October 10, 2012
Symposium to Present Latest Findings on Natural Products for Women’s HealthThe University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy will host a symposium Oct. 20 on how botanical dietary supplements can benefit women’s health.
October 9, 2012
Simple Test May Ease Management of Eosinophilic EsophagitisA simple new test, in which the patient swallows a string, can monitor treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis as effectively as an invasive, expensive and uncomfortable procedure that risks complications, particularly in children.
October 3, 2012
Open House at New Mile Square Englewood ClinicThe University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is celebrating the newest addition to the Mile Square federally qualified health center network, the Englewood Clinic, with an open house and tour on Oct. 4.
October 3, 2012
UI Hospital Unveils Renovated Blood and Marrow Transplant UnitThe University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System will unveil its newly remodeled 10-bed Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit Thursday, Oct. 4, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
October 1, 2012
$4M Grant to Study Impact of Policy, Environment on Kids’ HealthUIC’s ImpacTeen project to study influences on youth nutrition, physical activity
September 26, 2012
$3.4M HHS Grant To Help UIC Address Shortage of Latino Health ProvidersThe College of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.4 million federal grant to improve the severe shortage of Latino physicians and other health care professionals.
September 6, 2012
Genetic Test Will Help Dose Blood ThinnerPatients suffering from dangerous blood clots will receive genetic testing to help health professionals at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System prescribe the proper dose of the blood-thinner warfarin.
September 6, 2012
Genetic Link to Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans FoundProstate cancer in African-American men is associated with specific changes in the IL-16 gene, and by establishing the link in men of African as well as European descent, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine may have found a useful new biomarker for prostate cancer.
August 31, 2012
First Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplant, Sleeve Gastrectomy PerformedA 35-year-old Chicago woman is the first patient in the world to have a combined procedure that offers new hope for obese kidney patients.
August 23, 2012
UI Hospital To Receive $2.5 Million for Heart Rescue Project in IllinoisThe University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System has received a $2.5 million grant from the Medtronic Foundation to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue, an ambitious statewide all-volunteer effort to more than double survival from sudden cardiac arrests in Illinois.