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Patient Care
Orthopedic surgeon explains treatments for Olympians, and us By Kevin McKeough The 2016 Summer Olympics have included legend-making performances by athletes such as Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles. They also have…
College of Nursing, Awards & Recognitions
Two Rush University College of Nursing students, Katrina Petrie and Lindsay Green, have each won a $2,500 scholarship as part of the Together We Care nurse practitioner scholarship program sponsored by MinuteClinic, t…
Careers
Nurses explain why they love specializing in childbirth Labor and delivery nurses enjoy the privilege of helping patients through one of the most profound and vulnerable experiences of their lives. Now a nurse in…
Patient Care
Experts discuss what beloved actor showed us about disease By Kevin McKeough Gene Wilder’s death on Aug. 29 at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease prompted tributes across generations of fans of th…
Alumni, College of Nursing
Name: Michael P. Rieker, DNP, CRNA , FAAN Class Year: DNP ’03; MSN ’94 Current location and institution: Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program Wake Forest School of Medicine As recipient of the 2016 Program Director of…
Patient Care
Transparent medical records can improve communication Rush University Medical Center is the first Chicago hospital and one of only two hospitals in Illinois to join a national movement to allow all patients direct, on…
Innovation
Photoimmunotherapy blows up tumors, spares healthy cells By Charles Jolie Nov. 14, 2016 When Kerstin Stenson, MD, describes the innovative technique she is helping develop to fight cancer, it seems like she’s describ…
Innovation, Patient Care
Rush University Medical Center is first to try new treatment A groundbreaking new surgery potentially could be an effective treatment for otherwise inoperable pancreatic cancer. A surgeon at Rush University Medical Ce…
Research
(CHICAGO) – Researchers have found that both African-American and Latino children have significantly higher rates of corn, shellfish and fish allergies than white children, confirming that race and ethnicity play an i…
Research
The first study of its kind designed to test the effects of a diet on the decline of cognitive abilities among a large group of individuals 65 to 84 years who currently do not have cognitive impairment will begin in…