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. New & World Report
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Med Students View Ex-Patients’ E-Records to Track Progress
Many U.S. medical students use electronic health records to track the progress of their former patients and confirm the accuracy of their diagnoses, a new study shows. While the practice raises issues over privacy, checking up on former patients may not be a bad thing overall, the researchers said. The students “are accessing health information for educational purposes — it is important for them to learn medicine by observing the course of illness,” said study co-author Dr. Gregory Brisson, of Northwestern University’s School of Medicine in Chicago.
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HealthDay
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Med Students View Ex-Patients’ E-Records to Track Progress
Many U.S. medical students use electronic health records to track the progress of their former patients and confirm the accuracy of their diagnoses, a new study shows. While the practice raises issues over privacy, checking up on former patients may not be a bad thing overall, the researchers said. The students “are accessing health information for educational purposes — it is important for them to learn medicine by observing the course of illness,” said study co-author Dr. Gregory Brisson, of Northwestern University’s School of Medicine in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
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Why your pediatrician might start asking your child about sex
”For providers, this statement is helpful because it calls for backing up what we do with science and giving some uniformity to what we do,” said Rebecca Unger, a pediatrician at Chicago’s Northwestern Children’s Practice and an associate professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “For parents, the message is that we are helping children learn to be advocates for themselves and make healthy and safe decisions.”
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Chicago Tribune
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How to shop for sunscreen
According to a July study in the JAMA Dermatology journal, 40 percent of the best-rated sunscreens on Amazon didn’t meet guidelines of the American Academy of Dermatology. The less-impressive sunscreens didn’t resist water or sweat well, according to doctors at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Chicago Tribune
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Number of advanced prostate cancer cases soars: Northwestern study
“The increase could be because the disease is becoming more aggressive, or it could be because there is less screening being done, but we don’t know why,” said lead researcher Dr. Edward Schaeffer. He is chair of urology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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Fox News
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Metastatic prostate cancer cases rising, study finds
“One hypothesis is the disease has become more aggressive, regardless of the change in screening,” study senior author Dr. Edward Schaeffer, chair of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Medicine, said in a news release. “The other idea is since screening guidelines have become more lax, when men do get diagnosed, it’s at a more advanced stage of disease.”
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CBS News
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Study sees rise in advanced prostate cancer cases
“One hypothesis is the disease has become more aggressive, regardless of the change in screening,” senior study author Dr. Edward Schaeffer, chair of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Medicine, said in a statement. “The other idea is since screening guidelines have become more lax, when men do get diagnosed, it’s at a more advanced stage of disease. Probably both are true. We don’t know for sure but this is the focus of our current work.”
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NBC News
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Cases of Aggressive Prostate Cancer on the Rise, Research Finds
Cases of aggressive prostate cancer appear to be on the rise, researchers reported Tuesday. The good news is it’s still rare for prostate cancer to spread. Just 3 percent of cases have already started spreading when men are diagnosed and prostate cancer overall has not become more common, the team found. “One hypothesis is the disease has become more aggressive, regardless of the change in screening,” said Dr. Edward Schaeffer, chair of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Medicine, who led the study.
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NBC News
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U.S. Doctor: 300,000 Face Death or Starvation in Aleppo, Syria
An American doctor treating the horrific injuries suffered by Syrian civilians has warned that the closure of a vital highway has put 300,000 people at risk of death and starvation. Dr. Samer Attar, a Chicago-based orthopedic surgeon who volunteered to help local medics in the embattled city of Aleppo, said last weekend’s severing of the Castello Road has already caused shortages of food and medicine. Attar, an assistant professor at Northwestern University’s School of Medicine, was working in an underground hospital run by local doctors but supported by the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). “On a daily basis, sometimes twice daily, I witnessed civilians horrifically and brutally injured from rockets, barrel bombs, and cluster bombs,” Attar said. “Homes, schools, and markets were hit. You would hear about dozens killed, scores more injured. It’s devastating and overwhelming to witness.”
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Today
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What your leg pain really means and when it’s time to see a doctor
“A leg cramp is really just a muscle contracting and tightening spontaneously,” said emergency medicine specialist Dr. Scott Dresden of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “The problem is that can be very painful for several seconds or even several minutes.”
