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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US News & World Report
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Even a Little Light in Your Bedroom Could Harm Health
The effects were not dramatic. But it’s plausible that small effects, night after night, could ultimately affect a person’s health, said senior researcher Dr. Phyllis Zee .
“This study doesn’t prove that, and we need more research to look at chronicity,” said Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
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US News & World Report
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Mammograms Can Also Highlight Heart Risks: Study
Dr. Natalie Cameron, an instructor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, co-wrote an editorial that accompanied the findings.
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WebMD
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Even a Little Light in Your Bedroom Could Harm Health
The effects were not dramatic. But it’s plausible that small effects, night after night, could ultimately affect a person’s health, said senior researcher Dr. Phyllis Zee .
“This study doesn’t prove that, and we need more research to look at chronicity,” said Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
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FOX News
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Sleeping with lights off and closed blinds may protect your health: study
“The results from this study demonstrate that just a single night of exposure to moderate room lighting during sleep can impair glucose and cardiovascular regulation, which are risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome,” Zee , who is also the chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said in the release. The Northwestern Medicine physician also said, “It’s important for people to avoid or minimize the amount of light exposure during sleep.”
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NBC News (National)
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Lasting depression and anxiety can follow severe case of Covid
Dr. Marc Sala, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive Covid-19 Center in Chicago, said his long Covid patients report symptoms of brain fog and difficulty focusing more so than depression or anxiety, although he acknowledged that perhaps he and other long Covid physicians should be asking more about such mental health symptoms.
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NBC News via Yahoo
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Lasting depression and anxiety can follow severe case of Covid, study finds
Dr. Marc Sala, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive Covid-19 Center in Chicago, said his long Covid patients report symptoms of brain fog and difficulty focusing more so than depression or anxiety, although he acknowledged that perhaps he and other long Covid physicians should be asking more about such mental health symptoms.
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Time Magazine
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The Truth About Common Digestive Health Fears
Rather than suggesting you have one of these inflammatory bowel diseases, it’s more likely that frequent diarrhea episodes stem from some type of food sensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome or medication side effects, says Dr. Shaham Mumtaz, a gastroenterologist at the Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group in the Chicago area.
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NBC News (National)
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Long Covid patients, in search of relief, turn to private company
That’s a red flag, said Dr. Marc Sala, a pulmonologist and critical care specialist who sees long Covid patients at Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive Covid-19 Center. A test can only be validated, he said, through using it on a diverse group of people — in other words, a large mix of people both with and without long Covid.
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NBC News
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Highly rated sunrise alarm clocks for gentle wakeups
“You don’t have that big adrenaline surge [like] when that alarm clock suddenly goes off,” noted Dr. Sabra Abbott, assistant professor of neurology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and board-certified sleep medicine doctor.
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ABC News (National)
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COVID-19 infections linked to brain damage, studies find
“There were two markers of brain damage, or rather a marker of direct damage to nerve cells and another marker that indicates there is increased inflammation in the central nervous system or brain itself,” said Dr. Barbara Hanson, a researcher at the Northwestern Medicine Neurology COVID-19 research lab, speaking at a Monday press conference.
