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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Chicago Tribune
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More movies are coming to theaters. But is it safe?
“It’s not something I would feel comfortable doing for a long time,” said Dr. Sadiya Khan, an epidemiologist and assistant professor in preventive medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Another epidemiologist was even more blunt: “It’s just about the last thing I’d do right now,” Michigan-based Dr. Abdul El-Sayed told the A.V. Club.
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ABC7 Chicago
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Perfect match: Daughter donates kidney to her mother with diabetes
The surgery was performed by Dr. Dinee Simpson who said she’s all too familiar with patients who are fearful or do not trust their doctors. “Based on a lot of misinformation and myths that tend to circulate in the African American community, patients will decide not to move forward with something that can be life-saving and life-changing,” she said.
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CNN
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‘Rolling hotspots’ are the new normal: Sun Belt states see progress on coronavirus as rates drift up in the Midwest
“The Midwest was relatively spared. We were prepared because what happened in New York; [it] was such a catastrophe that things got very serious out here in the Midwest — Republican and Democratic governors alike — really were very careful. And that was good, so we had really a low rate of cases,” explained Dr. Rob Murphy, a professor of infectious diseases and of biomedical engineering, and the executive director of the Institute for Global Health, at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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ABC7 Chicago
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Convalescent plasma: Doctors weigh in on COVID-19 treatment already in use in Chicago hospitals
Dr. Sadiya Khan with Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine says more data is needed. “I don’t want people to let down their guard or get overly optimistic about this because we still need to be wearing masks, trying to physical distance as much as much as we did yesterday,” she said. Convalescent plasma treatment is already in use at Chicago area hospitals.
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HealthDay
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Study Questions Need to Wait Days to Give Baby New Foods
“Waiting for days between each new food introduction to infants limits food diversity in the infant diet and may delay peanut introduction,” said study lead author Dr. Waheeda Samady, an assistant professor of pediatrics. “There is now evidence that food diversity helps to decrease the development of allergic diseases in infants, and early peanut introduction is an important peanut allergy prevention strategy,” she said in a hospital news release. “The current guidelines on solid food introduction to infants might interfere with efforts to prevent food allergies, and may need to be reevaluated, especially in light of the variability in pediatric practice found in our study.”
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Associated Press
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Old US Soccer jerseys become unique protective masks
When a bunch of old U.S. national team soccer jerseys were found in the basement of the Soccer House, a stately old mansion that serves as U.S. Soccer’s headquarters in Chicago, the federation’s chief medical officer, Dr. George Chiampas, thought they could be put to a unique use. “Several of our staff, our federation said, ‘What can we do to use this beautiful game to be able to support frontline workers? To disseminate a message to make a difference?’” said Chiampas, who works at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial hospital.
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National Public Radio
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‘She Was So Sick’: From COVID-19 Diagnosis To A Double Lung Transplant
During six weeks on life support at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Ramirez said, she had terrifying nightmares that she couldn’t distinguish from reality. “Most of them involve me drowning,” she said. “I attribute that to me not being able to breathe, and struggling to breathe.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Thinking about a Labor Day road trip? Here are some ways to stay safe during the pandemic.
Dr. June McKoy, a Northwestern University associate professor of medicine, medical education and preventive medicine, suggests creating a packing list that includes prescription and over-the-counter medications, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, rolls of paper towels, water and snacks. Also remember to bring gloves and masks.
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Chicago Tribune
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These psychiatrists wrote an open letter to Michelle Obama about her low-grade depression. ‘We stand in solidarity with the vulnerability you expressed.’
As soon as Northwestern psychiatrist Aderonke Bamgbose Pederson heard Michelle Obama say she’s experiencing “low-grade depression,” Pederson knew she wanted to affirm and amplify the former first lady’s words. Obama’s acknowledgement on her podcast that she feels uncharacteristically low, that she struggles with sleeplessness, that she’s exhausted and weighed down by the coronavirus pandemic and racial strife in the United States, mirrors what many of Pederson’s patients describe, and lends the vocabulary — and permission — for others who may be struggling to put words to what they’re feeling.
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The Washington Post
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Don’t just look at covid-19 fatality rates. Look at people who survive — but don’t entirely recover.
Now, data is coming in behind the anecdotes, and while it’s preliminary, it’s also “concerning,” says Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. A recent study from Germany followed up with 100 recovered patients, two-thirds of whom were never sick enough to be hospitalized. Seventy-eight showed signs of cardiac involvement, and MRIs indicated that 60 of them had ongoing cardiac inflammation, even though it had been at least two months since their diagnosis.
