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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NBC 5 Chicago
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New COVID Variant? What to Know as Experts Predict Rise in BA.2
The BA.2 variant, also known as “stealth omicron,” a more transmissible version of the omicron variant, is beginning to grow in the U.S. Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution said the subvariant was found in a Chicago resident in January. Based on how quickly new variants have arisen, some experts suggest the next one could arrive as early as May.
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Chicago Tribune
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Two years. 33,000 dead. Tracing the pandemic’s toll across Illinois and one doctor’s family.
For some, COVID-19 has been mostly an inconvenience; for others, the losses include family, friends or neighbors. Mercedes Carnethon,
vice chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University said, “These experiences are influencing quite significantly the readiness to ‘move on’ from the pandemic.” -
Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern Employs AI to Flag Incidental Findings in Imaging
Northwestern Medicine is using an in-house build artificial intelligence tool to prevent incidental findings on patients’ medical imaging. According to Dr. Mozziyar Etemadi “This problem is a case study of preventable harm; there is a document but unrecognized finding that could have led to a meaningful intervention, but instead the patient’s disease develops unchecked.”
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CBS Chicago
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It’s World Sleep Day; here are tips for better sleep
CBS 2′ s Audrina Bigos turned to an expert from Northwestern Medicine to ask, how do you improve your sleep? Dr. Justin Fiala said consistency is key and so is listening to your body.
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CNN
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Sleeping with even a small amount of light may harm your health, study says
The dim light entered the eyelids and disrupted sleep despite the fact that participants slept with their eyes closed, said study author Dr. Phyllis Zee , director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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MSN.com
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Are eggs healthy? Nutrition experts answer your most asked questions
Research linking dietary cholesterol in eggs with a heightened risk of early death is pretty punchy stuff. The study, from Northwestern Medicine in the US, looked at nearly 30,000 US adults, with an average age of 51.
For every additional half of an egg eaten per day (around three extra eggs per week), the risk of cardiovascular disease rose by 6%.
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Houston Chronicle
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Sleep experts say Senate has it wrong: Standard time, not daylight saving, should be permanent
While no time system will be perfect for everyone, making daylight saving time permanent would lead to a greater number of dark mornings than we have now, said Phyllis Zee , chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
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MSN.com
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How to Identify Strokes and Stroke-Like Symptoms—Even in Young People
Chronic risk factors, including diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, obesity and unhealthy diet are some aspects that can trigger these types of strokes, Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD volunteer president of the American Heart Association and chair, Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, told Health.com.
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Washington Post
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Sleep experts say Senate has it wrong: Standard time, not daylight saving, should be permanent
While no time system will be perfect for everyone, making daylight saving time permanent would lead to a greater number of dark mornings than we have now, said Phyllis Zee , chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
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WebMD
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Mammograms Can Also Highlight Heart Risks
Dr. Natalie Cameron, an instructor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, co-wrote an editorial that accompanied the findings.
“If future research shows that BAC improves heart disease risk prediction among women not yet on cholesterol-lowering medications, BAC could serve as a powerful tool to help guide heart disease prevention for the millions of women who undergo routine mammography each year,” she said.
