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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.

  • WGN

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    Facing fibroids as a Black woman: What you need to know

    Black women are two to three times more likely than white women to develop uterine fibroids. One Black women shared her battle with fibroids and ovarian cysts and the hope-restoring treatment she received from Dr. Magdy Milad at Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Complex Gynecology.

  • Crain’s Chicago Business

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    Chicago youth on Chicago youth: Mental trauma is real

    Most men of color, interviewed by their peers in a recent study, say they face mental health challenges. They also see a deep connection between systematic inequities and mental health. Claudio S. Rivera a professor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences and pediatrics at Northwestern and a psychologist at Lurie Children’s shared the importance of including wellness in the process of this study, as the discussions could become heavy because of the violence and trauma many participants have seen.

  • The Washington Post

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    Is it safe? In the movie theater business, the question is how much to promise older audiences.

    Throughout the pandemic, movie theaters have been trying to convince customers that they are safe, simultaneously understanding why people chose to stay away. Now, with more people shedding masks and with states and localities easing restrictions, it could become even more difficult to convince people to visit the theater. Mercedes Carnethon, vice chair of preventative medicine, shares she would feel comfortable at a theater in Chicago, but “less so in Georgia, where the rates of vaccination are a whole lot lower.”

  • The Washington Post

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    Is it safe? In the movie theater business, the question is how much to promise older audiences.

    Mercedes Carnethon, vice chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University, experienced that debate firsthand over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

  • The Washington Post

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    Americans are tired of the pandemic. But disease experts preach caution — and endure a ‘kill the messenger’ moment.

    Epidemiologist Mercedes Carnethon of Northwestern University went on national television programs recently to share her view that vulnerable populations still need protection and that people need to keep taking sensible measures to suppress the virus — such as wearing masks.

  • NBC News (National)

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    Vaccine requirements are being lifted across America as Covid cases wane

    “I wish the pandemic were over and it was safe to lift vaccine mandates, particularly in spaces where masks will be off for eating and drinking. This seems like a move to promote normalcy without there really being normalcy,” said Dr. Sadiya Khan, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “Vaccine mandates are safe and effective public health strategies, and backing down on this is likely to worsen spread.”

  • Chicago Tribune

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    Vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies from COVID-19, according to CDC study

    The babies of mothers vaccinated with either the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy had a 61% reduced risk of being hospitalized with the virus up to 6 months after birth, a study by the CDC determined. Because many are still hesitant about receiving a vaccine during pregnancy, Dr. Emily Miller, chief of obstetrics and assistant professor of maternal fetal medicine, says this study is an important piece of clinical data to help encourage expecting mothers to get vaccinated.

  • WTTW

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    Uncertainty Remains Over Olympic Athlete’s Use of Performance-Enhancing Drug

    Kamila Valieva, a Russian skater has tested positive for the use of trimetazidine, a banned performance enhancing drug. However, she has been allowed to compete in all her events. Dr. George Chimpas
    describes trimetazidine as a “newer medication” which is typically used for older patients with heart failure…theoretically it potentially creates greater efficacy of the heart…if you’re an athlete, and specifically an endurance athlete…this is where those little edges might make a difference especially when you’re shooting for gold.”

  • TODAY

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    Russian skater Kamila Valieva blames grandfather’s medication for failed drug test

    Russian skater Kamila Valeieva says she failed a drug test before the Olympics because it was contaminated by medication her grandfather was taking. Valeieva tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine, a drug that can improve stamina in healthy young athletes. “The drug can help by improving the efficiency of the heart in being able to deliver blood flow more effectively,” Dr. Sadiya Khan, a cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine, told TODAY.

  • Chicago Tribune

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    Northwestern plans new ‘heart hospital,’ with $45 million donation from billionaire Neil Bluhm

    Northwestern Memorial Hospital is opening a new heart hospital within its walls, with $45 million donated by Neil Bluhm and his family’s charitable foundation. The money will allow Northwestern to increase its number of beds for cardiovascular patients in need of overnight care from about 85 to 140, said Dr. Patrick McCarthy, executive director of the Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute.