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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The New York Times
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Losing Your Hair? You Might Blame the Great Stem Cell Escape.
Rui Yi, a professor of pathology at Northwestern University, set out to answer the question. A generally accepted hypothesis about stem cells says they replenish tissues and organs, including hair, but they will eventually be exhausted and then die in place. This process is seen as an integral part of aging.
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Fox News
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Thyroid cancer: What to know, according to experts
Dr. Cord Sturgeon, professor of surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said just 5-10% of all existing thyroid nodules are cancerous, though children and elderly patients with new thyroid nodules face an up to four times greater risk of thyroid cancer.
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The New York Times
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Should You Resume In-Person Therapy?
“Obviously a big factor is whether you’re vaccinated or not, because if you’re not, the risk of going in person is greater for yourself and the therapist,” said David Mohr, a professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
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TODAY
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Girls are attempting suicide more during the pandemic. Here’s how parents can help
And teens have been using social media even more during the pandemic, a September 2020 survey by Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago indicates.
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U.S. News & World Report
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AHA News: What Heart and Stroke Patients Should Know About COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
“Those memory cells can rapidly ramp up the immune system if we’re re-exposed to a virus or to a virus against which we’ve been vaccinated,” said Lloyd-Jones, a cardiologist, epidemiologist and chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
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Forbes
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Is Your Team Struggling? Their Dysregulation May Impact Your Performance.
Earlier this year, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry, principal of the Neurosequential Network, senior fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy and adjunct professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and the School of Allied Health, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria Australia, published What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing.
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WebMD
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Treatments for Moderate to Severe COPD
“There’s nothing that we can do, medically or surgically, that is going to be as beneficial to managing and improving your COPD as stopping smoking,” says Benjamin Seides, MD, medical director of interventional pulmonology at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital.
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The New York Times
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Can a Low-Carb Diet Help Your Heart Health?
“While the study is valuable and carefully designed, as always in nutrition research, there are many dietary factors that influence cardiometabolic risk factors that can help to explain the results,” said Dr. Van Horn, who is also chief of nutrition in the department of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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National Geographic
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How COVID-19 can damage all five senses
The exact mechanisms behind these stubborn symptoms aren’t well understood, but they most likely relate to local inflammation and local infection with COVID-19 virus in the nerves, explains Igor Koralnik, a professor of neurology at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and chief of the division of neuroinfectious diseases and global neurology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
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Who can get a COVID-19 booster? Where? Here’s what Illinois residents should know about the next round of shots.
“It’s a bit of a challenging question to ask,” said Dr. Sadiya Khan, an assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “We don’t have enough data to know what the exact benefit would be in someone who is younger, even with (mild) underlying medical conditions and what the risks are.”
