http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Media Coverage FeedSun, 19 May 2013 04:00:10 CDThttp://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/08/18129760-swiss-womans-esophagus-twisted-itself-into-a-corkscrewDr. John Pandolfino, a gastroenterologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, explained that this strange phenomenon occurs because of the way the muscles of the esophagus contract.NBCNews.comhttp://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/08/18129760-swiss-womans-esophagus-twisted-itself-into-a-corkscrewWed, 08 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Prevention/38969Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said one weakness of the study was that it failed to account for variability in patients' diets.Med Page Todayhttp://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Prevention/38969Wed, 08 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22209818"Having a computer screen that is eight inches away from your face is going to expose you to a lot more light than watching a television on the opposite side of the room," says Karrie Fitzpatrick, sleep researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois.BBC Newshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22209818Wed, 08 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/special_segments&id=9094126Sleep specialist Aleksander Videnovic is trying to unravel this mysterious condition through his special RBD clinic at Northwestern Medicine.ABC-7 Newshttp://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/special_segments&id=9094126Tue, 07 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.sciencecodex.com/protein_pair_promotes_skin_regeneration-111806In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigaiton, researchers led by Kathleen Green at Northwestern University, identified a pair of proteins that function to suppress ERK activation and drive the development of keratinocytes.Science Codexhttp://www.sciencecodex.com/protein_pair_promotes_skin_regeneration-111806Tue, 07 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/05/02/parents-see-more-food-skin-allergies-children/5LHW6JYBieTyjpEgJSOtcM/story.htmlThere could be other explanations, though. Big cities have higher childhood allergy rates, so maybe some air pollutant is the unrecognized trigger, said Dr. Peter Lio, a Northwestern University pediatric dermatologist who specializes in eczema.The Boston Globe http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/05/02/parents-see-more-food-skin-allergies-children/5LHW6JYBieTyjpEgJSOtcM/story.htmlFri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://wgntv.com/2013/05/03/breakthrough-revealed-in-als-research/ALS researcher at Northwestern Medicine, Hande Ozdinler hopes her team’s recent breakthrough will change the course of Connie’s family history. WGN-TVhttp://wgntv.com/2013/05/03/breakthrough-revealed-in-als-research/Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=1685433Those are questions Katherine Wisner, M.D., and her colleagues sought to answer when they recently evaluated 10,000 mothers at an urban obstetrical hospital using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).Psychiatric News http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=1685433Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-health-lower-income-americans-depression-diabetes.html%22%20%5cl%20%22jCp/"I would expect a more immediate impact when it comes to measures of mental health and emotional well-being, including depression," says Thomas McDade, an anthropologist at Northwestern University and director of its Laboratory of Human Biology Research, who studies public-health issues.Medical Xpress http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-health-lower-income-americans-depression-diabetes.html%22%20%5cl%20%22jCp/Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/05/02/food-skin-allergies-increasing-in-children/There could be other explanations, though. Big cities have higher childhood allergy rates, so maybe some air pollutant is the unrecognized trigger, said Dr. Peter Lio, a Northwestern University pediatric dermatologist who specializes in eczema.FOX News (National)http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/05/02/food-skin-allergies-increasing-in-children/Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/05/02/health/study-children-food-skin-allergiesThere could be other explanations, though. Big cities have higher childhood allergy rates, so maybe some air pollutant is the unrecognized trigger, said Dr. Peter Lio, a Northwestern University pediatric dermatologist who specializes in eczema.Minnesota Public Radiohttp://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/05/02/health/study-children-food-skin-allergiesThu, 02 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/05/01/kids-and-food-allergiesDr. Ruchi Gupta, associate professor of pediatrics, discusses children and food allergies.National Public Radiohttp://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/05/01/kids-and-food-allergiesWed, 01 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://radio.foxnews.com/2013/05/01/housecall-for-health-americans-have-worse-allergies/#.UYEnsZjA57gA Northwestern University study surveyed 80,000 children and found that kids born abroad are half as likely to develop asthma and allergies.FOX News Radiohttp://radio.foxnews.com/2013/05/01/housecall-for-health-americans-have-worse-allergies/#.UYEnsZjA57gWed, 01 May 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.nationalreview.com/corner/347112/how-fda-plan-b-decision-puts-minors-riskInhibiting implantation is deadly. Dr. Warren Wallace, a physician at Northwestern