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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U.S. News & World Report
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Have Eczema? No Need for Bleach Baths, Study Suggests
Bathing in water is just as effective for the treatment of eczema as bathing in a bleach solution, a new review of previous research indicates. “I don’t know if it throws the baby out with the bathwater, but bleach baths lack the evidence to support how commonly they are being recommended,” said senior author Dr. Jonathan Silverberg. “The water baths appear to be doing most of the heavy lifting. If bleach is adding any benefit, it’s quite modest.”
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U.S. News & World Report
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When a Preemie Goes Home, Dad Stresses Out
When parents bring a premature baby home from the hospital, it’s the dads who feel the most stress, a new study finds. “Dad goes from a situation where the baby and mom are cared for by experts in the hospital to having to simultaneously care for his baby, partner and work. He is supposed to be the ‘rock’ for his partner but the stress can really set in,” said study lead author Dr. Craig Garfield ,. He’s an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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HealthDay
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When a Preemie Goes Home, Dad Stresses Out
When parents bring a premature baby home from the hospital, it’s the dads who feel the most stress, a new study finds. “Dad goes from a situation where the baby and mom are cared for by experts in the hospital to having to simultaneously care for his baby, partner and work. He is supposed to be the ‘rock’ for his partner but the stress can really set in,” said study lead author Dr. Craig Garfield ,. He’s an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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Reuters
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Hospital patients are safe with substitute doctors
“I suspect most would hypothesize that outcomes would be significantly worse for locum tenens physicians compared to staff physicians, as the locum tenens docs are not as familiar with the hospital, local practices and policies, and how to get things done locally,” said Dr. Karl Bilimoria , director of the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago. “Thus, this study provides findings that may be counterintuitive to many people,” Bilimoria said by email. “But just because the patients did not die more frequently under the care of locum tenens docs, does not mean that their disease-specific outcomes are equal,” Bilimoria added. “There may be more nuanced outcomes that could show a difference.”
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Crain’s 40 under 40
When people learn of aging and dementia researcher Emily Rogalski’s groundbreaking work with SuperAgers—seniors 80 and older with memory that is at least as good as individuals in their 50s and 60s—their first question is, “What’s their secret?” “I don’t think there’s one magic bullet,” admits Rogalski, though the Ph.D. and her collaborators, including a research team she leads at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, have been unlocking clues to maintaining cognitive ability as we age.
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NBC News
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‘I-AM SHAKTI’ wants to get South Asian Americans talking about mental health
This past summer, Baskaran drew on his experiences to help build “I-AM SHAKTI,” a movement to help South Asian Americans face mental health challenges and share their stories. He co-founded the group, which celebrated its launch last month, with undergraduates and medical school students from Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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TIME
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Scientists Are Using a Particle Accelerator to Unwrap a Mummy’s Secrets
A team at Northwestern University in Chicago is conducting the experiments, which allow researchers to see details of the mummy’s insides without removing its delicate wrappings. The team is hopeful that the results could help to predict bone fractures before they happen. “We have some preliminary findings about the various materials, but it will take days before we tighten down the precise answers to our questions,” said experiment leader Dr. Stuart Stock, research professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at Northwestern, in a statement.
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Chicago Tribune
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Researchers unraveling mummy mysteries with help from powerful Argonne microscope
The ancient Roman-Egyptian linen-wrapped remains of a 5-year-old girl, including an embedded portrait, were unearthed in Hawara, Egypt, in 1911. The mummy, about 1,800 years old and weighing 50 pounds, is from the collection of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary on the Northwestern University campus. Northwestern researchers have been piecing together her story.
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National Public Radio (Boston)
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Light Therapy Might Help People With Bipolar Depression
To test its usefulness in treating bipolar disorder, researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University enrolled 46 patients who had at least moderate bipolar depression. Half of participants were assigned to receive bright light therapy. The other half received a dim red placebo light. They also kept taking their regular medication. In an effort to ensure lack of bias, the placebo group was instructed not to search for information about light therapy and not to discuss the appearance of their light with anyone else in the study.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Are There Heart Disease Risks for Teen Moms?
Pregnancy is known to carry risks, such as preeclampsia and gestational diabetes, that may portend future heart disease risk, says Dr. Marla Mendelson, associate professor of cardiology and pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “We know there is a lot about pregnancy being risky, but there are also a lot of confounding variables,” says Mendelson, who also directs a special program on heart disease and pregnancy. Still, the study raises an important issue, she believes: “Too many times clinicians assume pregnant women are healthy. They don’t connect pregnancy with risk, and we have to be aware of all these factors that may be present.”
