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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CBS News
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Too many new moms are dying. Illinois health officials are trying to understand why.
“One of the things that’s most important is educating moms about things that can kill them,” said Paloma Toledo, a committee member who is an obstetric anesthesiologist at Northwestern Medicine’s Prentice Women’s Hospital. By sifting through women’s medical records, pharmacy prescriptions, police data and even what their families tell emergency room personnel — she had complained of a headache, she was foaming at the mouth — they hope to identify potentially preventable deaths and save lives.
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Associated Press
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Patients who accepted infected kidneys cured of hepatitis C
“As long as the patient accepts the risk, I support this,” said Dr. Josh Levitsky, a professor of organ transplantation at Northwestern University who is not part of the team. Getting an infected kidney may outweigh the burden of dialysis, which many patients find physically exhausting, said Dr. Matthew Cooper, a transplant surgeon at Georgetown University Hospital.
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The Wall Street Journal
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New Exercise Wrinkle: It’s Time for Your Face to Work Out
In a small study published earlier this year, researchers at Northwestern University had dermatologists rate the before and after appearance of participants; middle-aged women were deemed to have shaved three years off their appearance after 20 weeks with a 30-minute facial exercise routine. (That is more time than most Americans spend in the regular gym.)
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Chicago Tribune
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‘Inflammatory’ breast cancer doesn’t get any pink awareness, patient and doctor insist
“Roughly 90 percent of the women with this deadly disease are wrongly prescribed antibiotics, which only delays the true diagnosis and proper treatment,” said Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “There is simply not enough awareness of inflammatory breast cancer. More women need to be talking about it.”
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MSN
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Is It True That the Weather Can Cause a Migraine?
It’s worth noting that it’s tough to pinpoint weather as an actual trigger for some people’s migraines, Paul Later, M.D., a neurologist at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, tells SELF. There are plenty of other factors you deal with every day that can also influence this condition, like how well you sleep, what you eat, where you are in your menstrual cycle, and how stressed you are. It could be that those things are causing your migraines, and any simultaneous weather changes are a coincidence, Dr. Later says.
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USA TODAY
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3D-printed guns might be inevitable. But are they a practical weapon of choice for criminals?
Linda Teplin, a Northwestern University psychiatry professor who studies the correlation of firearms violence, public health policy and criminalization of the mentally ill, said 3D-gun blueprints could lower the bar for accessibility to weapons. She predicted “perpetrators of mayhem” would take advantage. “No restrictions, background checks or serial number?” Teplin said. “Now, guns are available to anyone – even a child – who can use a computer and has a 3D printer. We cannot reduce the epidemic of firearm violence if we increase the availability of guns.”
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National Public Radio (WBUR-Boston)
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Another Look At Fat’s Bad Rap
The Big Mac is turning 50, and fat is still getting a bad rap. But the right mix of high-fat foods might be the ticket to a healthy diet. We’ll weigh the evidence and options. Dr. Clyde Yancy, associate director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern University. Chief of cardiology in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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National Public Radio
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Heading May Be Riskier For Female Soccer Players Than Males
It’s already known that female soccer players are at a higher risk of concussion than males. Wellington Hsu, a professor of orthopedic surgery at Northwestern University, led a decade-long study of injuries among high school athletes that found this. But the current study gives additional evidence that women are more susceptible to the impact of heading, and shows more areas of women’s brains are susceptible to potential injury than men’s.
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Reuters
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Overweight kids can slim down using video games
The study’s use of video time to boost activity was intriguing to Linda Van Horn, a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and a Northwestern Medicine epidemiologist. The findings show that “harnessing modern technology along with appealing to a child’s interest in gaming can help achieve an increase in physical activity,” said Van Horn, who was not involved in the new research. “Everybody is more interested in reducing exposure to screens.
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Reuters
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Suicide details reported by the media may lead others to copy
The new study may actually be underestimating the effects of the media because it only looked at one week after the suicide, said Mark Reinecke, head of psychology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. “I think we’ve known for a long time that media can have an impact on suicide contagion,” said Reinecke who is not affiliated with the new study. “They’ve unpacked that and shown the specific types of information included in media can have an impact on outcomes. I think they are quite right.”
