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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Reopening anxiety: As Illinois celebrates the milestone start of phase five, some are uneasy about dropping pandemic protocols
Clinical psychologist Sheehan Fisher said feelings of anxiety amid reopening make sense. “It’s been over a year where we’ve been conditioned to have a certain level of fear about being around people without a mask or being in proximity with others,” said Fisher, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “That’s a significant amount of time that can condition us to avoid those types of interactions.”
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TIME
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Your Pandemic Habits May Fade Away—But the Strength and Wisdom You Gained Won’t
So may be the case post-coronavirus—lots of people have discovered they like remote work and at-home workouts, among other facets of pandemic life, and don’t intend to go back to their old systems. “We’re likely to stick to aspects of our pandemic lifestyles if they can optimize our quality of life,” says Jacqueline Gollan, a psychology professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine who researches decision making.
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TODAY
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Cough leads to stroke, locked-in syndrome: ‘I knew what was happening, but couldn’t move’
A chronic cough caused Dr. Shaiba Ansari-Ali, a rheumatologist at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Illinois, to suffer a rare and particularly deadly type of stroke when she was 42. She also experienced locked-in syndrome, a period of time where she was aware of what was happening but appeared unconscious to others.
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The Washington Post
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Save your skin: How you shower matters more than when, dermatologists say
Water temperature and timing are also important factors to consider if you’re a night showerer who hopes it will help you sleep, said Phyllis Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. For best results, Zee recommends taking a warm shower between one to two hours before going to bed.
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HealthDay
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His Implanted Microchip Could Help Save Him From a Stroke
The other team, led by Dr. Richard Bernstein of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, had even better results. The chip detected atrial fibrillation in 12% of patients, versus about 2% detected by external cardiac monitoring, among nearly 500 recent stroke victims. The implantable chips are approved for use in the United States and Canada, but still face obstacles, experts said.
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CNN
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New Links Between Poor Sleep, Diabetes and Death
“People with diabetes, but not sleep disturbances, were 67% more likely to die compared to people with neither diabetes or sleep issues, and 87% more likely to die if they had both diabetes and frequent sleep disturbances,” said study author Kristen Knutson, associate professor of neurology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Chicago Tribune
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No link between stress and infertility, doctor says, so stop telling couples, ‘Oh, just relax and you’ll get pregnant’
While infertility is stressful emotionally and physically (i.e., the pain associated with in vitro fertilization), Dr. Tarun Jain, reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist at Northwestern Medicine, wants to reassure those going through it that there is no established link between emotional stress and infertility.
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WTTW News
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Experts: ‘Reopening Anxiety’ is Real, Widespread and to Be Expected
It is a day many people have longed for, but if you’re experiencing anxiety about a return to something like normal, you are not alone. Experts say so-called “reopening anxiety” is real, widespread and to be expected. Dr. Aderonke O Bamgbose Pederson, instructor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern Medicine, says some anxiety is natural.
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ABC News
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Newly approved drug heralded as ‘game changer’ in the growing national obesity crisis
“We don’t use those terms lightly,” Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine professor Dr. Robert F. Kushner, an obesity medicine specialist and trial investigator for the drug, told ABC News. “I’ve been involved in the field for 40 years. The reason we think that way, it results in amount of weight loss of an average of 15% or more, which we have not seen before.”
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The New York Times
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Medical Journals Blind to Racism as Health Crisis, Critics Say
Dr. Melissa Simon is director of the Center for Health Equity Information at Northwestern University and a member of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, an expert panel that advises doctors on best practices. She recalled many unpleasant interactions with JAMA staff, including being talked over on podcasts. “I’m actually glad that they showed their biases to the world, because many of us have experienced these biases with JAMA for a while now,” she said.
