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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CBS News
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Alcohol consumption linked to nearly 750,000 cancer cases in 2020, new study says
“Alcohol is an irritant. It irritates the lining of our mouth, of our throat, of our stomach. As our body tries to heal, sometimes it heals in abnormal ways that can lead to the very beginnings of cancer,” said Dr. David Odell, a thoracic surgeon at Northwestern Medicine.
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U.S. News & World Report
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AHA News: Bob Odenkirk’s ‘Small’ Heart Attack? Doctors Say They’re a Big Deal
Few other details about his health were available early this week, but a small heart attack is still a big deal, said Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, president of the American Heart Association. “All heart attacks are important and have the potential to be big and possibly fatal,” he said. “So, we don’t mess around. It’s not a small heart attack until we turn it into a small heart attack by appropriate treatment.”
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The Washington Post
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Eating too many eggs can still be risky, but most people don’t have to give them up entirely, experts say
“The egg issue remains relevant,” says Linda Van Horn, professor and chief of the nutrition division in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. For those already at risk for heart disease and diabetes, “the choices to eat eggs remain especially important,” she says.
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ABC News
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Obstetrician groups recommend COVID vaccine during pregnancy
Dr. Emily Miller, obstetrics chief at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, said she hopes the new recommendation “will help pregnant people feel more confident in their decision to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible.” Miller is a member of the maternal-fetal medicine group’s COVID-19 task force.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Following CDC Guidance Reversal, Will Mask Mandates Make a Comeback?
“Los Angeles County is first, but this is going to pop up all over the place,” says Robert Murphy, the executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Future coronavirus hot spots will be like “mini bushfires” that will appear throughout the entire country – “and it’s going to be focused on these low vaccination rate counties,” according to Murphy.
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U.S. News & World Report
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AHA News: Deaths Related to Irregular Heart Rhythm May Be Rising, Especially Among Younger People
Dr. Yoshihiro Tanaka, the study’s lead author, said the research did not prove AFib was causing more deaths, only that “it could be contributing to the increase.” He said the study was limited by possible misclassifications in the cause of death and a lack of data about when people were diagnosed with AFib, how long they had it and if they were treated for it.
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NBC 5
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital Ranks Top Hospital in Illinois and Top Ten in the Country
The Northwestern Memorial Hospital was recognized as the top hospital in Illinois and the number tenth in the country by the U.S. News & World Report. Apart from the “America’s Best Hospital” recognition given to Northwestern Memorial, several Northwestern Medicine hospitals also ranked high in Best Hospitals in the Chicago metro area and Illinois.
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Los Angeles Times
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Coronavirus Today: CDC changes its mind on masks (again)
For one thing, the vaccines induce a stronger immune response than a natural infection, especially if your COVID-19 symptoms were mild, said Mercedes Carnethon, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “We get a more robust and consistent response from the vaccine,” Carnethon told my colleague Amina Khan.
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ABC News
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Heated tobacco products: The next generation of smoke-free alternatives targeting teens
“The tobacco industry is always looking for new ways to get new people to smoke and use nicotine products and be hooked for life,” said Dr. Maria Rahmandar, medical director of the Substance Use and Prevention Program at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.
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Fox News
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K-12 schools should implement universal masking to protect younger kids, expert says
The advice, given by Dr. Tina Tan, member of the IDSA board of directors and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, goes a step further than guidance given by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which currently recommends masks for unvaccinated individuals.
