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November 12, 2012
Association Names UIC Pharmacy-Educator ‘Pharmacist of the Year’Nicholas Popovich, professor and head of pharmacy administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, was named “Pharmacist of the Year” by the Illinois Pharmacists Association.
November 8, 2012
New, Improved Mouse Model of Human Alzheimer’s May Enable Drug DiscoveryResearchers have developed a transgenic mouse that carries a human gene known to increase risk of Alzheimer’s 15-fold. The new mouse, which mimics the genetics of the human disease more closely than any existing model, provides new evidence for the earliest cause of Alzheimer’s and may prove more useful in the development of drugs to prevent or treat the disease.
November 5, 2012
Kids Consume More Soda and Calories When Eating OutChildren and adolescents consume more calories and soda and have poorer nutrient-intake on days they eat at either fast-food or full-service restaurants, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
November 5, 2012
U.S. Hispanics at High Risk for Cardiovascular DiseaseHispanics and Latinos living in the U.S. are highly likely to have several major cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and smoking, according to a new, large-scale study.
October 24, 2012
Antibiotics That Only Partly Block Protein Machinery Allow Germs To Poison ThemselvesPowerful antibiotics that scientists and physicians thought stop the growth of harmful bacteria by completely blocking their ability to make proteins actually allow the germs to continue producing certain proteins — which may help do them in.
October 24, 2012
UI Hospital, Chicago Fire Partner for Breast Cancer AwarenessThe University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System and the Chicago Fire Soccer Club have partnered to raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer.
October 17, 2012
Study Evaluates Treating Mothers with ADHD to Improve Outcomes in KidsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago researchers are conducting a study […]
October 17, 2012
UIC Hosts ‘Managing the Safety Net’ Health Care Seminar Oct. 19WHAT: “Managing the Safety Net in an Era of Austerity […]
October 11, 2012
New Gene Test Flags Risk of Serious Complications in SarcoidosisResearchers at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have identified a genetic signature that distinguishes patients with complicated sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that can be fatal, from patients with a more benign form of the disease. The gene signature could become the basis for a simple blood test.
October 11, 2012
White Construction Workers in Illinois Get Higher Workers’ Comp Settlements: StudyWhite non-Hispanic construction workers are awarded higher workers’ compensation settlements […]