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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ABC 7 Chicago
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South suburban Mother Celebrates Son’s First Birthday After 20 Miscarriages, Years of Pregnancy Loss
October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and for one southwest suburban family, the observance carries special meaning as they celebrate a milestone they once feared might never come.
“After sequential losses, it can be so emotionally devastating for people that many won’t try again because it’s just too hard,” said Dr. Susan Gerber of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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WGN
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Dr. Sterling Elliott: How Could a Lethal Injection Fail?
Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the best way to dispose of prescription drugs that people no longer need, why certain people have physical reactions to COVID and flu vaccines, and what happened during Christa Pike’s lethal injection.
Later, Dr. Elliott answers listener’s prescription drug questions.
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WGN
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Cold and Flu Season Is Fast Approaching – Make Sure You’re Up to Date on Your Vaccinations
Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy for this week’s health update.
They give vaccination updates and answer listener questions.
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TIME
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Trump Is Promising Health Care Checks Before the Midterms. How Far Will They Go?
The distinction between a one-time payment and recurring costs is crucial, says Lindsay Allen, a health economist and policy researcher at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
“Getting $90 once doesn’t change anyone’s Medicare costs,” Allen says.
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BBC
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EV Drivers Love Their Cars, But Some Passengers Feel Sick – This Could Be Why
research so far suggests some people experience more severe motion sickness in electric vehicles than in non-electric vehicles.
It’s something Dr. Nicholas Hac, a neurologist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago who specialises in dizziness and vertigo, has also heard from some of his patients. “They just notice that they’re much more likely or prone to be motion sick” in electric vehicles, he says.
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WGN
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Nerve-Sparing Mastectomy at Northwestern Medicine Helping Patients Retain Sensation
“I’m there to remove the breast tissue. I find those little nerve roots,” Dr. Heidi Memmel, a breast surgeon at Northwestern Medicine, said. Then plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Chad Teven takes over, using a special graft to rejoin the nerves.
“We’re looking at the connections between the arteries and the veins that provide blood flow to the tissue to keep it alive, and we’re also seeing a connection between a nerve from the transfer tissue to a nerve within the chest wall,” he said.
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US News & World Report
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The GLP-1 Hop: Are You Switching Weight Loss Medications Too Soon?
If you hit a plateau before reaching a goal weight determined by you and your care team, it may be worth reassessing your treatment plan. That could mean adjusting your dose or, in some cases, trying a different weight loss medication.
“Usually, when patients are meeting lifestyle goals, which is imperative, but plateau for two to three months, it’s fair to switch drugs or add on oral non-GLP-1 options,” says Dr. Nidhi Kansal, an obesity medicine physician at Northwestern Medicine.
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USA TODAY
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She Had 20 Miscarriages While Trying for a Baby. Now She’s Celebrating her Son’s First Birthday
Pregnancy loss is common, with between 10% and 20% of known pregnancies ending in miscarriage, according to Mayo Clinic, “but the actual number is likely higher.”
Dr. Susan Gerber, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist who worked with Haddad at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said family building decisions are incredibly personal and each patient she works with has different priorities when it comes to pregnancy.
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People
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After 20 Miscarriages, Mom Celebrates Son’s First Birthday: ‘I Couldn’t Give Up’
“My regular OB said, ‘I can’t help you anymore,’ “ Ranim recalls. She was referred to maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Susan Gerber at Northwestern Medicine.
Ranim underwent many of the same tests ordered by her OB, and Gerber saw nothing different. “Dr. Gerber told me, ‘I can help you get pregnant, but you have to be ready for anything to happen, because we can’t find anything wrong,’ ” Ranim recalls. “She said, ‘When you do get pregnant, all we can do is monitor you very, very closely.’”
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The Wall Street Journal
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The Next Frontier for Obesity Drugs Isn’t How Much Weight You Lose, but What Kind
For as long as drugmakers have been testing weight-loss drugs, the question has been: How much weight do people lose? Now it is changing to: What kind of weight are they losing?
“It’s going to take time to learn what data we should be tracking and focus on the right outcomes,” said Dr. Nidhi Kansal, an obesity medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine. “We call them weight-loss drugs, but the goal medically is fat loss.”
