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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Reuters
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Can team sports help teens overcome childhood adversity?
Even so, the results offer fresh evidence of the potential for team sports to help at-risk kids, said author of an accompanying editorial Mercedes Carnethon of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. “Team sports are particularly beneficial for youth because they bring together a group who works together to achieve a shared goal,” Carnethon said by email. “The lessons learned about helping one another, compromise, persisting through difficulties and dealing with inevitable losses have parallels with life,” Carnethon added. “These lessons can help youth weather the challenges that they face in their personal lives as a result of their adverse childhood experiences.”
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U.S. News & World Report
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Food Allergies in Adults
The study, headed by Dr. Ruchi Gupta – a professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital – surveyed more than 40,000 adults by telephone and internet throughout the U.S. from late 2015 to late 2016. The average age of the survey population was 47 years. The primary goal of the survey was to determine how common and how severe food allergies are in adults. The survey was self-reporting, but still used strict criteria to make sure those labeled as food allergic had symptoms consistent with a “convincing” food allergy.
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National Public Radio
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Playing Teen Sports May Protect From Some Damages Of Childhood Trauma
Amanda Paluch, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, highlights the study’s novelty and potential impact. “In terms of a longitudinal study, this [association] has not been looked at much at all,” says Paluch, who wrote the study’s associated editorial. But, she says, “It is frustrating to think that those who may need [sports] most are less likely to have access to [them].”
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National Public Radio
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I Went Through My Pregnancy With Strangers. It Was The Best Decision I Could’ve Made
Featuring: Carol Hirschfield, CNM, and Ariel Derringer, MSN, obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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The New York Times
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What Causes Stress Fractures in Runners? Can Diet Contribute?
Q. What causes stress fractures in runners? Could a vegan diet be a factor? A. A stress fracture is a small crack in the bone. It’s an “accumulation injury,” said Dr. Michael Terry, an orthopedic surgeon and professor of orthopedic surgery at Northwestern Medicine. With exercise and everyday activities, and even our normal body weight, we are constantly putting stress on our bones. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since stress causes microdamage to our bones that our body naturally repairs, and that continual repair process helps to make the bones stronger.
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The New York Times
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No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
But Kristen Knutson, the lead author of the Chronobiology International study, warned against drawing conclusions based on simple correlation. Dr. Knutson, an associate professor at Northwestern University who studies neurology and sleep medicine, told The Los Angeles Times that issues arise for night owls who try to live in a morning lark world, staying up late while adding to their sleep debt each morning. Dr. Knutson’s study noted a number of other behaviors that could contribute to increased health risks, mostly relating to diet and exercise. While 24-hour gyms exist, opportunities to take part in classes or athletics are practically unheard-of late at night and overnight.
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Yahoo! News
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What Is Scabies? This Skin Infestation Causes an Itchy, Contagious Rash
So what exactly is scabies? Simply put, it’s an infestation of the outer layer of human skin caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite. “The mite is microscopic, so not visible to the naked eye,” Edidiong Kaminska, MD, dermatologist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, tells Health. “It has eight legs and can burrow and lay eggs in the skin.” Here’s everything you need to know about this mite, and the problems it can cause.
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TODAY
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Teen with Tourette syndrome couldn’t be in the same room with her mother
The Searls tried everything to help Avery: holistic doctors, medication, elimination diets, neurofeedback, acupuncture, supplements. Finally, they found the clinic at Northwestern Medicine where Mindy Meyer, a pediatric nurse practitioner, has treated hundreds of children with tics like Avery’s using Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT). CBIT is a non-drug alternative treatment that uses behavioral therapy to teach children how to manage tics on their own. “We work through one tic at a time, and the kids drive it,” Meyer told TODAY Parents.
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WTTW
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Marijuana is a Psychoactive Drug. But is it Really a Medicine?
Dr. Stephen Hanauer, the medical director of Northwestern Medicine’s digestive health center, is going about it in a roundabout way. He’s studying patients already on marijuana. “Crohn’s disease, which is what I deal with, is one of the autoimmune diseases (of which) we do not yet know the cause or have a medical cure,” Hanauer said. “As soon as you tell a patient that you’ve got a condition that we don’t know what causes it and we don’t have a cure, they’re looking elsewhere. They’re looking for other approaches and that’s obviously nowadays using social media and going online, and there’s a great deal of usage of alternative therapies – not just cannabis.”
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HealthDay
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Cholesterol Levels Improving Among U.S. Kids
Why do cholesterol levels in kids matter? Research has shown that unhealthy levels in childhood might have consequences later in life, according to Dr. Amanda Perak, lead researcher on the study. “In adulthood, high LDL cholesterol is a key driver of atherosclerosis,” said Perak, a pediatric cardiologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. “But it’s been shown that the atherosclerosis process can begin in childhood.” Atherosclerosis is the buildup of “plaques” in the arteries. Those deposits — made up of cholesterol, calcium and other substances — cause the arteries to narrow and harden, eventually impeding blood flow.
