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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ABC 7 Chicago
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South suburban Mother Celebrates Son’s First Birthday After 20 Miscarriages, Years of Pregnancy Loss
October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and for one southwest suburban family, the observance carries special meaning as they celebrate a milestone they once feared might never come.
“After sequential losses, it can be so emotionally devastating for people that many won’t try again because it’s just too hard,” said Dr. Susan Gerber of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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WGN
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Nerve-Sparing Mastectomy at Northwestern Medicine Helping Patients Retain Sensation
“I’m there to remove the breast tissue. I find those little nerve roots,” Dr. Heidi Memmel, a breast surgeon at Northwestern Medicine, said. Then plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Chad Teven takes over, using a special graft to rejoin the nerves.
“We’re looking at the connections between the arteries and the veins that provide blood flow to the tissue to keep it alive, and we’re also seeing a connection between a nerve from the transfer tissue to a nerve within the chest wall,” he said.
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US News & World Report
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The GLP-1 Hop: Are You Switching Weight Loss Medications Too Soon?
If you hit a plateau before reaching a goal weight determined by you and your care team, it may be worth reassessing your treatment plan. That could mean adjusting your dose or, in some cases, trying a different weight loss medication.
“Usually, when patients are meeting lifestyle goals, which is imperative, but plateau for two to three months, it’s fair to switch drugs or add on oral non-GLP-1 options,” says Dr. Nidhi Kansal, an obesity medicine physician at Northwestern Medicine.
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USA TODAY
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She Had 20 Miscarriages While Trying for a Baby. Now She’s Celebrating her Son’s First Birthday
Pregnancy loss is common, with between 10% and 20% of known pregnancies ending in miscarriage, according to Mayo Clinic, “but the actual number is likely higher.”
Dr. Susan Gerber, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist who worked with Haddad at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said family building decisions are incredibly personal and each patient she works with has different priorities when it comes to pregnancy.
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People
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After 20 Miscarriages, Mom Celebrates Son’s First Birthday: ‘I Couldn’t Give Up’
“My regular OB said, ‘I can’t help you anymore,’ “ Ranim recalls. She was referred to maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Susan Gerber at Northwestern Medicine.
Ranim underwent many of the same tests ordered by her OB, and Gerber saw nothing different. “Dr. Gerber told me, ‘I can help you get pregnant, but you have to be ready for anything to happen, because we can’t find anything wrong,’ ” Ranim recalls. “She said, ‘When you do get pregnant, all we can do is monitor you very, very closely.’”
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The Wall Street Journal
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The Next Frontier for Obesity Drugs Isn’t How Much Weight You Lose, but What Kind
For as long as drugmakers have been testing weight-loss drugs, the question has been: How much weight do people lose? Now it is changing to: What kind of weight are they losing?
“It’s going to take time to learn what data we should be tracking and focus on the right outcomes,” said Dr. Nidhi Kansal, an obesity medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine. “We call them weight-loss drugs, but the goal medically is fat loss.”
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NBC Chicago
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Breast Cancer at 30: Woman Reveals Unexpected Symptom That Led to Diagnosis
A breast cancer diagnosis came as a complete shock to then-30-year-old Jessica Chiupka. She had no family history of the disease and was active and otherwise healthy.
“I think Jessica’s story is a good reminder that breast cancer isn’t just when you’re in your 40s and 50s. It’s on the rise,” said Dr. Sonya Bhole, a breast radiologist at Northwestern Medicine in Evanston. “The American Cancer Society has found that the steepest incline is in women under 50, and that’s about 1.4% per year.”
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WGN
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Go Get Your Flu Shot Now
Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about the relationship between dementia and how long someone might live, the reaction some people get from the shingles vaccine, how the hospital is now starting to see flu patients, how long a flu shot lasts, and why it’s important to get your flu vaccine right now.
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WBEZ
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Would You Let Your Kids Play Tackle Football?
A 2005 autopsy of former Pittsburgh Steeler center Mike Webster sparked a national conversation about the risk of CTE and brain injury caused by hits to the head while playing football. By 2009, the number of kids enrolled in high school football began to decline.
Today on Say More, we speak with Dr. Kyle Marden, sports neurologist at Northwestern Medicine, and a representative from the Illinois High School Association about the risks and rewards of youth football.
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CBS News Chicago
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Radical Acceptance of What We Cannot Change
Things happen that we can’t control all the time, and if we stew on the resulting negative emotions, it can be harmful.
Dr. Jason Washburn, chief of psychology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, talks with Marie Saavedra about radical acceptance.
