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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BBC Radio
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New study on female fertility
Women may struggle to conceive as they age because their ovaries become scarred and inflamed, new research suggests. Until now it was believed fertility rates fell in females over 40 because the quality of their eggs declines. But the new study suggests it might be damage to the ovaries, which produce the eggs, that is to blame instead. Lead author Dr Francesca Duncan, of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, joins BBC 5 Live to discuss her research.
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The New York Times
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Dementia Patients Hold On to Love Through Shared Stories
Can you keep the love light shining after your partner’s brain has begun to dim? Just ask Denise Tompkins of Naperville, Ill., married 36 years to John, now 69, who has Alzheimer’s disease. The Tompkinses participated in an unusual eight-week storytelling workshop at Northwestern University that is helping to keep the spark of love alive in couples coping with the challenges of encroaching dementia. Every week participants are given a specific assignment to write a brief story about events in their lives that they then share with others in the group. The program culminates with a moving, often funny, 20-minute written story read alternately by the partners in each couple in front of an audience. The storytelling workshop, which started in January of 2014, was the brainchild of Lauren Dowden, then an intern in social work at Northwestern’s Cognitive, Neurological and Alzheimer’s Disease Center.
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The New York Times
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Rediscovering the Kitchen, and Other Tips for Heart Health
Dr. Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, a chief architect of a 2010 strategic plan to improve cardiovascular health, said: The whole may be greater than the sum of the parts. We shouldnt assume that chronic diseases automatically occur with aging. Living healthfully until we die is an achievable goal. Dr. Lloyd-Jones, a cardiologist and preventive medicine specialist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, chaired an American Heart Association committee of experts that adopted the recommended changes. Instead of focusing on the negative, the plan aims to achieve ideal cardiovascular health through ideal health behaviors and ideal health factors.
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HealthDay
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Eczema’s Effects More Than Skin Deep
People dealing with the itchy skin condition known as eczema may have other medical conditions to cope with as well, including heart disease, a dermatologist says. Eczema, which causes dry, red patches of skin and intense itchiness, affects an estimated one-quarter of children in the United States. And, as many as seven million adults also have eczema, Dr. Jonathan Silverberg said in an American Academy of Dermatology news release. “Although it affects the skin, eczema is not just skin-deep. This disease can have a serious impact on patients’ quality of life and overall health, both physically and mentally,” Silverberg said. He’s assistant professor in dermatology, medical social sciences and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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The Huffington Post
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LGBT PTSD, The ADA And Disability Rights — Why It Matters
And a February 2016 study at Northwestern University found it doesn’t ‘Get Better’ for some bullied LGBT youth. “Discrimination, harassment and assault of LGBT youths is still very much a problem for about a third of adolescents,” the press release said. “What’s more, it’s often very severe, ongoing and leads to lasting mental health problems such as major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).” “With bullying, I think people often assume ‘that’s just kids teasing kids,’ and that’s not true,” said Brian Mustanski, an associate professor in medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and director of the new Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. “If these incidents, which might include physical and sexual assaults, weren’t happening in schools, people would be calling the police. These are criminal offenses.”
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Fox News (National)
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The scientific reason you hate coffee or love it
In 2009, a group of Italian scientists found that slow caffeine metabolizers with moderate to heavy coffee consumption were more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than fast metabolizers. Among fast caffeine metabolizers, the more coffee they drank, the lower their risk of hypertension. But as Marilyn Cornelis, PhD, of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, pointed out to the Times, it’s not all about your CYP1A2 status. There are many genes that are part of the caffeine metabolism process.
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Chicago Tribune
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Your teen’s at Lolla? The overrun ER docs await.
Last year after measuring the influx of intoxicated teens, Lurie warned parents of the dangers of binge drinking and the need for more oversight from event security. “We hear about Lollapalooza concert-goers damaging the grass in Grant Park, but we never hear about the binge drinking among underage drinkers,” Dr. Robert Tanz, a pediatrician at Lurie and pediatrics professor at Northwestern University, said in a statement. “Teenage binge drinking at this festival is definitely a public health issue.”
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The New York Times
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Uncle Sam Wants You — Or at Least Your Genetic and Lifestyle Information
People can sign up through academic medical centers at Columbia University, Northwestern University in Illinois, the University of Arizona and the University of Pittsburgh, each of which is working with local partners. Columbia, for example, is collaborating with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Harlem Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine.
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U.S. New & World Report
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Med Students View Ex-Patients’ E-Records to Track Progress
Many U.S. medical students use electronic health records to track the progress of their former patients and confirm the accuracy of their diagnoses, a new study shows. While the practice raises issues over privacy, checking up on former patients may not be a bad thing overall, the researchers said. The students “are accessing health information for educational purposes — it is important for them to learn medicine by observing the course of illness,” said study co-author Dr. Gregory Brisson, of Northwestern University’s School of Medicine in Chicago.
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HealthDay
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Med Students View Ex-Patients’ E-Records to Track Progress
Many U.S. medical students use electronic health records to track the progress of their former patients and confirm the accuracy of their diagnoses, a new study shows. While the practice raises issues over privacy, checking up on former patients may not be a bad thing overall, the researchers said. The students “are accessing health information for educational purposes — it is important for them to learn medicine by observing the course of illness,” said study co-author Dr. Gregory Brisson, of Northwestern University’s School of Medicine in Chicago.
