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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WTTW
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Nearly 2M Illinois Residents Stand to Lose SNAP Benefits Amid Government Shutdown
Nearly 2 million Illinois residents, including 900,000 people in Cook County, face losing their benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, if Congress fails to pass a budget by Nov. 1.
Some critics of SNAP, like the Illinois Policy Institute, cite the state’s error rate. Illinois has a higher error rate than the national average at 11.6%, which the conservative institution reports costs taxpayers up to $700 million in penalties.
“The error rates include anything from a typo to misqualifying somebody,” said Lindsay Allen, a health economist and policy researcher at Northwestern University School of Medicine. “It’s really overstating how many people are getting SNAP benefits when they normally shouldn’t be.”
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Fox Chicago
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Northwestern scientists develop nanomedicine that wipes out leukemia in animal study
A groundbreaking Northwestern University study has unveiled a new nanomedicine that wiped out acute myeloid leukemia in animal trials — a major step forward in the fight against cancer.
Chad Mirkin, PhD, is director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University. In a new study, Mirkin and his team focused on the traditional chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu), which often fails to reach cancer cells efficiently.
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ABC, Good Morning America
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Father and daughter take on breast cancer together
GMA shares the inspiring story of a father and daughter who discovered they’d be battling breast cancer side by side. Regina Stein, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, spoke on the potential genetic link.
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WGN
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Deficiency in Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Have Negative Effects on Children’s Health
We hear a lot about omega-3 fatty acids and most of what we hear is that we don’t get enough of them in our diets. In the audio clip above, Dr. Daniel Robinson, an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and an attending physician in the Division of Neonatology at Lurie Children’s Hospital, tells WGN’s Steve Alexander about a city-wide study of Chicago adults.
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NPR
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Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress
Our social media feeds can push us to the dark side, with content full of strife and anger, or videos that make us feel bad about ourselves. But there is a way to reprogram what you see by making different choices. And a new study finds three to five minutes of inspiring content each day can help you feel more positive.
“This finding is not a surprise at all to me,” says Judith Moskowitz of Northwestern University who studies the impact of positive emotions. “It’s great to have the science tell us what we sort of know intuitively — that if we look at positive content, we’re going to feel more positive and more hope,” she says.
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Washington Post
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A big study links feeding babies peanuts to lower allergy risk. When to do it.
Feeding peanut products to infants was connected with a 43 percent lower association with developing peanut allergies, according to a study published recently in the journal Pediatrics.
“Children can’t be carefree, and for parents it’s very stressful because allergies influence where families can go: from restaurants to sporting events to social activities,” said Ruchi Gupta, director of the Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research at Northwestern University, who also serves on the board of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy and Immunology.
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Fox News
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Scientists uncover how some 80-year-olds have the memory of 50-year-olds
In studying nearly 300 SuperAgers for the past 25 years, the Northwestern researchers identified some common traits, including being “highly social and outgoing” and having strong interpersonal relationships.
“It’s really what we’ve found in their brains that’s been so earth-shattering for us,” noted co-author Dr. Sandra Weintraub, professor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences and neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in the release.
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Fox Chicago
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Botox-like treatment eases phantom limb pain for Ukrainian war amputees
A groundbreaking Northwestern Medicine study finds that a Botox-like injection can dramatically reduce phantom limb pain in Ukrainian war amputees. “ChicagoLIVE” speaks with Dr. Steven Cohen, senior study author and Director of Pain Research at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, about how this innovative treatment targets nerves to relieve pain and help amputees regain mobility and use of prosthetics.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern researchers find clues to ‘black box’ mystery of lung transplant rejection
By cracking a medical mystery, Northwestern Medicine researchers may be on the cusp of discovering new drugs to treat the high prevalence of lung transplant rejection.
In a study published this week in JCI Insight, Dr. Ankit Bharat, director of the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute, laid out how abnormal cells emerge and work to cause lung damage and transplant rejection, which more than 50% of lung-transplant recipients experience within five years of getting a donated lung.
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NPR
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RFK Jr., the FDA, and supplement regulations
Around 75 percent of Americans take a supplement, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He once said he took so many vitamins he couldn’t remember them all. But RFK Jr., who champions supplements and other alternative medicines, is now pushing the FDA for stronger regulations.
What could that mean for the supplement industry? And why are so many Americans turning to health alternatives today? Melinda Ring, MD, director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern Medicine, shares insight on 1A.
