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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WGN
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Dr. Quentin Youmans: Signs You Might Be Having a Stroke
Quentin Youmans, MD, cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, joins John Williams to talk the importance of staying active, why he recommends 30 minutes of activity a day for the best heart health, how to build a heart-healthy lifestyle, Senator Chris Murphy suffering a stroke over the weekend, the signs that you might be having a stroke, the B.E. F.A.S.T. acronym that could help spot a stroke, and a new study that looks at the link between energy drinks and cardiac events.
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The Washington Post
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I’m an OB/GYN. Here’s What Every Woman Over 50 Should Do Daily.
Written by Dana Gossett, MD, this column discusses how midlife can sometimes feel like your body is betraying you.
“Women deserve quality care from medical providers who understand menopause’s unique challenges and how to manage its symptoms appropriately.”
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The Hill
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Fitness Program Cut Transplant Waitlist Death Risk by Half
A study conducted by Northwestern University and published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that frailty can be significantly improved through a personalized, physician-led fitness program.
“It doesn’t matter how severe their disease is,” Northwestern’s Dr. Andres Duarte-Rojo said. “If they exercise and do what we ask them to do, they see a major improvement in their fitness and reduce their mortality risk before transplantation.”
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WGN
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Dr. Sterling Elliott: COVID Test Questions as it Gets Colder
Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to answer your questions including what to look for in a pharmacy, if COVID tests are available for free anymore, and whether or not certain medications affect taste buds.
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Chicago Tribune
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At Least 14 People Died in Cook County this Summer from Heat
Heat deaths are “almost certainly undercounted,” said Abel Kho, an internist and professor of medicine and preventive medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “It has a lot to do with the way we document in our death records, and we’ve known that for a long time, too.”
Health professionals say science needs to draw clearer lines between heat and certain health outcomes, including death, to better prepare public health responses to longer, hotter stretches of summer weather that area residents are going to experience under climate change.
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CBS News Chicago
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Young Couple Shares Journey While Navigating Stage 4 Breast Cancer
A stat she often shares is that only about 13% of breast cancer funding goes directly toward finding a cure for Stage 4 — that’s according to the nonprofit Metavivor. Despite that, Sara’s oncologist at Northwestern Medicine says there is a positive part of the story.
“The exciting part, even for the patients with Stage 4, potentially incurable disease, the progress has been unbelievable,” said Dr. Lisa Flaum.
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CBS News Chicago
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Northwestern Lung Doctor Uses Medical Skills to Rescue Kitten From Inside Wall
A Northwestern Medicine lung doctor brought his work home this week, using his medical skills to help rescue his kitten from inside his home’s walls.
After a long day of treating patients, Dr. Benjamin Seides returned home and their family kitten was nowhere to be found. The doctor drilled a hole and used a borescope to find five-month-old Niko.
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Scientific American
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The Daylight Savings Sleep Hack You’ve Never Heard Of—‘Paleo Lighting’
Researchers Daniela Grimaldi and Phyllis Zee at Northwestern University put healthy young adults to bed for a single night in a room lit to 100 lux—dimmer than a well-lit kitchen, brighter than a night-light—and measured them in the morning.
Their heart rates ran higher through the night. And by breakfast, they were measurably worse at handling sugar, assessed by increasing insulin resistance, than another group that slept in the dark.
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Fox Chicago
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HHS Eases Restrictions on Certain Unapproved Peptides
Peptides are short chains of amino acids in the body that perform essential functions.
Dr. Melinda Ring, director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said the body naturally produces thousands of peptides, regulating “everything from hormone signaling to immune response and tissue repair.”
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NBC Chicago
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NBC 5’s Alicia Roman Shares Message with Viewers After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Alicia is sharing with our NBC 5 audience that her annual mammogram recently revealed a diagnosis of Stage 0 cancer in multiple areas of one of her breasts.
Dr. Miraj Shah-Khan, a breast surgical oncologist at Northwestern Medicine, recommended Alicia undergo a mastectomy since the cancer was found in multiple areas. Due to her family history of cancer on both sides, Alicia says she made the decision to have both of her breasts removed.
