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 Tribune
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Hormonal changes might lead to hernias in aging men
Researchers at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago noted that another aspect of aging in men is that a larger share of testosterone is converted to estrogen by a hormone called aromatase. In this study with mice, the investigators found that rising estrogen levels weaken the abdominal wall. They concluded this could lead to a hernia[…]”It may make sense to treat at-risk men with an aromatase inhibitor that could decrease estrogen and strengthen the muscle,” study leader Dr. Serdar Bulun said in a university news release.
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USA Today
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This is why your pet waits at the food bowl at mealtime
New research from Northwestern University shows animals know what time it is. Buzz60’s Sean Dowling has more. Buzz60
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U.S. News & World Report
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Yes, Your Cat Can Tell if You’re Out All Night
A new study from Northwestern University revealed that animals can judge time. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Neuroscience, is “one of the most convincing experiments” to show that animals understand time. “Does your dog know that it took you twice as long to get its food as it took yesterday? There wasn’t a good answer for that before,” study co-author Daniel Dombeck said in a press release. “This is one of the most convincing experiments to show that animals really do have an explicit representation of time in their brains when they are challenged to measure a time interval.”
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USA Today
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Red Sox happy to be asleep at the ballpark
A 2017 paper by Northwestern University researchers Alex Song, Thomas Severini and Ravi Allada published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science examined travel by big league teams from 1992-2011. “We observed that jet-lag effects were largely evident after eastward travel with very limited effects after westward travel,” the authors wrote. “Jet lag impacted both home and away defensive performance. Remarkably, the vast majority of these effects for both home and away teams could be explained by a single measure, home runs allowed.”
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern expands in northwest Indiana with new partnership
The videoconferencing program connects stroke patients with vascular neurologists at Northwestern Memorial so they can conduct examinations, interpret brain scan results and make treatment recommendations in consultation with Franciscan physicians, according to the statement. “This unique affiliation will offer enhanced care to residents in areas who may have limited access to leading specialists and cutting-edge clinical trials,” Dr. Maciej Lesniak, Michael J. Marchese professor of neurosurgery and chair of the department of neurological surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said in the statement.
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HealthDay
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Hormonal Changes Might Lead to Hernias in Aging Men, Mouse Study Suggests
In this study with mice, the investigators found that rising estrogen levels weaken the abdominal wall. They concluded this could lead to a hernia. However, the researchers also found that an estrogen-lowering drug called an aromatase inhibitor prevented hernias in the mice. The study authors theorized this approach might also work in people. “It may make sense to treat at-risk men with an aromatase inhibitor that could decrease estrogen and strengthen the muscle,” study leader Dr. Serdar Bulun said in a university news release.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Opioid antidote belongs in the workplace, says surgeon general
The U.S. surgeon general is encouraging employers to stock opioid overdose-reversal drugs in workplace first-aid kits. “We can’t fix the opioid epidemic from our silos,” Surgeon General Jerome Adams said today during a panel discussion at Northwestern Medicine’s Prentice Women’s Hospital. Health care professionals and business professionals “must partner together.”
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The Washington Post
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Scientists argue heart stem cell trial should be paused
Elizabeth McNally, a cardiologist and director of the Center for Genetic Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said that, years ago, she was excited by the findings from Anversa’s lab, but then had trouble replicating them herself. She described a “religious fervor” that took hold among those who believed that c-kit cells were regenerating the heart that has continued as researchers have sought to find factors that could be responsible for what she described as “tiny to nonexistent” effects. “It’s disappointing that it took so many years for this to come out,” McNally said. “It’s one question whether the trial should even continue, and I think at the highest level the individuals supporting the trial should really review that.”
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WebMD
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In Pregnancy, Doctors’ Focus is on Baby, Not Mom
“We are still learning,” agrees Alan Peaceman, MD, chief of maternal fetal medicine in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University outside Chicago. Several new studies are looking to change that by providing clear scientific data aimed at finding the best treatment and care for women during pregnancy and childbirth[…]“Obstetrics was traditionally taught as an apprenticeship based on experience and information passed down, but without a whole lot of science involved. Most of medicine was practiced that way, but obstetrics probably longer than it should until we started doing randomized clinical trials,” Peaceman explains.
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TODAY
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Flu is off to a fast start this year, with activity in 12 states
Most of us get our flu shots in the fall, noted Dr. Michael Ison, a professor in the division of infectious diseases at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. “That is when rhinoviruses are circulating,” he added. “Most people think a cold is just a stuffy nose,” Ison said. “But you can get really sick from a cold. In fact, many viruses can make you as sick as the flu does.”