University Medical School who has “prescribed emergency contraceptives,” and who was called to testify in Morr-Fitz, Inc. v. Quinn in support of a law that would restrain conscience rights pertaining to their provision, testified under oath that “there is a new unique human life before” implantation of an embryo.The National Reviewhttp://www.nationalreview.com/corner/347112/how-fda-plan-b-decision-puts-minors-riskWed, 01 May 2013 09:00:00 CST http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/health-habits-worth-rethinking/story?id=19068385#.UX_RKJjA57gFor every 100 women using oral contraceptives, between two and nine get pregnant each year, mostly because of errors, like forgetting a pill or starting a pack late, says Lauren Streicher, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/health-habits-worth-rethinking/story?id=19068385#.UX_RKJjA57gTue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://money.cnn.com/2013/04/30/pf/boston-victims-medical-bills/index.htmlTreatment costs for the most severely injured could total hundreds of thousands of dollars or more, according to Neil Jordan, director of the Health Economics Program at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.CNN Moneyhttp://money.cnn.com/2013/04/30/pf/boston-victims-medical-bills/index.htmlTue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/04/30/Cell-study-research-targets-ALS-also-known-as-Lou-Gehrigs-disease/UPI-79501367365512/Now a medical researcher at Northwestern University has isolated the neurons that die in ALS and "dressed' them in a green fluorescent jacket that makes them stand out for scientists to study, a university release reported Tuesday.UPIhttp://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/04/30/Cell-study-research-targets-ALS-also-known-as-Lou-Gehrigs-disease/UPI-79501367365512/Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/30/us-born-kids-have-more-allergies-asthma/"This is definitely something we see clinically and we're trying to better understand, what is it in our environment that's increasing the risk of allergic disease?" said Dr. Ruchi Gupta, who studies allergies at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago but wasn't involved in the new research.FOX News (National)http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/30/us-born-kids-have-more-allergies-asthma/Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2013/05/colin_hoobler_treatments_offer.htmlDr. Richard Burt, chief of Medicine-Immunotherapy for Autoimmune Diseases at Northwestern University, is researching stem cell transplantation in the treatment of autoimmune diseases (including MS) using a person's own stem cells (Lancet Neurology 2009).Oregon Livehttp://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2013/05/colin_hoobler_treatments_offer.htmlTue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112834199/rare-lethal-childhood-disease-tracked-to-protein/A team of international researchers led by Northwestern Medicine scientists has identified how a defective protein plays a central role in a rare, lethal childhood disease known as Giant Axonal Neuropathy, or GAN.Red Orbithttp://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112834199/rare-lethal-childhood-disease-tracked-to-protein/Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112834175/northwestern-medicine-researchers-work-to-improve-heart-attack-response-time-2/“Despite the current recommended 90 minutes, studies show that survival for STEMI patients decreases when door-to-balloon time exceeds 60 minutes,” said principal investigator Rahul Khare, MD, assistant director of operations for Northwestern Memorial’s emergency department and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.RedOrbithttp://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112834175/northwestern-medicine-researchers-work-to-improve-heart-attack-response-time-2/Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130430194318.htmIn a new preclinical study, a Northwestern Medicine® scientist has isolated the motor neurons in the brain that die in ALS and, for the first time, dressed them in a green fluorescent jacket.Science Dailyhttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130430194318.htmTue, 30 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/opinion/links-between-adhd-and-sleep.html?_r=0The writer, Marc Weissbluth, is a professor of clinical pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and the author of “Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child.”The New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/opinion/links-between-adhd-and-sleep.html?_r=0Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/health/health-excuse-workout/index.html"We make excuses to reduce what's called cognitive dissonance," says Dan Kirschenbaum, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Medical School.CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/health/health-excuse-workout/index.htmlMon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CSThttp://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/04/28/Genetics-may-help-eliminate-some-prostate-cancer-biopsies/UPI-12661367188865/Lead author Dr. Brian Helfand -- an adjunct assistant professor of cell and molecular biology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine -- said personalized PSA testing using genetic variants could account for an 18 percent reduction in the number of men who likely would have undergone unnecessary biopsies. UPIhttp://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/04/28/Genetics-may-help-eliminate-some-prostate-cancer-biopsies/UPI-12661367188865/Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:00:00 CST