Medicine Consortium (IPMC) – a component of the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) – NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore)  (http://www.northshore.org/)will be awarded $2.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enroll 9,000 NorthShore patients into this unprecedented, nationwide genomic research initiative. The IPMC is part of a wider $55 million federal set of awards under the PMI in support of reaching the goal of enrolling 1 million people to improve]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2016 21:05:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NorthShore University HealthSystem Provides Roadmap to Quality Improvement and Practice-Based Research Using EMR</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/northshore-university-healthsystem-provides-roadmap-to-quality-improvement-and-practice-based-resear,c9836063</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1990195</guid><description><![CDATA[September 24, 2015 – NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) clinicians have identified ways to utilize data captured by its Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to identify eligible clinical trial patients, assign treatments, and measure outcomes at the point of care. A step-by-step description of NorthShore’s quality journey will be posted online September 24 and will publish in the October issue of Neurology Clinical Practice, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

“The work we’ve done provides a roadmap for how other neurology practice groups can follow a similar]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NorthShore is First in Chicagoland area offering New Technology to Reach Brain Tumors Previously Deemed ‘Inoperable’</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/northshore-is-first-in-chicagoland-area-offering-new-technology-to-reach-brain-tumors-previously-dee,c9737800</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1837842</guid><description><![CDATA[NorthShore is one of only three sites in Illinois offering this technology
Having a full throttle life professionally and with her three children, 44-year old Jill Vannatta has a new normal as she recuperates from brain surgery. A mass five inches deep into the thalamus portion of her brain was successfully removed through an opening smaller than a dime.

An avid hunter jumper, she was in Florida participating in a horse show when the mass was discovered. She flew home for surgery performed by Julian Bailes, MD, at NorthShore University HealthSystem (http://www.northshore.org/apps/]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:01:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Complexities of Genetics of Parkinson’s Disease Continue to Surprise Researchers</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/complexities-of-genetics-of-parkinson-s-disease-continue-to-surprise-researchers,c9544041</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1545868</guid><description><![CDATA[NorthShore Researcher Relentless in Pursuit of Advancements
February 27, 2014 – A study led by Demetrius Maraganore, MD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology, NorthShore University HealthSystem was recently published in the journal Movement Disorders (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mds.25841/abstract).

This large, longitudinal study involving more than 21 centers and 6,000 patients from all over the world is the first ever to examine the association of genetic variations with survival in Parkinson’s disease.

An estimated 1 million people in the United States and more]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NorthShore University HealthSystem Study Finds Physicians Often Use Inexact Data When Deciding to Prescribe Antibiotics</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/northshore-university-healthsystem-study-finds-physicians-often-use-inexact-data-when-deciding-to-pr,c9289629</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1084683</guid><description><![CDATA[Evanston, Ill. – August 6, 2012 – The over-use of antibiotics is a major public health concern, and a new study by NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) found that physicians often rely on imprecise information when deciding whether or not to prescribe antibiotics. The study, published in the August 7, 2012, issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine (http://www.annals.org/), also suggests that the increasing use of electronic health records (EHRs) by hospitals and health systems provides a goldmine of data that, when analyzed properly, can supply physicians more exact, real-time]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NorthShore University HealthSystem First in Illinois to Use Innovative Technology to Recognize Potential for Alzheimer’s Disease in Patients</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/northshore-university-healthsystem-first-in-illinois-to-use-innovative-technology-to-recognize-poten,c9278747</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision513071</guid><description><![CDATA[Scan identifies a marker of cognitive decline by looking at brain plaque content, which previously could only be evaluated in deceased
Evanston, IL – June 28, 2012 – NorthShore University HealthSystem (http://www.northshore.org/) (NorthShore) is the first health system in the state of Illinois to evaluate patients for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) utilizing Amyvid (Florbetapir F 18 Injection) -- the first and only radioactive diagnostic agent approved for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of plaques in the living brain (approved by the FDA in April 2012). The drug is being used to]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:30:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NorthShore University HealthSystem Researcher Leads International Collaboration to Find Five New Genetic Loci Associated with Schizophrenia</title><link>http://news.cision.com/northshore-university-healthsystem/r/northshore-university-healthsystem-researcher-leads-international-collaboration-to-find-five-new-gen,c9164678</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision395923</guid><description><![CDATA[Evanston, IL – September 21, 2011 – Pablo V. Gejman, M.D., Director of the NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) Center for Psychiatric Genetics led an international consortium conducting a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on schizophrenia. The researchers found five novel genetic variants that increase the susceptibility to schizophrenia. The findings are reported in the September 18, 2011 advance online edition of the journal Nature Genetics (http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.940.html).

Schizophrenia is an elusive and severe psychiatric disorder that]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:32:28 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>