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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A mother’s heart health during pregnancy can affect her kids’ health, study finds
“To me, that’s a pretty striking finding,” said Dr. Amanda Perak, a cardiologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital who co-wrote the study. A better understanding of why children have cardiovascular issues can help avoid issues for them including heart attacks, strokes and premature deaths, she said.
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HealthDay
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Mom’s Heart Health While Pregnant Could Influence Her Child’s Health for Years
The reasons are not certain, but it could be a matter of both biology and lifestyle, said lead researcher Dr. Amanda Perak. She’s an assistant professor at Lurie Children’s Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago. Genes, as well as the effects of the uterine environment on fetal development, could be at work, Perak said.
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National Public Radio
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As Scientists Study Tattoo Ink Safety, Europe Bans Two Widely Used Pigments
Walter Liszewski, a dermatologist and cancer researcher at Northwestern University who treats reactions to tattoos, says he’s in favor of government oversight to ensure public safety. But he says extrapolating from lab studies to potential real-world health dangers in people can be difficult.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Apprenticeships are the catalyst for opportunity
Chicago and the state of Illinois are leading the way. MAPP is but one of several new promising programs. Supported by health care providers Rush University Medical Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Chicago Medicine and Sinai Health System, plus West Side United, One Million Degrees and Malcolm X College, the program is designed to help students advance their careers in the health care sector.
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Yahoo! News
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These Dangerous Food Labels Need To Be Cleaned Up, New Study Says
One of the study’s authors, Dr. Ruchi Gupta, director of the Center for Food Allergy&Asthma Research and a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, says allergens used in ingredients are required by law to be listed on food packaging, but precautionary allergen labels like “may contain” or “manufactured on shared equipment” are completely voluntary.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Injected Drug Delivers Up to 20% Weight Loss in Trial
“This drug turned out to be amazingly more effective than anything else we’ve seen come before,” said senior researcher Dr. Robert Kushner, a professor of medicine specializing in obesity treatment at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago. “It’s the very first time we have a medication that even begins to approach the weight loss people achieve with bariatric surgery.”
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The New York Times
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‘A Game Changer’: Drug Brings Weight Loss in Patients With Obesity
The drug, semaglutide, made by Novo Nordisk, already is marketed as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes. In a clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago tested semaglutide at a much higher dose as an anti-obesity medication.
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Fox News
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Many first report peanut allergy symptoms in adulthood, study finds
“Given the high prevalence of peanut allergy among U.S. adults, additional therapies are needed to help address this growing burden of disease,” Dr. Ruchi Gupta, study author and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, said in the Eurekalert.org news release.
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Los Angeles Times
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As alcohol abuse rises amid pandemic, hospitals see a wave of deadly liver disease
“There’s been a tremendous influx,” said Dr. Haripriya Maddur, a hepatologist at Northwestern Medicine. Many of her patients “were doing just fine” before the pandemic, having avoided relapse for years. But subject to the stress of the pandemic, “all of the sudden, [they] were in the hospital again,” she said.
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National Public Radio
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My Mother Got Vaccinated. Is It Now Safe To Visit?
Until then, “You still pose a clear and present danger to your parents,” says Dr. June McKoy, associate professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. A visit may depend on where your loved one lives “Everybody got excited when the vaccines came out,” says McKoy, a geriatrician who works with nursing homes in Chicago.
