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 Sun-Times
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How Safe Does Your Community Feel?
After a historic drop in crime in 2025, gun violence in Chicago is creeping back up so far this year, with an 8% increase in shootings compared to last year. That’s still below any other year in recent memory. Also, crime overall – like battery, robbery, murder and theft – is also down in 2026, compared to this time last year.
On today’s Say More, with guest Andrew Papachristos, professor of sociology at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research, how does it feel in your neighborhood or town? And what will it take for Chicago to set a new normal for safety?
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WGN
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The Truth About Bee Stings with Dr. Santina Wheat
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 bee stings and whether you can develop an allergy to them, the importance of hydration, signs of testicular cancer, treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, and more.
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The New York Times
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It’s Still Going to Be Really Hot Tonight
Heat can be the enemy of good sleep, but there are steps you can take to cool down at the end of the day. You can place a cool, damp rag on your forehead and wear loose, thin pajamas. A lukewarm shower can also help lower your core body temperature.
Dr. Kelly Gill, a sleep medicine specialist at Northwestern Medicine, suggested keeping socks in the refrigerator or freezer and then putting them on at the end of the day.
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Chicago Tribune
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With One of Nation’s ‘Largest Pools of Geriatric Patients,’ Palos Hospital Focuses on Emergency Room Elder Care
On the heels of its first anniversary, a program designed to improve emergency care for older adults at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital has received Geriatric Emergency Department accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
The Geriatric Emergency Department Initiative program, or GEDI, “is part of a small but growing movement in improving emergency care for elders across the country and around the world,” said Dr. Scott Dresden, who has been director of the program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago since 2013.
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Chicago Tribune
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Illinois Medicaid Patients Can Wait More Than a Year for Critical Dental Care Due to Low Reimbursements
Recent cuts in federal Medicaid funding have led to reduced enrollment and will limit services statewide, said assistant professor Lindsay Allen, a health economist and policy researcher at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She said people will have to “raise a big stink” to further improve access to dental care, where regular checkups can avoid bigger problems down the line.
“Prevention is unbelievably cost-effective,” Allen said. “This is preventive healthcare and medically necessary surgery.”
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Fox News
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Big Medicare Change Slashes Weight-Loss Drug Costs for Eligible Seniors
One potential concern is that older patients tend to have more adverse effects to medication in general , according to Dr. Micah Eimer, a clinical assistant professor of cardiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
“Specifically, in our research, older patients on blood pressure medications were more likely to experience hypotensive side effects, such as fainting and dizziness, after starting a GLP-1,” he said in a statement.
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WGN
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How Is the Heat Dome Affecting Your Mental Health?
Dr. Michael Ziffra, psychiatrist at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss how extreme heat affects those who are neurodivergent and how hot weather affects stress and anxiety as a whole.
Whether someone is taking a medication or not, Dr. Ziffra stresses that we all have empathy for one another as we are all experiencing this heat together.
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Fox Chicago
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New Blood Test Makes Pancreatic Cancer Easier to Detect
A new blood test detects pancreatic cancer in 65% of patients, up from 17% with the previous test.
Northwestern Medicine Oncologist Dr. Akhil Chawla joins Good Day Chicago to discuss what it means for earlier detection.
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Chicago Tribune
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Lake County Feels the Heat as High Temperatures Continue: ‘Listen to Your body’
Lake County is roasting under its first major heatwave of the year, with temperatures expected to remain high — even by the lake — for several days until a potential storm breaks it later this week.
Victoria Weston, medical director for the Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care Centers and associate chief medical officer, said it’s the time of year for heat-related illnesses. Medical personnel were “anticipating and preparing” for this heatwave, since it’s the first for the year.
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Forbes
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What the $15 Billion Menopause Market Doesn’t Count
PwC put a number on the menopause market: $10 billion to $15 billion today, growing to $15 billion to $25 billion by 2030. Claire Love, the PwC Deals Strategy Principal who built the analysis, told me the number deliberately excludes three of menopause’s largest downstream consequences. Osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and genitourinary syndrome are not included.
Premature menopause increases long-term heart risk by 40%, according to a March 2026 study from the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Love called the cardiovascular story “more nuanced,” but insufficient research targeted specifically at women remains the constraint, not the absence of a market.
