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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TIME
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Why the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Caused a Widespread Existential Crisis
Quarantine also creates a perfect storm for making big decisions, says Jacqueline Gollan, a psychiatry professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine who studies decision making. Many people are stuck at home for most of their waking hours, watching one day bleed into the next. When it feels like nothing noteworthy is going on, people may try to make things happen.
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TODAY
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Blood pressure should be taken in both arms, new study suggests
“It is likely that meaningful differences in blood pressure between the left and right arms indicates a narrowing of major arteries due to atherosclerosis (a build up of fats, cholesterol and more on the artery walls),” said study co-author Dr. Mary McDermott, a professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
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COVID-19 Q&A: Am I eligible to get the vaccine if I’m out of state? When will vaccine testing begin for those 16 and younger? Coronavirus questions answered.
According to Dr. Kevin Most, a board-certified physician in family medicine and chief medical officer and senior vice president for medical affairs at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, the issue is going to hinge on whether the reader has a physician who will identify her as being high risk.
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TODAY
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I’m pregnant. Should I get the COVID-19 vaccine?
On the other hand, for people who are able to work from home and isolate, “maybe the risk-benefit decision favors waiting until we have a little bit more data,” Dr. Emily Miller, an OB-GYN at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, told TODAY.
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Being Alone For The Holidays Provides Time To ‘Reflect On What It Means To Be Human’
Doctor Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler, a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, said the holidays can be stressful in a normal year, but now there’s the added stress of uncertainty and health risks. “People are really having a hard time with being isolated and not being able to physically see their family and their friends,” Burnett-Zeigler said.
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Chicago Tribune
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Comings and Goings: Palos Health to join Northwestern Medicine, open new office building in Mokena
Palos Health announced last week it will join Northwestern Medicine on Jan 1. Earlier this year, the governing boards for both organizations approved the merger and definitive agreement. All regulatory approvals have now been received.
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TODAY
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‘Silver lining’ of 2020: Medical and nursing schools see increase in applications
“People are able to interview more cheaply and much easier than before because they could just apply and accept an interview,” Dr. John Flaherty, professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who directs the infectious disease fellowship, which also saw an increase in interested potential trainees. “That increases the number of applications as well.”
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Chicago Tribune
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A patient saying over and over, ‘Please save my life,’ will forever be remembered. 2 Chicago nurses who treated COVID-19 patients have been journaling their experiences.
Knowing she would want a record of what she experienced, Northwestern Memorial Hospital nurse Blair Bobier, 30, began keeping a journal. Lindsey Gradone, 34, a Northwestern nurse practitioner in the COVID-19 intensive care unit, felt the same and thought of how her family treasures her grandfather’s journal chronicling World War II, so she started her own.
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HealthDay
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What You Need to Know About the New Variant of COVID-19
Three Northwestern experts — Lorenzo-Redondo, a research assistant professor in infectious diseases; Dr. Michael Ison, a professor of infectious diseases; and Dr. Marc Sala, an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care — answer some key questions people might have about the new variant.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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It’s time for overdose prevention sites, Chicago
As a medical and public health student at Northwestern, I’ve witnessed the advances we’ve made in treating opioid use disorders and overdoses. A medication called naloxone (brand name Narcan) allows for seemingly miraculous saves by blocking the action of opioids, often bringing patients back from the brink of death.
