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Paper bag turkeys

November 10, 2016

Children’s hospital to host Thanksgiving party for patients and families

Games, crafts and treats begin the holiday season

Camp STAR for kids with ADHA

May 6, 2016

Summer treatment camp for kids with ADHD begins June 20

Camp teaches kids, parents lasting skills

Little girl with face paint

October 28, 2014

Preemie reunion brings Halloween happiness

Children’s Hospital welcomes neonatal ‘graduates’ for celebration

Camp STAR for kids with ADHA

October 13, 2014

Life-changing summer camp for kids with ADHD is fun, too

Treatment program includes fun and games and therapy

Boy checks his blood sugar at a summer camp for kids with diabetes

July 18, 2014

Police officer ‘superhero’ for kids at summer camp

Officer Lisa Rau talks with kids who, like her, were diagnosed with diabetes

Julius, Clifford and Desmond Means

March 12, 2013

Treatment for sickle cell brings hope, a cure

Two brothers are cured of their sickle cell disease with a stem cell transplant from their older brother.

Jay Olshansky

August 8, 2012

More education equals longer life

Despite advances in health care and increases in life expectancy overall, Americans with less than a high school education have life expectancies similar to adults in the 1950s and 1960s, a new report finds.

June 18, 2012

Chicago Woman Cured of Sickle Cell Disease

A Chicago woman treated at the University of Illinois Hospital is the first Midwest patient to receive a successful stem cell transplant to cure her sickle cell disease without chemotherapy in preparation for the transplant.

April 4, 2012

Chicago Man Receives Robotic Kidney Transplant After 17 Years

Robotic 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.