Division News
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, Division of Edocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
04.17.2025Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how disruptions in circadian rhythm in our muscles combined with poor diet can contribute to the development of diabetes, according to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
03.10.2025Circadian rhythms play a role in how quickly damaged muscles heal, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Advances.
01.15.2025An international team of scientists has developed a new set of global clinical guidelines for obesity aimed at better diagnosing and categorizing the condition, according to a report published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.
09.18.2024A popular weight loss drug is psychiatrically safe for people without a history of significant mental health disorders, according to a new clinical trial published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
07.03.2024Vitamin B3 supplements may help people with peripheral artery disease walk farther, according to a Northwestern Medicine-led clinical trial published in Nature Communications.
01.30.2024A recent study from the laboratory of Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, has revealed how transcription factors within individual cells influence the identity and function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, according to findings published in Cell Metabolism.
01.17.2024Nearly two-thirds of patients with diabetes either discontinued their second-line medication, switched to a different medication class or intensified their treatment, according to a recent study.
12.19.2023Two years after the FDA’s approval of semaglutide for chronic weight management, Northwestern Medicine scientists remain at the forefront of investigating the drug’s potential in helping patients who are overweight or have obesity who also have other preexisting health conditions.
11.08.2023Tirzepatide, an antidiabetic drug, was found to be effective in helping individuals who are overweight or have obesity and without diabetes lose weight in combination with other lifestyle changes, according to a recent clinical trial published in Nature Medicine.