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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The Washington Post
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We Asked: Can We Take Our Infant Abroad?
Taylor A. Heald-Sargent, a Chicago-based pediatrician and professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, loves to travel but had concerns about our timeline. Her main worry is measles, which is endemic in Thailand.
“We know that babies are at particular risk for some of the nastier complications of measles,” Heald-Sargent said, including long-term health issues. That could include death years later from rare measles-related complications.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern Medicine Gets $35M to Build New Community Health Institute
With a $35 million gift from John and Kathy Schreiber, Northwestern Medicine will establish a new community health institute, the health system announced.
“This transformational gift from Schreiber Philanthropy will strengthen the Chicago area healthcare ecosystem, benefitting not only Northwestern Medicine patients, but also those living across Chicago and the surrounding communities,” Dr. Howard Chrisman, president and CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, said in the release.
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WGN
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Good Things Happen When People Lose Weight
Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about a new study that shows GLP-1 medications may improve male fertility, and why you should be aware of your blood pressure and pulse pressure.
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WGN
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Dr. Jim Adams: National Men’s Health Week
Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss recent health headlines.
Dr. Adams first addresses whether or not the Ebola outbreak currently in Congo will spread to the Americas as well as how one out every three adults misunderstands medical directions. He later highlights prostate health as we continue through National Men’s Health Week.
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Chicago Tribune
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Chicago Philanthropists John and Kathy Schreiber Donate $35 Million to Northwestern Medicine
The new John and Kathy Schreiber Community Health Institute will expand care for uninsured and underinsured patients. The institute will also work with community health care providers and organizations to connect patients with primary care, and coordinate and support care.
“We see a lot of patients through the (emergency department) who don’t have a medical home,” said Dr. Dinee Simpson, chief health equity executive at Northwestern and co-director of the institute.
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Scientific American
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U.S. Science Is in Chaos
Countless scientists around the country are going through the same thing. Thousands of federal grants have been frozen or canceled, with perhaps 2,600 still in limbo—about $1.4 billion worth.
Without that trust, the entire system could blow apart. “Laboratories are going to close. Trainees are going to go to other countries or pursue nonscience careers,” says Carole LaBonne, a developmental biologist at Northwestern University. “This compact that has existed since World War II, that made the U.S. the successful, prosperous nation that it is, is being dismantled.”
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Fox News
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GLP-1 Drugs Tied to Blood Pressure Risks in Certain Patients, Study Finds
Dr. Micah Eimer, a clinical assistant professor at Northwestern Medicine and senior author of the study, said the research was inspired by a pattern he noticed among patients taking GLP-1 medications.
“I use a lot of GLP-1s because they are shown to reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by up to 20%, depending on the population. And I noticed a series of patients on GLP-1s complaining of lightheadedness, dizziness and fainting. They had low blood pressure on my examination,” he said in a statement.
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Chicago Tribune
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As Summer Heats Up, What’s Driving Chicago ‘Teen Takeovers’?
Sara Thomas, a research assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University, has for years studied the long-term consequences of Chicago youths’ contacts with the juvenile justice system. Her research has included interviews with about 2,000 kids from ages 10 to 18 from the South and West sides.
“Multiple studies that we’ve done and papers we’ve published in our own lab have talked about (how) violent victimization is one of the leading predictors for violent perpetration down the road,” Thomas said in an interview with the Tribune.
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PBS
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Heart Failure in Women: Julie’s Story
Julie has HFpEF, a form of heart failure. The National Institutes of Health say it’s more common in women than men and accounts for at least half the cases of heart failure in women. Today, Julie is in the best shape of her life and doing better than ever. She tells Medical Stories how she’s adapted to her condition, and how it even brought her and her husband, Gregg, closer together.
This episode also features in-depth commentary from renowned experts Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, Chief of Cardiology, Northwestern Medicine, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, and Jane Wilcox, MD, Associate Chief of Cardiology, Northwestern Medicine, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute.
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WGN
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Dr. Elliott: The difference between high cholesterol and high triglycerides
Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss GLP-1s, the difference between high cholesterol and high triglycerides, and more.
And, as always, Dr. Elliott answers listeners’ medical questions.
