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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The Guardian
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I’ve Heard Menopause Hormone Therapy Fixes Everything. Should I Take It?
The same awareness that is finally getting women into doctors’ offices is also convincing them they need hormones for symptoms that may have other causes – or no cause at all.
“It can be tricky,” says Lauren Streicher, a gynecologist and menopause researcher at Northwestern University. “Is your mouth dry because you’re post-menopausal, because of the medication you’re taking, or because it’s just one of those things that happens as you get older?”
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WGN
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Code Red and Crisp Greens: The Latest on Air Quality and Cyclosporiasis
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update.
They discuss the latest on the air quality in the Chicagoland area and precautions to take to continue breathing safely. Dr. Wheat also gives an update on cyclosporiasis and how to properly clean vegetables.
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The Associated Press
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How to Keep the Air Inside Your Home Clean During Wildfires
The eerie glow of an orange sun through thick wildfire smoke might be unnerving, but the biggest risk from the haze is something much harder to see. Whether it’s a towel, some tape, or something else — plug areas where air could enter from outside.
“Being from Chicago, I think you can liken it to trying to keep the cold air out,” said Dr. Khalilah Gates, a lung doctor with Northwestern Medicine. “Any areas in which air can come in, consider sealing up those areas to reduce the amount that’s coming into the home.”
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Chicago Tribune
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‘If You Stay Stagnant, You’re Going to Die’: Inside North Central College’s Bet on Health Sciences
The physician assistant field is one of the fastest growing in healthcare, with the profession more than doubling in size since 2013, according to a report by the National Commission on Certification of PAs. That rapid increase is needed in part to support an advanced aging population, said Elana Min, associate program director for the physician assistant program at Northwestern University.
“So PAs are rapidly entering the workforce to increase that care, but the actual training of PAs and the production of newer PAs is not keeping up with demand,” Min said.
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Chicago Tribune
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‘It’s Created Fear’: As Cyclosporiasis Surges, Chicagoans Rethink What’s on Their Plates
Many fresh fruits and vegetables are in season during the summer, making produce even harder to avoid. Santina Wheat, a family physician, encourages patients to cook food when possible but said thoroughly washing produce is still a good first step.
“So many of the patients I’m having this conversation with are also ones that are really trying to lead healthy lives,” said Wheat, program director for the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Delnor Hospital. “This is the time of year when you get to enjoy those foods.”
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USA TODAY
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Wildfires Set Record Levels of Hazardous Air in US: Ways To Stay Safe
Toxic smoke from the Canadian wildfires is setting record levels of hazardous air in the eastern United States.
“Unfortunately, the levels − at least where I am − are bad for everyone, regardless of whether you have underlying conditions or not,” Dr. Santina Wheat, program director of the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Delnor hospital, near Chicago, said. “It can impact everyone as they’re breathing.”
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The Washington Post
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7 Things a Morning Headache Can Reveal About Your Health
Sometimes, head pain early in the day means you just slept wrong. Other times, it could be a sign of a health condition.
“As a sleep doctor, we always ask, ‘Do you wake up in the morning with a headache?’” said Phyllis Zee, chief of sleep medicine in the department of neurology at Northwestern Medicine. If the answer is yes, “we probe a little bit more” about related symptoms, she added, since snoring, gasping for air or excessive daytime sleepiness can all be additional signs of the condition.
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CBS News Chicago
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Chicago air quality worst in the world as Canada wildfire smoke chokes skies; beaches closed, events canceled
Chicago air quality is now hazardous as Canadian wildfire smoke has settled in an acrid haze over the area Thursday morning.
“The stuff that you’re seeing there on the images of the skyline are actually the less risky particles,” said Dr. Scott Budinger, chief of pulmonary and critical care at Northwestern Medicine.
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The New York Times
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What to Know About the Powerful New Cholesterol Pill
On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new pill called enlicitide that can lower cholesterol levels substantially more than statins alone.
Dr. Sadiya Khan, a preventive cardiologist at Northwestern University, said she often also counsels patients who are at intermediate 10-year risk of heart disease to start taking cholesterol medication. She also discusses it with healthy patients who are at low 10-year risk but high 30-year risk.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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What Have We Learned About GLP-1s
According to a recent Gallup poll, the U.S. adult obesity rate has gradually dropped so far in 2026, a decline that correlates with the popularity of GLP-1 medications.
On today’s in the Loop, what have we learned so far about the popular drug? And how have GLP-1s changed how we think about health and weight loss? Our panel of experts, including Dr. Michah Eimer, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School, dig into the how, why and what’s next for weight loss drugs.
