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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NPR
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You Can Order Your Own Bloodwork Now. Interpreting the Results Is Another Story
Direct-to-consumer blood testing is a growing industry targeting health-conscious patients who want to order their own blood work for the price of a dinner out. But it also can leave patients to reckon with stressful information they don’t know what to make of — and receive either a worrying result that not require action, or a false reassurance of a clean bill of health.
“Patients are getting outside testing done and bringing them to appointments asking us to interpret them for them,” Dr. Jeffrey Linder, chief of general internal medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said in an email.
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WGN
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Ticked off: Dr. Santina Wheat on Lyme disease
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update. n
They discuss ticks and Lyme disease, fiber intake regarding colorectal cancer risk, and take listener questions.
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US News & World Report
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Your Doctor Might Be Using The Wrong Test To Track Your Cholesterol, Study Says
Doctors might be using the wrong blood test to assess a person’s risk for clogged arteries, a new study argues. A routine blood test called apolipoprotein B, or apoB, is better at guiding cholesterol-lowering treatment than other tests that health care professionals use more often.
“We found that apoB testing to intensify cholesterol-lowering medication would prevent more heart attacks and strokes than current practice, and that these health benefits were achieved at a cost that represents good value for U.S. health care payers,” lead researcher Ciaran Kohli-Lynch said in a news release. He’s an assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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CBS News Chicago
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Northwestern Medicine Provides Guidance for Improving Black Maternal Health
Monday begins Black Maternal Health Week, and on Tuesday, Northwestern Medicine is hosting its third annual Black Maternal Health open house.
“We use race as a proxy for racism, and that can infiltrate all levels of medical care. One of the ways that we try and combat that is having a more diverse work field,” said Northwestern maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Jacqueline Hairston.
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CBS News Chicago
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Open House in Chicago Will Focus on Improving Black Maternal Health
A free event from Northwestern Medicine will feature discussions on women’s health topics, a question-and-answer panel with OB-GYNs, and a labor and delivery floor tour.
Joining Marissa Perlman to discuss improving Black maternal health is Northwestern maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Jacqueline Hairston.
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Chicago Tribune
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Northwestern Medicine Hosting Annual Open House for Black Maternal Health Week
As part of Black Maternal Health Week, Northwestern Medicine’s obstetrics and gynecology department is hosting its third annual open house aimed at spreading awareness and educating people who are or are planning to become pregnant.
Dr. Jacqueline Hairston, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Northwestern, said this type of event is especially important given the “stark disparities in outcomes” when it comes to Black maternal health.
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WGN
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Testing shows Steve McMichael had CTE
Hall of Famer Steve McMichael, a key member of the dominating defense that helped the 1985 Chicago Bears win the Super Bowl, has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the Concussion & CTE Foundation said.
Dr. Kyle Marden, Sports Neurologist at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to talk about Steve McMichael’s CTE diagnosis following his death last year after a long battle with ALS.
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Science
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A Bad Crowd: Tumor Cells Often Metastasize in Clusters with Other Cells, Offering Novel Targets for Treatments
A company that Aceto co-founded, PAGE Therapeutics, has been developing compounds that are better at breaking up clusters and is planning to test them in a safety trial, he says. And scientists are seeking other ways to disperse the clusters or stop them from forming in the first place.
“We have seen that CTC clusters are closely associated with patient survival,” says cancer biologist Huiping Liu of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. By tampering with clusters, she says, researchers hope to give patients added time and improve their quality of life.
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Chicago Tribune
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Park Forest Pastor Sings Praises After Undergoing Cytalux Lung Surgery at Palos Hospital
When Steven Evans came to Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Heights for treatment of a tumor in his lungs, he had an unusual question.
“Will he be able to sing after surgery? That’s not a common question. We don’t encounter too many amazing singers,” shared Dr. Justin Karush, surgical director of the Canning Thoracic Institute at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. “That can be difficult to answer in that moment.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Northwestern Grayslake Brings Hospital Services to Clinic
Retired doctor and Lake County resident Aaron Dworin recalled walking into the angiography suite at a Northwestern Medicine facility, where he was being treated for an enlarged prostate, and marveling at the technology. He underwent a procedure known as a “bilateral super-selective prostatic artery embolization.”
Dr. Elias Hohlastos, interventional radiology medical director for the north region of Northwestern Medicine, described it as an increasingly common procedure for treating enlarged prostates.
