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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Yahoo! News
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These Dangerous Food Labels Need To Be Cleaned Up, New Study Says
One of the study’s authors, Dr. Ruchi Gupta, director of the Center for Food Allergy&Asthma Research and a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, says allergens used in ingredients are required by law to be listed on food packaging, but precautionary allergen labels like “may contain” or “manufactured on shared equipment” are completely voluntary.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Injected Drug Delivers Up to 20% Weight Loss in Trial
“This drug turned out to be amazingly more effective than anything else we’ve seen come before,” said senior researcher Dr. Robert Kushner, a professor of medicine specializing in obesity treatment at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago. “It’s the very first time we have a medication that even begins to approach the weight loss people achieve with bariatric surgery.”
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The New York Times
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‘A Game Changer’: Drug Brings Weight Loss in Patients With Obesity
The drug, semaglutide, made by Novo Nordisk, already is marketed as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes. In a clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago tested semaglutide at a much higher dose as an anti-obesity medication.
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Fox News
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Many first report peanut allergy symptoms in adulthood, study finds
“Given the high prevalence of peanut allergy among U.S. adults, additional therapies are needed to help address this growing burden of disease,” Dr. Ruchi Gupta, study author and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, said in the Eurekalert.org news release.
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Los Angeles Times
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As alcohol abuse rises amid pandemic, hospitals see a wave of deadly liver disease
“There’s been a tremendous influx,” said Dr. Haripriya Maddur, a hepatologist at Northwestern Medicine. Many of her patients “were doing just fine” before the pandemic, having avoided relapse for years. But subject to the stress of the pandemic, “all of the sudden, [they] were in the hospital again,” she said.
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National Public Radio
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My Mother Got Vaccinated. Is It Now Safe To Visit?
Until then, “You still pose a clear and present danger to your parents,” says Dr. June McKoy, associate professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. A visit may depend on where your loved one lives “Everybody got excited when the vaccines came out,” says McKoy, a geriatrician who works with nursing homes in Chicago.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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COVID mental health: Black Americans especially affected by pandemic, racism
Dr. Aderonke Pederson is a psychiatrist and instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Northwestern University. She’s an advocate for Black health and wellness. She says while we celebrate Black History Month, we also need to examine the impact COVID-19 and racism have on the daily lives of Black people.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Pregnant women encouraged to get COVID vaccine; here’s why
There is no scientific evidence between COVID-19 vaccination and infertility, according to Dr. Tarun Jain, Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Jain, a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist, said the vaccine is very effective, and the major medical societies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend women who are trying to conceive or pregnant to get the vaccine.
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Yahoo! News
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‘I was in so much pain’: Broadway dancer needs new kidney after failed transplant
“While no kidney will last forever, a kidney transplant is expected to last for several years,” Dr. Dinee C. Simpson, a transplant surgeon at Northwestern Medicine, tells Yahoo Life.”It’s very uncommon to lose a kidney so quickly, and its a devastating event for all involved.”
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Chicago Tribune
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‘I was so shocked:’ Healthcare worker denied Moderna vaccine because Kane County says it will not give it to pregnant or breastfeeding moms
Denying women vaccines is concerning for multiple reasons, said Dr. Emily Miller, assistant professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Northwestern Medicine’s Feinberg School of Medicine. It sends a message that women cannot make decisions about their own health and body. And for breastfeeding moms, it could add pressure to wean. “That just creates a whole different risk balance that doesn’t need to be introduced,” she said. “That’s just not fair to put women in that scenario.”
