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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Crain’s Chicago Business
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In Other News
NEW HEART FAILURE CENTER: The new Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure Center at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital is treating patients with advanced heart failure, the Daily Herald reported. Northwestern Memorial will continue handling heart transplant and mechanical support device surgery.[…]DIAGNOSING DISEASE WITH 3-D TECH: Northwestern University researchers have developed a new tool that could help diagnose diseases earlier by detecting subtle changes in capillary organization, the university announced. The 3-D imaging technique is called spectral contrast optical coherence tomography angiography.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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WHO’S NEWS
As Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital further integrates into the large hospital system, Chief of Medical Staff Dr. Jill Holden is looking to strengthen the hospital’s sense of community. Situated on 160-acres, the $399 million hospital opened in March. Holden, 56, who became the first woman to serve as chief of medical staff at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital last fall, said she doesn’t want the facility’s growth to prevent doctors from taking a neighborly approach to health care.
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TODAY
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How to get rid of chapped lips: The 10 best chapsticks and lip balms
“Composed mainly of plain petrolatum, this product moisturizes and prevents chapped lips. It also serves as a good barrier between the lips and the elements. It is great for regular and frequent use and most people will not react to the ingredients,” said Dr. Edidiong Kaminska, a board-certified dermatologist at Northwestern Medical Group and a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
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Yahoo! News
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We Asked a Doctor How Long a Cold Is Contagious, and You Guys, It’s Alarming
Colds are the worst, in part because they’re just so ridiculously contagious. “The ‘common cold’ is caused by a variety of respiratory viruses, the most common of which is the rhinovirus,” John E. Anderson, DO, an internal medicine physician at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, told POPSUGAR. Adults average at least two colds each year, because germs are coughed or sneezed into the air, eventually making their way into our systems. “The best way to avoid catching a cold is to avoid aerosol exposure,” Dr. Anderson said. “Wash your hands and keep them away from mucous membranes such as your eyes, nose, and mouth.”
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The New York Times
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Scientists Are Teaching the Body to Accept New Organs
Far more people need kidneys than need any other organ — there are about 19,500 kidney transplants a year, compared with 8,000 transplanted livers. And those transplanted kidneys rarely last a lifetime of battering with immunosuppressive drugs. “If you are 30 or 40 and get a kidney transplant, that is not the only kidney you will need,” said Dr. Joseph R. Leventhal, who directs the kidney and pancreas transplant programs at Northwestern University.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Diet or Exercise — or Both?
Northwestern University researchers found that it’s not only doable, but also more effective, to change unhealthy behaviors simultaneously. Different groups of study participants were given a pair of changes to make. One involved diet — either lowering saturated fat or increasing fruit and vegetables. The other involved activity — either increasing exercise or reducing screen time. All participants received remote coaching to help them with motivation, but those assigned to eat more produce and spend less time with their gadgets were most successful at making healthy changes stick.
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Yahoo News
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Serena Williams Is (Understandably) Worried About Blood Clots While at the Australian Open
If you’ve had DVT before, your risk of having another blood clot typically depends on what caused it the first time and your current risk factors, Ashley Vavra, M.D., an assistant professor of vascular surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, tells SELF. The extent of the clot at the initial diagnosis and how much scar tissue it leaves behind also contribute to whether you’ll develop DVT again, study coauthor Mounir Haurani, M.D., a vascular surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells SELF.
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The New York Times
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Your Sweat Will See You Now
“It fits into a broader trend that you’re seeing in medicine, which is personalized, tailored approaches to treatment and delivery of care,” said John Rogers, a biomedical engineer at Northwestern University in Illinois and the key architect of the device. Technology like this has been anticipated for years, but the field has accelerated rapidly. Some similar devices in development are soft. Some use electric sensors to read chemicals. Others rely on colorimetrics, in which the intensity of the color in the readout matches the concentration of the chemical being monitored. The new device delivers all of that in a battery-free and wireless form.
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Chicago Tribune
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‘There are a number of ways to be a man’: New guidelines for psychologists are intended to help in treatment of men and boys
In working with men, Saper said, he finds it helpful if those who are fathers use their children as motivation to change behaviors or deal with their emotions. “It helps them make changes for the benefit of their kids.” That’s important because fathers model behavior for their children, including what it means “to be masculine and a caregiver,” said Sheehan Fisher, a psychologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, who researches fathers’ mental health.
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Associated Press
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Nearly One in Four Antibiotic Prescriptions Were Unnecessary in Study of Privately Insured Patients in 2016
“Our study shows the unacceptable scale of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in the United States,” said Jeffrey Linder, M.D., Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. “It underscores the need to learn more about prescriptions that aren’t justified by a diagnosis – or are written after no diagnosis at all.” Given the importance of combating antibiotic resistance, researchers note that their classification scheme could facilitate future efforts to measure comprehensively outpatient antibiotic appropriateness in the U.S., and could be adapted for use in other countries that are using ICD-10 codes.
