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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Firefighter Juan Bucio’s death ruled accident, caused by asphyxia and rare heart condition
Lymphocytic myocarditis is an “aggressive response” by the body to a viral infection — like a cold or flu virus — that leads to inflammation of the heart muscle, said Dr. Allan S. Anderson, a cardiologist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “Often what happens is people will have a viral infection that they attribute to a cold,” said Anderson, who specializes in heart failure. “Subsequent to that they develop symptoms of heart muscle dysfunction, they’ll develop congestive heart failure or they’ll start having abnormal heart rhythms.”
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NBC News
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Deaths from liver disease are surging, and drinking is to blame
People so young might not even realize that they can drink themselves to death so quickly, but they can, said liver specialist Dr. Haripriya Maddur of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “Surprisingly, it only takes about 10 years of heavy drinking to actually lead to cirrhosis,” said Maddur, who was not involved in the study. “So when people start drinking in college and they start binge drinking, that can actually lead to end-stage liver disease at a much earlier age,” Maddur told NBC News.
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HealthDay
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Food Allergies Less Severe in Infants: Study
A severe allergic reaction to food is much less serious in infants than in toddlers and older children, a new study concludes. “We found that infants, unlike older children, have a low-severity food-induced anaphylaxis, which should come as reassuring news to parents who are about to introduce their baby to potentially allergenic foods like peanuts,” said study author Dr. Waheeda Samady, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Anaphylaxis is a whole-body allergic reaction that can include heart or respiratory problems. In older children, food-triggered anaphylaxis can be life-threatening, but in infants it mostly involves hives and vomiting, this study found.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Abbott’s next-generation device to treat leaky heart valves gets FDA OK
MR patients often are not eligible for heart surgery because of advanced age, multiple existing diseases or conditions or other complicating factors. “It’s now easier to grasp leaflet tissue and bring both sides of the tissue together, even if the span is quite wide,” says Dr. Mark Ricciardi, director of Cardiac Cath Labs and Interventional Cardiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “We’ve already seen durable results, even with some patients who we previously weren’t able to treat. We’ve been able to not only reduce the leaking, but almost completely abolish it in many cases.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Depression in pregnant millennial women higher than their mothers’ generation, study shows
Millennial women are more likely to experience depression during pregnancy than their mothers’ generation, according to a JAMA Network Open study. The study was made up of a two-generation cohort: mothers and the mothers’ female offspring who later became pregnant. If a first-generation mother did not have a female offspring, then the pregnant female partners of the mother’s male offspring were included. Seventeen percent of the first generation reported having high depressive symptoms, compared with 25 percent of the second generation, according to the study’s results. Crystal Clark, a psychiatrist and assistant professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the increase in the likelihood of young women experiencing depression during pregnancy could be because there are not a lot of women in the same age group who have children.
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HealthDay
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Eczema Dramatically Impacts Quality of Life
For some eczema patients, their quality of life is poorer than those who have a wide range of other chronic health issues, including heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, the researchers added. “The more severe the atopic dermatitis [eczema], the worse the overall health, quality of life and life dissatisfaction,” said study author Dr. Jonathan Silverberg. “I see some of the toughest cases of atopic dermatitis around, so I can’t say I was terribly surprised by this,” Silverberg explained. “But I think most people who don’t live with atopic dermatitis are surprised to hear just how debilitating it can be.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Family members of Dr. Henry Heimlich say Red Cross guidance on choking victims could end in death
Heimlich’s technique is also the only thing Dr. Maura McKay, medical director at the Northwestern Medicine Convenient Care Centers at Central DuPage Hospital, was trained in as well, during basic life support certification courses many doctors take through the American Heart Association. “The only time you do back slaps is in an infant,” McKay said. “But never for adults.” Most Americans who aren’t medical professionals have been able to easily save lives by using the Heimlich in emergency situations, said Janet and Phil Heimlich.
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Reuters
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More women may be experiencing depression during pregnancy
Like Pearson, Inger Burnett-Zeigler believes that a lot of younger women’s depressive symptoms are driven by anxiety. “They’re anxious about expectations around motherhood and balancing that with their other obligations,” said Burnett-Zeigler, a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. “A lot of them are feeling overwhelmed and are worried about who is going to help them. They are worried about whether the baby will be OK and whether they will be OK as moms.”
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Chicago Tribune
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What I learned from ‘Queer Eye’ about talking politics with friends and family
I asked Mark Reinecke, chief of psychology for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, about the merits of the Fab Five’s approach. He offered tips on how to have a productive conversation when you don’t agree with someone on a tough topic. According to Reinecke, after being an active listener (not thinking up retorts while the other person talks), it’s important to validate the other person’s perspective before trying to change his or her mind. The conversation might start with: “I can see why you have this view and why it’s important to you. I wonder if there is another way to look at this?”
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The New York Times
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Running After a Heart Attack
“Things have changed a lot from the Eisenhower era of bed rest,” said Dr. R. Kannan Mutharasan, a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Back then, patients were told to lie in bed and were even given “stool softeners so people didn’t have to strain,” he said. Instead, his long-term recovery involved a fitness routine that includes weight lifting, yoga, Pilates, walking and, yes, running. Today, many doctors prescribe exercise for their patients who have had heart attacks. Any exercise regimen requires careful monitoring and medical supervision. But for many, exercise post-heart attack has been shown to improve quality of life and decrease the risk for another cardiac event.
