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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Forbes
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Megan Thee Stallion Is In Pain. Why Can’t We Just Let Her Be?
The misogyny, misogynoir and vitriol that has erupted online since Megan Thee Stallion made the announcement of her breakup mirrors the backlash that many women have often experienced when opening up about their pain publicly.
In 2021, when tennis star Naomi Osaka announced that she would be withdrawing from the French Open due to her mental health, she was met with criticism and backlash. In an article that highlighted what Naomi Osaka taught Black women, Northwestern Medicine psychologist Inger Burnett-Ziegler shared, “Much of the backlash Osaka has received falls in line with the unspoken belief that women should just do what they have to do and put up with things that are harmful to them in order to pacify others, be agreeable and keep their ‘good jobs.’”
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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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WGN
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BioLineRx and Hemispherian Announce First Patient Dosed in Phase 1/2a Study of GLIX1 for the Treatment of Glioblastoma (GBM)
BioLineRx Ltd. and Hemispherian AS today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the first-in-human, Phase 1/2a study of GLIX1 for the treatment of recurrent and progressive glioblastoma (GBM) and other high-grade gliomas.
The patient was dosed at NYU Langone Health under the supervision of Dr. Alexandra Miller, Chief of Neuro-Oncology & Co-Director of Brain and Spine Tumor Center, Perlmutter Cancer Center. Northwestern University, led by lead investigators Dr. Roger Stupp and Dr. Ditte Primdahl, and Moffit Cancer Center, led by Dr. Patrick Grogan, will also be participating in the study.
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WGN
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Keep Up with Your Colorectal Cancer Screenings
Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about a new study shows the health benefits and health risks of an afternoon nap, rectal cancer rates rising for people in their 30’s and 40’s, and why he wouldn’t solely rely on a blood test to check for Alzheimer’s risk.
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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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Fox Chicago
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What Are Peptides? FDA May Ease Restrictions on Unproven Health Fad
The Food and Drug Administration will soon consider easing restrictions on peptide injections, the popular, unproven therapies touted by wellness influencers like Joe Rogan and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Dr. Melinda Ring, director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said the body naturally produces thousands of peptides, regulating “everything from hormone signaling to immune response and tissue repair.”
