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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New York Times
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Does the Caffeine in Matcha Hit Different?
Matcha, once a niche, ceremonial beverage consumed primarily in Japan, is now ubiquitous in coffee shops around the world.
Matcha is prepared by whisking the tea into hot water, rather than steeping it. The resulting brew is like green tea “on steroids,” with higher concentrations of caffeine, amino acids, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, said Marilyn Cornelis, an associate professor of nutrition at Northwestern Medicine.
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WGN
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Meet the Surgeon Who Operated on Lisa Dent’s shoulder
Dr. Matthew Saltzman, Orthopaedic Surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and an Associate Professor on faculty at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent on her first day back from her shoulder injury. Listen in while Dr. Saltzman’s shares details surrounding Lisa’s challenging fracture and how the experts at Northwestern Medicine performed a successful reverse shoulder replacement on her.
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Chicago Tribune
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Lake Forest Restaurateur Raising Funds to Help Cancer Research
Hairy cell leukemia is a rare type of blood cancer that grows slowly, according to Dr. Dean Tsarwhas, director of oncology at the hospital’s cancer center. (He is not Urso’s doctor.)
“When people have hairy cell leukemia, their bone marrow makes abnormal blood cells that grow out of control and can travel to the spleen, lymph nodes and other parts of the body,” Tsarwhas explained. “When the abnormal hairy cells grow, they can crowd out the healthy cells that normally live in the bone marrow and lead to low blood counts, or they can fill the spleen and lymph nodes, causing them to swell.”
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The Washington Post
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Young Men Shouldn’t Wait to Think About Heart Health
A decades-long study led by Northwestern Medicine researchers revealed that men start developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) years earlier than women, with cardiac risk differences beginning as early as their mid-30s.
At each visit, researchers measured blood pressure, cholesterol and other heart health markers, while tracking diagnoses over time. “This allowed us to evaluate when CVD risk emerges — and how it differs between men and women,” said lead study author Alexa Freedman, an epidemiologist and assistant professor in the department of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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New York Times
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4 Tips for a Better Morning Routine
If you can’t bring yourself to dance, at the very least, get some daylight. “The first thing you should do is get at least 20 minutes of bright morning light,” said Phyllis Zee, director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Light exposure tells your body that it’s daytime and makes you feel more alert, she said. A morning walk is an easy way to do it, she added.
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TODAY
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What’s Your Heart Disease Risk? Try This Calculator to Find Out
The goal is to get people to start taking “preventive efforts” earlier in life, researchers wrote in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
“This tool was motivated by helping younger adults understand their long-term risk for heart disease,” senior author Sadiya Khan, the Magerstadt professor of cardiovascular epidemiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, told NBC News.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago River Swim Will Return for Its Second Year in September
Chicago’s open-water swim will return to the Chicago River on Sept. 20 for its second year the city announced on Thursday.
The event is organized by the nonprofit A Long Swim, founded by marathon swimmer and ALS advocate Doug McConnell. Following the loss of his father to the disease, McConnell and his sister Ellen, who was later diagnosed with ALS, launched the organization. It has raised more than $3 million for ALS research at the Ozdinler Lab of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Good Morning America
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Woman with Stage 4 Cancer Has ‘No Evidence of Disease’ After Life-changing Transplant
A woman with cancer that spread to her liver is getting a second chance at life after receiving a partial liver transplant from a living donor. Amy Piccioli told “Good Morning America” doctors have told her she currently has no evidence of the disease three months after she underwent transplant surgery at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
Dr. Zachary Dietch, an assistant professor of surgery and abdominal organ transplant surgeon at Northwestern Medicine, who treated Piccioli, told ABC News that other treatment options for Picciolo offered “very poor chances at long-term survival.”
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Washington Post
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Here’s What to Eat to Sleep a Little Better Every Day
One study suggested that skipping breakfast and eating dinners late were tied to delayed bedtimes, later wake times and lower sleep efficiency. Similarly, a 2026 clinical trial found that stopping eating at least three hours before bedtime helped better align the body’s circadian rhythms with sleep, improving nighttime blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar regulation.
“Perhaps more than what you eat, when you eat relative to sleep may be as important,” said Phyllis Zee, a professor of neurology and director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University, who was senior author of the study. “Eating close to bedtime can disrupt sleep, increase reflux and may have adverse effects on cardiometabolic function.”
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Wall Street Journal
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More Americans Under 55 Are Dying of Severe Heart Attacks
The last thing someone in their 30s or 40s should worry about is dying of a heart attack. But new research shows more are.
Younger adults need to recognize that they may be at risk, said Dr. Sadiya Khan, Magerstadt professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who wasn’t involved in the latest study.
The risk of a heart attack, stroke or heart failure begins and becomes more common as early as age 35, and sex differences emerge, Khan and colleagues found in a study published in JAHA last month.
