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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Step-by-step safety plans, follow-ups can help prevent repeat suicide attempts
At Northwestern Memorial Hospital, patients have access to mental health experts, including a separate psychiatry emergency department, said Dr. Pedro Dago, medical director of the department. Most patients in the midst of a suicide crisis are admitted for inpatient care, Dago said, but those who are safe to leave from the emergency department are provided with safety plans, crisis numbers, and a follow-up, outpatient appointment within days.
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TIME
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The Placebo Effect Is Real, and Scientists May Be Able To Predict Who Responds
“The standard line has been that placebo response is real, but it is not predictable,” says study co-author A. Vania Apkarian, a professor of physiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “That’s the classic viewpoint in the literature: that you cannot predict who will respond or how much they will respond. In fact, we can predict both of them.”
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Chicago Tonight – WTTW
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Caregivers, Researchers Recount Toll of Alzheimer’s, But Remain Optimistic
Despite decades of research and lack of a treatment to cure or slow the progression of the disease, researchers, caregivers and advocates are optimistic about the future. “I see a treatment, it’s going to happen. Scientists are very close,” said William Klein, a professor at Northwestern University. “I believe we’re on a positive path,” said Harry John, CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association. “We’ve got a lot to do but we’re on a positive path.”
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HealthDay
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Do You Know Your ‘Body Time’?
Two blood samples taken about 12 hours apart could provide a solid estimate of your internal clock, said lead researcher Rosemary Braun. “By looking at a set of 40 different genes that are expressed in blood, we can pinpoint a person’s internal clock to within an hour and a half,” said Braun. She’s an assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago.
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WebMD
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Blood Sugar Spike in Pregnancy Bad for Mom & Baby
Babies might also be affected: Children born to these women were more prone to obesity, the study found. “For mothers, high blood sugar is an important risk factor for later development of abnormal blood sugar levels, including type 2 diabetes,” said researcher Dr. Boyd Metzger. He’s professor emeritus of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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ABC News
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Scientists say they’ve developed blood test that can detect internal body clock
“Before we didn’t have a clinically feasible way of assessing the clock in healthy people and people with disease. Now we can see if a disrupted clock correlates with various diseases and, more importantly, if it can predict who is going to get sick,” said the study’s coauthor Ravi Allada, a professor of neurobiology at Northwestern University, in a statement…“Knowing what time it is in your body is crucial to getting the most effective benefits. The best time for you to take the blood pressure drug or the chemotherapy or radiation may be different from somebody else,” Dr. Phyllis Zee, coauthor of the study and chief of sleep medicine in neurology at Northwestern, said in a statement.
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Chicago Tribune
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Where have all the brain sandwiches gone? A look into a Midwestern dish on the brink of extinction
Bethany Doerfler, a registered dietitian at the Digestive Health Center at Northwestern Medicine, said brains are especially good for children. They’re high in protein, high in fats and high in B vitamins that are beneficial to young children whose own brains are still developing. “If you’re raising a young foodie, there is a role for brains in their diet because the fat and the protein in there is excellent for developing brains,” Doerfler said. “For adults who have other sources of saturated fat in their diet, consider this on par with red meat. You would eat them occasionally and consider them as a treat.”
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Chicago Tonight – WTTW
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CDC Issues New Guidelines to Diagnose, Treat Youth Concussions
“There’s really no use for routine use of imaging to evaluate every concussion,” said Dr. Cynthia LaBella, director of the Institute for Sports Medicine at Lurie Children’s Hospital and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “That’s been the teaching for many years.” Concussions can occur in every sport and account for about 10 percent of all sports-related injuries, depending on the sport and the age of the participant, LaBella said. “I would say about 40 percent of the concussions we see are not due to sports but to everyday life, and that’s much more common in younger kids.”
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Chicago is building a deep biotech bench
Along with companies that have moved here or are developing drugs or therapies invented elsewhere, there are several promising homegrown companies based on research at Northwestern University. Aptinyx came from the lab of neurobiologist Joe Moskal. Skokie-based Exicure, which created a gene therapy technology, is one of several companies that have sprung from the work of nanotech researcher Chad Mirkin. It went public last year in a reverse merger and just raised another $22 million. There also is more support for early-stage life sciences companies. Matter, an incubator for health-technology startups, opened in 2015 in the Merchandise Mart. Northwestern partnered with New York-based investment firm Deerfield Management to spend up to $65 million over the next five years to turn promising research into new drugs and treatments.
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New York Times
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Diet and Exercise May Stem Weight Gain of Pregnancy, but Should Begin Early
Experts said the research was both encouraging and sobering. It confirmed that overweight and obese women can safely limit their pregnancy weight gain with lifestyle interventions. But it also suggests that to improve obstetric outcomes and the health of their babies, women who are carrying extra weight may need to make significant lifestyle changes before they conceive, said Dr. Alan Peaceman , the chief of maternal fetal medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the lead investigator of the study, which was published in Obesity.
