Media Coverage

The Importance of Seasonal Flu Shots

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Dane Neal (covering for Wendy Snyder) for this week’s health update.

They discuss importance of getting a flu shot and answer some calls from listeners.

Dane Neal in for Wendy Snyder on Sunday Morning

Dane Neal (in for Wendy Snyder,) Rob LaFrentz (in for Dave Schwan,) Eli Berk (in for sports), and Jeff Carlin start the show trying trying to keep cool by thinking of winter.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Dane to talk about flu shots, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and answer questions from listeners.

Our Chicago: Northwestern’s Bronzeville Outpatient Center Marks 1 year

“In our first year we’ve seen over 80,000 completed appointments there and it has truly just been amazing,” said the center’s medical director, Dr. Kimbra Bell. “The community has really embraced us and we’re so happy to be there. And we know that we’re impacting the health of persons in the community for generations to come.”

She says there was a huge need for such a facility in the neighborhood.

This Week in Science: Archaeology Fakes, Hurricanes and Lizards, and Heat Health Effects

“We do know from prior literature that when it’s hot out, people are under a lot of stress – mental, physiologic stress – and behaviors change. People are out more.”

That’s Dr. Abel Kho. He lives in Chicago, where he’s a professor of medicine at Northwestern University, as well as a practicing physician, and he was part of the team that did this research. They recently published a paper with these findings in the journal Science Advances.

Renewed Attention on Postpartum Depression Highlights Differences from Postpartum Psychosis

With a jury hung and Americans divided over the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, the conversation surrounding postnatal health is now at the forefront.

“Postpartum psychosis is something much more severe, also much more rare, characterized by hallucinations, delusions, extreme insomnia,” Professor Darius Tandon in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University said.

Chicago Therapist Offers 3 Ways Moms Can Manage ‘Mental Load’

“The mental load is thinking through all the things, having to do the research, having to balance in your head and remember everything that needs to be done. Basically being the COO of the family,” said Dr. Sheehan Fisher, a perinatal clinical psychologist at Northwestern Medicine.

Dr. Fisher says there are three ways parents can lighten the mental load.

What to Know About West Nile Virus

Dr. Kimbra Bell, medical director of the Bronzeville Outpatient Center, joins John Landecker to talk about West Nile Virus and what we should know about it and how to protect ourselves from it.

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: What Will the Flu Season Be Like This Year?

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about studies that are being done to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the FDA approving a drug treatment for pancreatic cancer, and what we know about this year’s flu season.

Understanding the Truth Behind Peptide Trends for Health and Fitness

Peptides are all the rage. Social media touts them as a powerful tool for weight loss, exercise recovery, muscle building, and more. But do they work and are they safe?

Some formulations can be purchased online. But Northwestern Medicine pharmacist Sterling Elliott says more research is needed.