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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.

  • CNN

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    More than 99% of heart disease cases have a risk factor you can address before you get sick, study shows

    Before a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular disease hit, there are almost always warning signs, according to a new study.

    Those warning signs are well-known cardiovascular disease risk factors, but more can still be done to reduce cases of heart disease, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

    “Even ‘mild’ elevations of these 4 factors should be addressed with lifestyle treatments or medications,” said Dr. Philip Greenland, one of the study’s lead authors, in an email. He is also a professor of preventive medicine and the Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

  • NPR

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    Exposure to bright light can help fend off winter blues. The time to start is now

    As daylight diminishes, you may find your mood dimming, too. About 1 in 20 adults have seasonal affective disorder, which is seasonal depression. And millions more experience a milder form of “winter blues.”
    One way to fend it off is by using a light box, beginning in the fall.

    “A lot of research has shown that using bright light therapy in the morning can be extremely helpful to reverse some of the symptoms of seasonal depression,” says Dr. Dorothy Sit, a psychiatrist and associate professor at Northwestern University, who has studied bright light therapy.

  • US News & World Report

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    FDA Approves Opzelura for Atopic Dermatitis in Children

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opzelura cream 1.5 percent (ruxolitinib) for children ages 2 to 11 years with atopic dermatitis (AD).

    “Navigating a complex condition like atopic dermatitis can be very challenging for children,” Peter Lio, MD, from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said in a statement. “With this approval, we now have a new, nonsteroidal topical option that expands how we care for kids with this chronic disease.”

  • Chicago Tribune

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    Lawsuit accuses Loyola University Medical Center of doing risky organ transplants to boost revenue

    Long-standing ethical debates surround who can receive transplants, who can donate organs and how, said Dr. Kelly Michelson, a professor of pediatrics and director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who is not involved in the lawsuit.

    “I think organ transplantation has been one of those areas that is just completely riddled with ethical challenges from every angle,” Michelson said. “Whenever you have a scarce resource, there’s going to be ethical challenges when it comes to how you allocate those scarce resources.”

  • Crain’s Chicago Business

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    Medicaid cuts will deepen a growing strain on ERs treating gunshots: study

    The strain urban trauma centers bear in treating firearms injuries could be exacerbated by Medicaid funding cuts, Northwestern Medicine and the University of Michigan warn in a JAMA Health Forum study.

    “Gun injuries are a source of financial strain on hospitals, particularly large safety-net trauma center hospitals that often operate on thin margins,” Alexander Lundberg, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and corresponding author of the study, said in the release.

    “Medicaid funding cuts could further financially destabilize trauma centers,” study co-author Dr. Anne Stey, assistant professor of surgery at Feinberg and a Northwestern Medicine trauma surgeon, said in the release. “Some could close, or stop being trauma centers that provide the high-level and life-saving trauma care that all American families need after car accidents, falls and bike accidents.”

  • CNN

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    Most child firearm suicides in US are done with parents’ guns, research finds

    “Research on firearms and the association with youth injury and death is critically important, and in prior years (it) has been hard to advance the science due to funding barriers,” said Dr. Nia Heard-Garris, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Illinois, via email. She wasn’t involved in the research. “If parents are gun owners, they need to be aware of this data and store their gun appropriately.”

  • TIME

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    Want to Live Longer? First Find Out How Old You Really Are

    Understanding that could help us live longer, healthier lives, many longevity experts believe. Dr. Douglas Vaughan is among them. He is the director of Northwestern University’s Potocsnak Longevity Institute and its Human Longevity Laboratory, where people can go to get their so-called biological age calculated.

  • Associated Press

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    Trump’s touting of an unproven autism drug surprised many, including the doctor who proposed it

    Many researchers agree the drug warrants additional study, particularly for patients with a deficiency of folate, or vitamin B9, in the brain that may play a role in autism. But for now, they say, it should only be taken in carefully controlled clinical trials.

    “We often say our job is to stay between the yellow lines,” said Dr. Lawrence Gray, a pediatric developmental specialist at Northwestern University. “When people just decide to go outside of current guidelines, then they’re outside of that. And nobody knows what’s going to happen out there.”

  • NBC

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    Is leucovorin an effective treatment for autism? Here’s what research shows

    Leucovorin can help folate reach the brain, which in theory might improve verbal communication or reduce autism symptoms like irritability or repetitive behaviors. But there’s no evidence that it eliminates symptoms altogether.

    “I still remain hopeful that leucovorin may be a tool in our toolbox that can help a group of patients,” said Dr. Rachel Follmer, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “But I don’t know if we’re at the point yet where we can say that this is definitely going to help all individuals with autism.”

  • NPR

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    Beauty and health gurus love it. Do claims about sea moss sink or swim?

    Despite a long tradition of using sea moss for its alleged beauty and wellness boosting properties, “we still don’t have much research to support the health claims that our celebrities are endorsing,” King says.

    Most of the claims are based on cell or animal studies, which don’t always translate to humans. “Even the human trials that we have are small and of short duration,” says Dr. Melinda Ring, the executive director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University.