All Entries by Sherri McGinnis González
April 24, 2012
Can Weight Loss Help African American Breast Cancer Survivors?Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Health Research and Policy have designed a novel community-based weight loss intervention designed for African American breast cancer survivors.
April 19, 2012
Anti-tobacco TV Ads Help Adults Stop Smoking, Study FindsAnti-tobacco television advertising helps reduce adult smoking, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Health Research and Policy — but some ads may be more effective than others.
April 16, 2012
Summer Camp for Kids with ADHD Begins June 11Camp STAR, for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and other behavioral difficulties, begins its fifth season in June. The camp is a partnership of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Jewish Council for Youth Services.
April 4, 2012
Chicago Man Receives Robotic Kidney Transplant After 17 YearsRobotic surgery permitted surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System to transplant a kidney into a morbidly obese Chicago man — who had survived 17 years on dialysis waiting for the procedure.
March 30, 2012
MONDAY: State Kicks Off Donate Life Month at University of Illinois HospitalIn celebration of National Donate Life Month, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White will join representatives from the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, the Gift of Hope, organ and tissue donor recipients, and families who have provided the gift of life through organ donation.
March 23, 2012
Most Latino laborers use safety gear when available, study finds
Latino day laborers in Chicago used PPE for safety in 94 percent of jobs
March 20, 2012
What Does Delaying Childbearing Cost?Freezing eggs or ovarian tissue for the sole purpose of delaying childbearing for social reasons may prove too costly for society, according to a recent analysis by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
March 13, 2012
Rare transplant allows young woman to forgo 60 pills dailyLiving-donor parathyroid gland transplant helps 22-year-old to forgo 60 calcium pills a day
January 31, 2012
UIC Demographer Writes on Aging for World Economic ForumNoted University of Illinois at Chicago biodemographer S. Jay Olshansky is the author of two essays assembled by The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on an Ageing Society to address the challenges and benefits of population aging.