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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Chicago Tribune
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CDC issues new pain pill guidelines amid epidemic of overdose deaths
Dr. David Walega, of Northwestern Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology, said primary care providers should partner with pain specialists to see if a patient can try alternatives before taking prescription pills.
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Chicago Tribune
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Companies need to recognize the importance of sleep
I ran the idea of sleep training programs by Phyllis Zee, the medical director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
“It’s a great thing,” she said. “It’s not so much training people to sleep, it’s changing the culture, and that’s important. We have had this culture where we brag about how little sleep we got and how well we can function with so little sleep. It was a badge of honor. It’s slowly shifting.”
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USA Today
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Acne: It’s not contagious and other things dermatologists want you to know
“Acne is not about dirt. It’s about inflammation,” Kimball says. So while it’s certainly a good idea to wash your face, “you don’t want to overdo it,” she says. Hard scrubbing with a wash cloth or abrasive cleansers can irritate the skin and make effective treatment more difficult, says Bethanee Schlosser, an assistant professor of dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She worked on the treatment guidelines.
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Pacific Standard
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You’re Pregnant. What Do You Know About the Medication You’re Taking?
As a perinatal psychiatrist, I often hear questions from patients on the safety of medications in pregnancy and breast milk. Of course all women want a healthy pregnancy and the assurance of a healthy baby. If something goes wrong—as it does with three percent of healthy
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STAT News
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An urgent call for diversity in medicine, ‘the profession I love’
The movement to improve diversity has landed in medical schools. Some see this as yet another social agenda run amuck. They couldn’t be more wrong. Remaking the physician workforce so it accommodates the increasingly diverse US population is a path towards better health and lower health care costs. Diversity in medicine should matter to everyone.
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Huffington Post
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Does Exercise Affect How Well You Sleep?
Kelly Glazer Baron, PhD, a clinical psychologist and sleep researcher at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, examines that same study’s findings and remarks on the participants: “For them, exercise and sleep seem to have a relatively uncomplicated relationship. You work out, fatigue your body and mind, and sleep more soundly that night. But people with insomnia and other sleep disturbances tend to be ‘neurologically different’ … They have what we characterize as a hyper-arousal of the stress system.”
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U.S. News & World Report
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Study Suggests Causes for Lupus’ Impact on Immune System
A rheumatologist who was not involved in the study agreed. “At this point, more work is needed, including looking at feasibility and cost issues,” said Dr. Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
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HealthDay
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Study Suggests Causes for Lupus’ Impact on Immune System
A rheumatologist who was not involved in the study agreed. “At this point, more work is needed, including looking at feasibility and cost issues,” said Dr. Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
Ramsey-Goldman also agreed that the findings could eventually lead to new therapies, or point researchers in the direction of existing drugs for other conditions that could be “repurposed” to fight lupus. -
NPR
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Whoops! 12 Tales Of Accidental Brilliance In Science
Melissa Brown was at Northwestern University studying mice with multiple sclerosis. Like most MS researchers, Brown exclusively used female mice — the males just don’t get sick.
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U.S. News and World Report
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Smartphone Blood-Pressure App Often Wrong, Study Finds
Those results are “not good enough,” said American Heart Association past president Dr. Clyde Yancy. “We understand that when we’re measuring blood pressure, the numbers do matter, and we can’t be off by plus or minus 5 or plus or minus 7,” said Yancy, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
