Media Coverage
The work done by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members (and even some students) is regularly highlighted in newspapers, online media outlets and more. Below you’ll find links to articles and videos of Feinberg in the news.
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People
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Woman Pursues Nursing Dream After Heart and Liver Transplants
Alicia Schweickert’s first year of life was spent in and out of the hospital. Diagnosed with congenital heart disease as a newborn, she underwent an intensive open-heart surgery known as a Fontan procedure when she was a year old.
“Alicia has been fighting for her life since the day she was born,” says Dr. Jonathan Rich, heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine, who treated Schweickert as an adult.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Newly Launched Northwestern Medicine Transplant Institute Aims to Lead Way for Transplant Innovation
The institute includes a staff of about 300 people, ranging from social workers to nurses to surgeons. Last year, Northwestern Medicine performed 691 transplants, according to a news release.
“When hope is lost in anywhere across the globe, Northwestern comes to mind as a place that could potentially deliver that hope through innovative techniques,” said Dr. Satish Nadig, the institute’s executive director, adding that he wants the institute to become the destination for transplant innovation.
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WGN
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Get Your Flu Shot Before the End of the Month
Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about the health benefits of laughter, if flu season is starting earlier than normal, when doctors recommend getting MMR vaccine, his thoughts on Christina Applegate’s MS misdiagnosis, and to answer all of your medical questions.
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WGN
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Could a New mRNA Vaccine Be the Key to Melanoma Treatment?
Dermatologist at Northwestern Medicine Dr. Alan Zhou joins Lisa Dent to highlight the new mRNA vaccine for melanoma that can be tailored to the patient and can reduce the chance of the cancer to return.
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Fox Chicago
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New Institute Aims to Make Northwestern Medicine a Transplant Destination
Northwestern Medicine announced a new transplant institute Tuesday to advance research and expand access to organ transplants. The institute will bring together four centers focused on transplant care, innovation, research and patient access.
Dr. Satish Nadig, a transplant surgeon and the institute’s executive director, says the goal is to become “the destination for transplant innovation.” He describes it as a place patients turn to “when options have run out elsewhere.”
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Chicago Tribune
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‘A Destination for Transplant Innovation’: Northwestern Launches New Transplant Institute
Northwestern Medicine has consolidated its robust transplant program into a new Transplant Institute, with a focus on tech and innovation. Spearheaded by transplant surgeon Dr. Satish Nadig, the announcement of the Northwestern Medicine Transplant Institute comes just a month after the hospital’s 3,000th liver transplant, according to a spokesperson for Northwestern Medicine.
“The idea is to be a destination for transplant innovation,” Nadig said. “What this institute allows us to do is to have the funds to be able to do more and be able to bring in the brightest minds in the country and the world.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Clocks Fall Back this Weekend, Reigniting Debate Over Daylight Saving Time
The fall shift gives that hour back, but at the expense of evening light. Standard time remains in effect for just a third of the year, much to the dismay of medical experts who say it better aligns the body’s internal clock with the natural cycle of the sun. Springing forward in March is associated with poorer sleep and increased risk of heart disease, said Dr. Sabra Abbott, a Northwestern neurologist who specializes in circadian rhythm disorders.
“The entire time that you’re on daylight saving time, your body is still trying to follow solar time,” Abbott said. “You never fully catch up.”
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Forbes
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How To Get Topical Testosterone Online: Best Online Providers
A testosterone deficiency diagnosis requires relevant symptoms and low testosterone levels (below 300 nanograms per deciliter, confirmed by two early-morning blood tests, according to the AUA.
The goal of topical TRT treatment is to restore testosterone levels to a healthy range, defined as 450 to 600 nanograms per deciliter, per the AUA. “You rub it on your shoulders, upper arms or belly once a day, and it soaks through your skin into your bloodstream,” says Nelson Bennett, Jr., M.D., a board-certified urologist and professor of urology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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US News & World Report
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Overwhelmed By Parenting? You’ve Got Plenty Of Company
A new nationwide survey from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago finds 6 in 10 parents experience sensory overload.
“Although parental overstimulation can feel like a purely personal struggle, our results show that it is a very common experience for parents in the U.S.,” said researcher Marie Heffernan, director of Voices of Child Health at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Lurie Children’s. She’s also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine.
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TIME
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A New Way to Think About Women’s Heart Health
Dr. Sadiya S. Khan is a cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, writes about how women are speaking more openly about periods, pregnancy, perimenopause, and menopause, bringing once-taboo topics into public conversation.
“Clinicians and health systems need to now connect these experiences with what the science is telling us about how they influence a woman’s cardiovascular health throughout her life.”
