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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WGN
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Could a New mRNA Vaccine Be the Key to Melanoma Treatment?
Dermatologist at Northwestern Medicine Dr. Alan Zhou joins Lisa Dent to highlight the new mRNA vaccine for melanoma that can be tailored to the patient and can reduce the chance of the cancer to return.
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Fox Chicago
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New Institute Aims to Make Northwestern Medicine a Transplant Destination
Northwestern Medicine announced a new transplant institute Tuesday to advance research and expand access to organ transplants. The institute will bring together four centers focused on transplant care, innovation, research and patient access.
Dr. Satish Nadig, a transplant surgeon and the institute’s executive director, says the goal is to become “the destination for transplant innovation.” He describes it as a place patients turn to “when options have run out elsewhere.”
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Chicago Tribune
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‘A Destination for Transplant Innovation’: Northwestern Launches New Transplant Institute
Northwestern Medicine has consolidated its robust transplant program into a new Transplant Institute, with a focus on tech and innovation. Spearheaded by transplant surgeon Dr. Satish Nadig, the announcement of the Northwestern Medicine Transplant Institute comes just a month after the hospital’s 3,000th liver transplant, according to a spokesperson for Northwestern Medicine.
“The idea is to be a destination for transplant innovation,” Nadig said. “What this institute allows us to do is to have the funds to be able to do more and be able to bring in the brightest minds in the country and the world.”
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Chicago Tribune
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Clocks Fall Back this Weekend, Reigniting Debate Over Daylight Saving Time
The fall shift gives that hour back, but at the expense of evening light. Standard time remains in effect for just a third of the year, much to the dismay of medical experts who say it better aligns the body’s internal clock with the natural cycle of the sun. Springing forward in March is associated with poorer sleep and increased risk of heart disease, said Dr. Sabra Abbott, a Northwestern neurologist who specializes in circadian rhythm disorders.
“The entire time that you’re on daylight saving time, your body is still trying to follow solar time,” Abbott said. “You never fully catch up.”
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Forbes
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How To Get Topical Testosterone Online: Best Online Providers
A testosterone deficiency diagnosis requires relevant symptoms and low testosterone levels (below 300 nanograms per deciliter, confirmed by two early-morning blood tests, according to the AUA.
The goal of topical TRT treatment is to restore testosterone levels to a healthy range, defined as 450 to 600 nanograms per deciliter, per the AUA. “You rub it on your shoulders, upper arms or belly once a day, and it soaks through your skin into your bloodstream,” says Nelson Bennett, Jr., M.D., a board-certified urologist and professor of urology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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US News & World Report
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Overwhelmed By Parenting? You’ve Got Plenty Of Company
A new nationwide survey from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago finds 6 in 10 parents experience sensory overload.
“Although parental overstimulation can feel like a purely personal struggle, our results show that it is a very common experience for parents in the U.S.,” said researcher Marie Heffernan, director of Voices of Child Health at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Lurie Children’s. She’s also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine.
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TIME
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A New Way to Think About Women’s Heart Health
Dr. Sadiya S. Khan is a cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, writes about how women are speaking more openly about periods, pregnancy, perimenopause, and menopause, bringing once-taboo topics into public conversation.
“Clinicians and health systems need to now connect these experiences with what the science is telling us about how they influence a woman’s cardiovascular health throughout her life.”
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WGN
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Dr. Santina Wheat on Seasonal Allergies, COVID, and Best Practices
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy for this week’s health update.
Together they talk about COVID coming back and best practices, and answer listeners texts and calls.
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Forbes
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When Memory Concerns Begin: A Call To Action For Brain Health
Subtle changes in memory or thinking often land patients in a “gray zone,” where something seems off but no diagnosis explains it. Neurologists Dr. Nancy Isenberg of Providence Swedish and Dr. Ayush Batra of Northwestern Medicine explain how primary care, virtual care and specialists can work together.
They also cover where blood biomarkers and imaging fit, why vascular health matters decades before symptoms, how to support care partners, and how families can prepare for a cognitive evaluation.
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BBC
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We CAN Survive the Journey to Mars, Say Scientists, if We Do this One Key Thing
A new study has found that the human body is quite capable of travelling to Mars and then moving about on the Martian surface happily.
The Northwestern team, led by Dr. James Thomas, a professor at the university’s Feinberg School of Medicine, were studying how the human heart responds to Martian gravity after a prolonged period spent in microgravity. To do this, they had to simulate Martian gravity on Earth, which they achieved by tipping astronauts through 22 degrees relative to the horizontal.
