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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NBC News
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Patients Say They Want Alzheimer’s Blood Tests. Doctors Aren’t Sure They Help.
The idea is straightforward: Take a blood test now, even without symptoms, and learn if you could some day develop Alzheimer’s disease.
“A lot of people seem to want to understand what’s happening to them,” said Andrea Russell, a clinical and primary care psychologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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WGN
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Dr. Santina Wheat: Can Playing in Mud and Soil Help Our Immunity?
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy Snyder for this week’s health update.
Dr. Wheat talks about a new pancreatic cancer vaccine, vertigo, macular degeneration, and more.
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Fox News
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What Are Peptides? FDA May Ease Restrictions on Unproven Health Fad
The Food and Drug Administration will soon consider easing restrictions on peptide injections, the popular, unproven therapies touted by wellness influencers like Joe Rogan and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Dr. Melinda Ring, director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said the body naturally produces thousands of peptides, regulating “everything from hormone signaling to immune response and tissue repair.”
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NBC News
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Can Honey Help Alleviate Seasonal Allergy Symptoms? Experts Weigh In
“Ingesting honey has not been scientifically proven to help with seasonal allergies,” says Dr. Ruchi S. Gupta, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
However, while honey doesn’t help with seasonal allergies, it offers other health benefits since it’s a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, says Gupta.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Understanding Misconceptions Around Infertility
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week and infertility is more common than many realize, affecting 1 in 6 people globally.
Michelle Shetty, a local mom and nurse who is sharing her personal journey, and Doctor Kara Goldman, an infertility specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital joined ABC7 to talk about how common infertility is and some of the biggest misconceptions.
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WebMD
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Expert Q&A: A Clinician’s Experience With Recurrent Pericarditis
To better understand recurrent pericarditis, and how its treatment and care are changing, we spoke with cardiologist Mohamed Al-Kazaz, MD. He’s the medical director for the pericardial disease clinic at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
He shares what he sees in the clinic and what he wants people with recurrent pericarditis to know.
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WGN
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Dr. Sterling Elliott: Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of Orthopaedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, and Dr. Kimbra Bell Balark, Medical Director of the Bronzeville Outpatient Center at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to talk about Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25th.
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Fox Chicago
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Chicago Doctor on Detecting, Surviving Esophageal Cancer
April is esophageal cancer awareness month. The earlier you catch it, the better your chances. Esophageal cancer has a low survival rate with no symptoms or silent symptoms.
“I think the scary part about the cancer is that the vast majority of patients who develop this cancer have reflux, which is the cause, but they are asymptomatic so there’s stuff coming up from the stomach injuring the esophagus, and they just don’t know that this is happening,” said Dr. Sri Komanduri from Northwestern Medicine.
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PBS
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‘Supergers’ and the Science Behind Longer, Sharper Lives
For thousands of years, humans have tried to avoid growing old. Billions are spent every year on potions and procedures to make us look younger, feel younger and think younger. It’s a hugely profitable, but ultimately fruitless hunt.
But science has started to zero in on some proven techniques. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores that with Dr. Eric Topol and Dr. Sandra Weintraub.
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WGN
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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Vaccinate Your Kids According to the Vaccination Schedule
Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about why more people under age 55 are dying of heart attacks, a pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine showing lasting results in an early trial, and to answer all of your medical questions.
