All health medicine
December 4, 2012
UIC researcher receives $1.6 million grant to study how exercise affects bone strengthBone strength is important to aging well, but we are far from understanding the best way to maintain healthy bone or what kind of exercise might help. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Karen Troy, in the College of Applied Health Sciences a four-year, $1.6 million grant to investigate whether mechanical forces applied to bone can increase bone strength.
November 29, 2012
Mile Square Health Center Breaks Ground for New FacilityGroundbreaking Ceremony for new Mile Square Health Center
November 27, 2012
Mexican Singer Vicente Fernández Gómez Receives Life-Saving Surgery at UI HospitalRenowned Mexican singer Vicente Fernández Gómez underwent a robotic left hepatectomy, a surgical procedure to remove a portion of the liver, Nov. 8 at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.
November 20, 2012
Pediatric Cancer Patients Celebrate at Thanksgiving PartyChildren’s Hospital University of Illinois will host a Thanksgiving party for more than 120 pediatric cancer patients and their families.
November 20, 2012
Conference Focuses on Emerging Health Issues in Underrepresented Minorities“Bridging the Gap: Emerging Health Issues in Underrepresented Minorities,” a symposium for clinicians, healthcare leaders and basic researchers to raise awareness of disparities in minority health care and provide viable emerging treatment options.
November 19, 2012
Alcohol Provides Protective Effect, Reduces Mortality Substantially After InjuryInjured patients were less likely to die in the hospital if they had alcohol in their blood, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health — and the more alcohol, the more likely they were to survive.
November 16, 2012
Photo-switch for nerve cells in eye and brainUIC research could be a first step to overcoming degenerative eye diseases or to quieting epileptic seizures.
November 13, 2012
Glaucoma Specialist Named Head of Ophthalmology at UICDr. Rohit Varma, a leading eye specialist and epidemiologist at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, has been named head of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, pending approval by the UI Board of Trustees.
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.