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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U.S. News & World Report
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Getting Healthy After Heart Attack Could Add Over 7 Years to Life
“I’m an enormous fan of cardiac rehab,” said Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, president of the American Heart Association. After a heart attack, he explained, people can be fearful about exercise, depressed, or feel like it’s “too late” to do anything about their cardiovascular health.
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Chicago Tribune
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With COVID-19 screening on the rise, here are 10 tips for taking at-home tests
“The advantage of (rapid antigen tests) is they are quick and easy to use and give a result right away,” said Elizabeth McNally, director of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Center for Genetic Medicine. “So if a person feels they had an exposure, these tests can be done at home and give a quick result.”
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NBC Chicago
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What Missouri schools learned the hard way about rapid Covid testing
“In the K-12 space, there really has not been that much testing,” said Dr. Tina Tan, a professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. “It really has been more that kids have symptoms screened before they’ve gone to school, and if they become symptomatic, then they’re tested.”
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Los Angeles Times
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How parents can keep their kids safe from COVID as they return to school
“Ventilation is critically important because it is clear that the virus is spread through respiratory droplets, even through ordinary activities such as talking and eating,” said Mercedes Carnethon, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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The Washington Post
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‘I’m still not planning to get it’: FDA approval not swaying some vaccine holdouts
The sheer number of still-skeptical Americans — and their willingness to shift the goal posts on what might convince them — underscores that vaccination mandates are essential, said Robert Murphy, an infectious-disease physician and executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
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HealthDay
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A Little Wine & Certain Foods Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Healthy
Overall, the study found, diversity in gut bacteria explained up to 15% of the link between those flavonoid-rich foods and lower blood pressure. Studies like this are helping researchers better understand exactly how diet affects health, according to Linda Van Horn, a volunteer expert with the American Heart Association (AHA).
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HealthDay
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Age Can Impair a Man’s Odds for Fatherhood: Study
A man who is concerned about his fertility can take a number of common-sense steps, said Dr. Robert Brannigan, professor in the department of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.f
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WGN 9
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Covid vaccine 2.0: Local researchers already working on next generation of shots
A new and improved shot is already in the works, think of it as Covid vaccine 2.0. And local scientists like Northwestern Medicine Immunologist Dr Pablo Penaloza-Macmaster said it better protects against breakthrough infections. “They are pretty effective in terms of preventing severe disease and death,” he said.
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Chicago Tribune
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Will more Illinois residents get vaccinated now that Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has FDA approval?
“I think it will help a few people, move them toward wanting the vaccine, but I think the biggest benefit will probably come from the comfort bigger organizations have in mandates,” said Dr. Jeffrey Linder, a primary care doctor at Northwestern Medicine and chief of the division of general internal medicine and geriatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Dangerous Diabetes Tied to Pregnancy Is on the Rise
“While moms’ age has increased slightly, we saw similar increases in gestational diabetes in every age group from 15 to 44, so age can’t be the only driver,” said study co-author Dr. Sadiya Khan, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago.
