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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Reuters
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Southern diet helps explain extra high blood pressure risk for black men
For African-American women in the study, the Southern diet explained 29 percent of their excess risk for high blood pressure. Even though a Southern diet rich in fried foods and saturated fat can indeed contribute to high blood pressure, this isn’t the only factor that matters, stressed Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Obesity, income, education, can also influence blood pressure, and sodium intake matters for women in particular, Yancy, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Big hospitals pledge to hire, buy local
Together with 10 of Chicago’s largest hospitals, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., yesterday released an action plan to reduce violence and improve health in 18 Chicago neighborhoods by hiring and purchasing local, among other commitments. The Chicago HEAL Initiative (Hospital Engagement, Action and Leadership) is touted as a prevention strategy that recognizes hospitals as large employers and leaders of community initiatives. The 10 hospitals—including University of Chicago Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Rush University Medical Center—will partner to address a number of targets over the next three years, the plan states.
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Chicago Tribune
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Illinois sees sharp rise in medical cannabis applications as cancer patient requests ‘explode’
Judith Paice, a nurse and research professor who directs the pain program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Lurie Cancer Center, said cannabis can help with many symptoms associated with chemotherapy, radiation or surgery. Nausea, for example, is a frequent side effect and one she said many patients use cannabis to combat. It can also ease complications of cancer diagnosis and treatment like sleeplessness and anxiety. She said requests from patients for information and advice have increased since using medical marijuana became legal in Illinois four years ago.
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Chicago Tribune
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No starting-line jitters here. It’s her 102nd marathon — after knee injury and cancer
Her doctor, Northwestern Medicine chief of breast surgery Dr. Nora Hansen, said it was clear from the beginning that running would be part of Drake’s healing. “Running for her is a big part of her life and has been for a long time,” she said. “When she had her cancer diagnosis, the big fear was that she wouldn’t be able to do that anymore.” Hansen said it’s important for patients to retain things they enjoy. Not every patient can or wants to exercise, but she encourages it when they can. “I do think it helps the patient be more centered and really helps them to heal,” she said.
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TODAY
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What is it like to have a mammogram? How it feels and what to expect
Aimee Daley, 44, has been having annual mammograms for most of the last decade because she has a family history of breast cancer: her two maternal aunts, a paternal aunt and her paternal grandmother were diagnosed with the disease before menopause. So Daley, who is a stay-at-home mom in Chicago, has been vigilant about having the test regularly, she told TODAY. Her most recent mammogram took place last month at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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NBC News
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Four in U.K. develop cancer after organ transplant. Is there cause for worry?
But he and others noted that there is limited data available to suggest that this is more than coincidence. “The reports of cancer transmitted at the time of organ transfer to recipients are exceedingly rare,” said Dr. Steven Flamm, medical director of the liver transplant program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “In the U.S. there has been hundreds of thousands of organ transplants, and the number of times this has been reported are close to zero. Still, no screening test is perfect. A mammogram may not pick up a very small cancer. So there is no way to eliminate the risk to zero.”
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CNBC
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Nothing stopped her seizures until she found cannabis: Why the DEA just approved CBD drug for rare form of epilepsy
A variety of health claims involving CBD as a catch-all wellness product have been made, but it is only for treating epilepsy that is well established, said Richard Miller, author, professor of pharmacology at Northwestern University and narcotics expert. Beyond that, we’re not 100 percent sure what CBD does, Miller said.
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Reuters
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Depression tied to arthritis pain
Dr. Michael J. Schrift, Chief of Geriatric and Neuro-psychiatry at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, commented by email, “Studies show that when depression is co-occurring with arthritis and the depression is not being addressed, the treatment for arthritis itself can be less effective.” “Both depression and arthritis affect the brain and the body and likely (have) a bidirectional association,” he told Reuters Health. “Inflammation in arthritis involves not only the affected joint, but also the brain. Also, changes in the brain affect one’s pain perception.”
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HealthDay
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Overweight in Pregnancy? Here’s How to Keep Excess Pounds at Bay
Study author Linda Van Horn said the study aimed to see if women could safely avoid excess weight gain during pregnancy. “The majority of pregnant women are overweight or obese at the time of conception. It’s a major public health concern,” said Van Horn, a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. The U.S Institute of Medicine recommends that normal-weight women gain 25 to 35 pounds during pregnancy, but just 15 to 25 pounds if they’re overweight at the start of pregnancy. Women who are obese should only gain 11 to 20 pounds while expecting, the IOM says.
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Chicago Tribune
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Why it matters that Weight Watchers pivots toward wellness
Northwestern Memorial Hospital dietitian Bethany Doerfler said she finds the switch encouraging. It will model the conversations she has with her patients — which are about not simply avoiding one food or focusing on one thing, but instead focusing on their overall health beyond weight. “I think it’s fabulous,” she said. “I personally like my patients to think about their whole mind-body connection when they’re making a lifestyle change, not just what they’re eating, but their sleep, their stress levels, their exercise regimen.
