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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Reuters
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Living with HIV means increased risk of heart disease
“Even when the virus is controlled such that it is not detectable by routine blood tests, there remains an HIV reservoir in certain tissues of the body which leads to chronic immune system activation and inflammation,” said Dr. Matthew Feinstein of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, lead author of the statement. “This chronic immune activation and inflammation can, over time, lead to plaque buildup in the arteries of the heart and blood vessels, and possibly more blood clotting and problems with the heart muscle itself,” Feinstein said by email. “The result…is more heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure due to problems with the heart muscle’s ability to squeeze and/or relax.”
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Reuters
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U.S. soldiers have worse heart health than civilians
Although the proportion of soldiers and civilians with ideal BMI was comparable, this was unexpected because of the regular exercise Army personnel get, said the study’s senior author Dr. Darwin Labarthe, a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. The blood pressure and BMI findings are especially concerning because these factors are so much lower at recruitment, Labarthe said. “We need to find out what it is that accelerates the development of high blood pressure and obesity,” he said.
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HealthDay
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HIV Patients More Likely to Have Heart Troubles, But Less Access to Care
According to Dr. Matthew Feinstein, chair of the statement writing group, “Considerable gaps exist in our knowledge about HIV-associated diseases of the heart and blood vessels, in part because HIV’s transition from a fatal disease to a chronic condition is relatively recent, so long-term data on heart disease risks are limited.” Feinstein is an assistant professor of medicine and preventive medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago.
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TODAY
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When it comes to cholesterol, is chicken as bad as red meat?
“For many people a varied approach including any or all of these foods within the context of high fruit, vegetable and whole grain, nuts/seeds/legume intake along with polyunsaturated or monounsaturated oils can serve as a healthy eating pattern with plenty of variety,” Dr. Linda Van Horn, a volunteer nutrition expert with the AHA, told NBC News. Other outside experts also pointed out that diet is just one factor when it comes to overall heart disease risk.
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National Public Radio
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We Asked, You Answered: Are Fly-In Medical Missions Helpful Or Harmful?
Then there are concerns about the pressures put on the mission participants. Natalie Sheneman, a program and research assistant, is co-author of a Northwestern University study on the experiences of health professionals and trainees in fly-in missions. Of the 200 participants in the study, she writes, “We found that nearly half had been asked to practice a skill or procedure outside their scope, and of that group, about two-thirds went on to perform the requested skill or procedure.” The survey also “found evidence of long-term emotional distress following these experiences.”
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CNN
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Ariana Grande postpones world tour after allergic reaction to tomatoes
About 10% of American adults — 26 million people — have a food allergy, according to Dr. Ruchi Gupta, director of the Science and Outcomes of Allergy and Asthma Research Program at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. While half of these — 13 million adults — developed a new food allergy later in life, only about 1 in 4 never had any type of food reactions during childhood and then developed one as an adult. Importantly, most adults in Gupta’s survey of more than 40,000 people had never seen a doctor about their reaction, she said — they just started avoiding the food.
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Reuters
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Can team sports help teens overcome childhood adversity?
Even so, the results offer fresh evidence of the potential for team sports to help at-risk kids, said author of an accompanying editorial Mercedes Carnethon of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. “Team sports are particularly beneficial for youth because they bring together a group who works together to achieve a shared goal,” Carnethon said by email. “The lessons learned about helping one another, compromise, persisting through difficulties and dealing with inevitable losses have parallels with life,” Carnethon added. “These lessons can help youth weather the challenges that they face in their personal lives as a result of their adverse childhood experiences.”
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U.S. News & World Report
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Food Allergies in Adults
The study, headed by Dr. Ruchi Gupta – a professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital – surveyed more than 40,000 adults by telephone and internet throughout the U.S. from late 2015 to late 2016. The average age of the survey population was 47 years. The primary goal of the survey was to determine how common and how severe food allergies are in adults. The survey was self-reporting, but still used strict criteria to make sure those labeled as food allergic had symptoms consistent with a “convincing” food allergy.
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National Public Radio
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Playing Teen Sports May Protect From Some Damages Of Childhood Trauma
Amanda Paluch, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, highlights the study’s novelty and potential impact. “In terms of a longitudinal study, this [association] has not been looked at much at all,” says Paluch, who wrote the study’s associated editorial. But, she says, “It is frustrating to think that those who may need [sports] most are less likely to have access to [them].”
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National Public Radio
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I Went Through My Pregnancy With Strangers. It Was The Best Decision I Could’ve Made
Featuring: Carol Hirschfield, CNM, and Ariel Derringer, MSN, obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
