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 Chicago
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Expert Finds Group’s New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Concerning and Disappointing
Dr. Sonya Bhole, a breast radiologist and associate professor at Northwestern Medicine, called the new recommendation from the American College of Physicians concerning and disappointing.
“We know the most lives saved are when we start screening mammography at age 40 and screen every year. Breast cancer incidence is on the rise. It’s on the rise in women under 50 at 1.4% per year. That’s a big number when you think about how many women there are,” Bhole said, “and so screening mammography at age 40 allows us to catch cancers at the smallest size when they’re most treatable.”
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CBS News Chicago
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Expert Disappointed in New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screenings
The American College of Physicians just released new guidance advising women to get breast cancer screenings every two years starting at 50, contradicting the American Cancer Society’s advice to get mammograms every year starting at 45.
Dr. Sonya Bhole tells Audrina Sinclair she’s disappointed in the new guidelines.
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The Washington Post
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5 Things OB/GYNs Want You to Know About Perimenopause
Kristen Venuti, an OB/GYN at Northwestern Medicine, said she has recently noticed an uptick in the number of her patients asking whether their symptoms could be a sign. “When I started my practice six years ago, I probably had one person a week bringing up perimenopause. Now several people bring it up a day.”
Understanding this hormonal milestone, experts said, can help you advocate for yourself and manage bothersome symptoms.
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Science
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Most NIH-Funded Studies Fail to Break Down Results by Sex
Fewer than half of all studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) analyze or report results by sex, according to research published today in Nature Communications Medicine.
The proportion of studies including both sexes has since increased. But “just including women is not enough,” Nicole Woitowich, a biomedical scientist at Northwestern University and corresponding author of the new study, said in a statement. Her team analyzed 574 studies published between 2017 and 2024 and found that 56% still lump together data from male and female subjects—potentially obscuring important sex-specific effects relevant to diagnosis, treatment dosing, and health outcomes.
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NBC News
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Patients Say They Want Alzheimer’s Blood Tests. Doctors Aren’t Sure They Help.
The idea is straightforward: Take a blood test now, even without symptoms, and learn if you could some day develop Alzheimer’s disease.
“A lot of people seem to want to understand what’s happening to them,” said Andrea Russell, a clinical and primary care psychologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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WGN
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Dr. Santina Wheat: Can Playing in Mud and Soil Help Our Immunity?
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update.
Dr. Wheat talks about a new pancreatic cancer vaccine, vertigo, macular degeneration, and more.
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NBC News
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Can Honey Help Alleviate Seasonal Allergy Symptoms? Experts Weigh In
“Ingesting honey has not been scientifically proven to help with seasonal allergies,” says Dr. Ruchi S. Gupta, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
However, while honey doesn’t help with seasonal allergies, it offers other health benefits since it’s a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, says Gupta.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Understanding Misconceptions Around Infertility
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week and infertility is more common than many realize, affecting 1 in 6 people globally.
Michelle Shetty, a local mom and nurse who is sharing her personal journey, and Doctor Kara Goldman, an infertility specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital joined ABC7 to talk about how common infertility is and some of the biggest misconceptions.
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WGN
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Dr. Sterling Elliott: Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of Orthopaedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, and Dr. Kimbra Bell Balark, Medical Director of the Bronzeville Outpatient Center at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to talk about Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25th.
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Fox Chicago
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Chicago Doctor on Detecting, Surviving Esophageal Cancer
April is esophageal cancer awareness month. The earlier you catch it, the better your chances. Esophageal cancer has a low survival rate with no symptoms or silent symptoms.
“I think the scary part about the cancer is that the vast majority of patients who develop this cancer have reflux, which is the cause, but they are asymptomatic so there’s stuff coming up from the stomach injuring the esophagus, and they just don’t know that this is happening,” said Dr. Sri Komanduri from Northwestern Medicine.
