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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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Coming soon to a strip mall near you: An MRI provider
For now, hospitals, which charge an average $2,600 for an MRI, seem sanguine about this new competition. But they shouldn’t be, says Dr. Joel Shalowitz, a professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine who also teaches at the Kellogg School of Management. “If they’re not running at reasonable capacity, it’s a huge threat,” he says.
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SELF
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7 Signs of Ovulation You Should Definitely Know
If you’re taking a hormonal birth control pill and using it as directed, you’re not ovulating, Lauren Streicher, M.D., an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, tells SELF. “The hormones in the pill, particularly progesterone, are tricking your body into thinking you’re pregnant,” she explains.
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TODAY
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A few drinks a week may prolong life, but heavy drinking may shorten it
Addiction specialist Dr. Suena Massey agreed that this study should not prompt abstainers to start drinking for their health. According to Massey, an associate professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, it wouldn’t be worth the risk of “rolling the dice,” based on a study that finds an association, as opposed to proof, of alcohol’s health benefits.
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The Washington Post
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This scientist hopes 3-D-printed ovaries will help women have babies
When Teresa Woodruff was in kindergarten, she tried dissecting earthworms to figure out how they work. Now, the 3-D-printed ovaries produced in her lab at Northwestern University are helping scientists better understand the female reproductive system — and that understanding has opened the door to promising new fertility treatments. Woodruff is the guest on the latest episode of People Behind the Science, a podcast that asks scientists about their motivations, challenges and accomplishments.
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U.S. News & World Report
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When Stress Hormone Falters, Your Health May Suffer
Steady daytime levels of the stress hormone cortisol are associated with serious health problems, such as inflammation, obesity and cancer, researchers say. Normally, cortisol levels should vary throughout the day. “Cortisol is naturally high in the morning to help perk you up, and it decreases into the evening,” said study lead author Emma Adam . She is a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University.
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HealthDay
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When Stress Hormone Falters, Your Health May Suffer
Steady daytime levels of the stress hormone cortisol are associated with serious health problems, such as inflammation, obesity and cancer, researchers say. Normally, cortisol levels should vary throughout the day. “Cortisol is naturally high in the morning to help perk you up, and it decreases into the evening,” said study lead author Emma Adam . She is a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University.
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TIME Magazine
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4 Ways Going to the Doctor Is Radically Changing
In August, the Home Centered Care Institute announced that it is launching an education program to train 5,000 new doctors how to care for elderly people in their homes. Training programs include prominent hospitals like the Cleveland Clinic and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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The New York Times
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Where All Bodies Are Exquisite
I teach my students to depict the specifics of every inch of the fetal bodies, until the drawings become profound examinations of bodies stopped in time. Their final assignment is to research a contemporary person with the same condition as their chosen fetus and do a presentation on his or her life. It helps these future doctors to stop seeing the specimens as historic artifacts or tragic medical problems. It’s as if we’re back at the Mutter, but this time those fetuses are given possible present lives, going forward in time.
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CNBC
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Venture capitalist wages war against Parkinson’s, searches for miracle after his own diagnosis
“It has been extremely challenging, and many clinical trials have failed,” said Dr. Dimitri Krainc chairman of the department of neurology and director of the Center for Rare Neurological Diseases at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “However, we have learned important lessons from these failures.” The bigger problem, though, is that levodopa and other approved agents aren’t neuroprotective, said Krainc, “meaning that they do not prevent neurons from degenerating.” Recent advancements in genetics provide some hope for better drug targets — including, according to Krainc, for the kind of Parkinson’s that Silverstein has, driven by a mutation in GBA. Krainc is a co-founder of Lysosomal Therapeutics and chairs its scientific advisory board.
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Huffington Post
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Breathing Rhythm Found to Affect Memory and Fear
Northwestern Medicine scientists have found for the first time, that breathing rhythm induces electrical activity that enhances both memory recall and emotional judgements. “One of the major findings in this study is that there is a dramatic difference in brain activity in the amygdala and hippocampus during inhalation compared with exhalation,” said lead author Christina Zelano , assistant professor of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “When you breathe in, we discovered you are stimulating neurons in the olfactory cortex, amygdala and hippocampus, all across the limbic system.”
