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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CNN
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These 14 Products Make it Easier to Sleep While Sharing a Bed
You could try gel-infused memory foam bedding for added benefits. “Foam mattresses and gel mattresses or mattress toppings can help with comfort and regulate temperature,” Dr. Phyllis Zee, the chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern Medicine, said.
The gel foam topper is designed to enhance mattresses that feel too firm by adding a layer of plushness, and its open-cell construction helps with ventilation to prevent overheating.
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WGN
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Age Is Just a Number for 87-Year-Old Northwestern Medicine Transplant Recipient
Turns out age is just a number! That’s what a local 87-year-old learned when she needed a new kidney and her doctors went to bat for her.
For Sheila Perry’s care team, there wasn’t a shadow of doubt. “She is full of life,” Northwestern Medicine transplant surgeon Dr. Vinayak Rohan said. “She has so much energy, she walks two miles a day more than maybe I do.”
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Chicago Tribune
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At 87, Wheaton Woman Becomes Oldest Known Female in Illinois to Get Kidney Transplant
Doctors say transplant surgery is still a relatively new and evolving medical field. While every transplant candidate has different health circumstances, a successful transplant encourages doctors to look beyond a patient’s age.
“We are learning the limits of our field in real time,” said Satish Nadig, a transplant surgeon at Northwestern Medicine. “When something like this happens, we think to ourselves, ‘Wow, we have come so far and still have so far to go.’”
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The New York Times
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Services Sold to Boost I.V.F. Odds Backed by Little Evidence, Study Finds
Elnur Babayev, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University who was not involved in the study, said the demand for add-ons came from desperation. Most I.V.F. cycles don’t result in a child. Doing multiple cycles increases the odds, but also the costs, and many women still won’t get pregnant. Patients are eager for something to improve their chances, and clinicians want to offer it.
But while there may be specific groups of people for whom a particular add-on could be appropriate, Dr. Babayev said, “this should not be routinely offered to every I.V.F. patient.”
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WGN
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Exoskeletons Revolutionize Physical Therapy for Stroke
The traditional path to help patients regain movement after a stroke or spinal cord injury takes a herculean effort. And now robots are literally stepping in to help.
José L. Pons is a Northwestern University professor and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Scientific Chair. “The idea is to combine, compliment the skills of the therapist with the skills of the exoskeleton,” he said.
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WGN
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Get Shingles Vaccine if You Are Over 50
Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about a new study that found that the two-dose Shingrix shingles vaccine is linked to a 33% lower risk of dementia in adults over age 65. Dr. Kopin also answers your medical questions.
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US News & World Report
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Short Videos Help First-Time Dads Learn Newborn Safety Basics
Brief videos can help first-time fathers better protect their newborns, a new study says. Videos on safe sleep, infant crying and car safety helped educate dads on ways they can guard against injury, researchers reported June 19 in the journal Pediatrics Open Science.
“New fathers often report feeling like bystanders in healthcare settings, with parenting supports primarily focused on the mother from pregnancy through the postpartum,” said lead researcher Mikaela Thompson, a medical student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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WGN
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Dr. Santina Wheat With the Latest Developments on GLP-1s
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update. They discuss further developments surrounding GLP-1s, new ingredients in sunscreen, and take listener questions.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Chicago Researchers Test Connected Exoskeletons to Help Stroke Patients Walk
In a first-of-its-kind study by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University, therapists and stroke survivors were equipped with virtually connected lower-limb exoskeletons to help the patients relearn walking.
“Therapist-led rehabilitation remains the foundation of recovery for many patients, and this research shows promise for complementing this standard of care,” José Pons, a scientific chair at AbilityLab and professor at Northwestern University, said in a press release.
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The New York Times
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Dads Get Postpartum Depression, Too
“Dads are at risk for the same things that mothers go through,” said Sheehan Fisher, a perinatal clinical psychologist at Northwestern University. He said an estimated 10 percent of fathers develop symptoms like depression and anxiety during the perinatal period, from pregnancy through the first year after childbirth.
That’s about half the percentage of mothers who develop such symptoms, Dr. Fisher said, noting that for women and men, “postpartum depression” is often shorthand for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, a category that includes conditions like anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
