Using a standardized set of measurements will help health professionals more accurately diagnose malnutrition among children ages 1 month to 18 years, as well as improve their treatment, according to a new joint statement from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
Loyola University Medical Center has opened a multidisciplinary Valve Center that offers patients a full range of treatments for diseased heart valves.
Despite increasing medical knowledge, treating shoulder pain in baseball pitchers and other throwing athletes remains one of the most challenging tasks in sports medicine. Results of treatment as not as predictable as patients, doctors or coaches would like to think.
Everyone wants a happy, healthy baby, however, babies often experience discomfort from diaper rash. Help your baby by following dermatologists’ tips to prevent and treat diaper rash at home.
Multiple factors influence how well a severely premature infant (23 weeks gestation) will do after birth and over the long-term, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. These findings were published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Perinatology.
The University of Chicago Medicine is taking formal steps to raise the age limit of its pediatric trauma program by two years to include 16- and 17-year-old children.
President Obama was recently diagnosed with acid reflux - a gastric condition caused by stomach acid entering the upper body. Holiday season is prime time for acid reflux as a Loyola gastroenterologist shares dos and don'ts.
The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health has received a $1.4 million gift from the estate of Dr. Paul Levy and his wife, Virginia F. Tomasek. Levy was a founding member of the school and the first and longest-serving director of its division of epidemiology and biostatistics, a position he held for 15 years.
Reflecting the breadth of collaboration in the effort to bring the Obama Presidential Library to Chicago’s South Side, numerous universities are working with the University of Chicago on creative ideas for collaborations with the library.
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON) recognized recent accomplishments and honors for faculty, students and alumni.
The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) membership elected Sharon Murphy-Potts, RN BSN CRRN, to serve as president of the association for the 2014-2015 year.
A public summer jobs program for high school students from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Chicago reduced violent crime arrests by 43 percent over a 16-month period, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Crime Lab and the University of Pennsylvania. The randomized controlled trial is published in the journal Science.
Buzz, the feeling of excitement that cultural venues generate, is actually a commodity that can be traded and is subject to its own kind of inflation, according to University of Chicago Professor Terry Nichols Clark, whose recent work looks at the role arts play in the economy and civic participation worldwide.
How a spine patient obtained almost instant relief after years of severe neck pain.
Funded by the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Lab-Corps is a year-long program aimed at improving the rate of commercialization of technologies created at national labs that are in line with the EERE mission. Two teams from each feeder site will be accepted into the pilot program, in which scientists/engineers will be teamed with entrepreneurs and mentors in order to fast-track energy efficiency or renewable energy technologies from the lab to the marketplace.
Through a series of surveys, the researchers determined that people with less time or money to spare are better able to focus on what the purchase might be worth to them.
Mark C. Weissler, MD, FACS, Chapel Hill, N.C., was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons during the College’s annual Clinical Congress, held in San Francisco, October 26-30, 2014.
A University of Illinois at Chicago study of academic achievement suggests that urban youth may benefit from strong families and safe neighborhoods in addition to child-centered interventions.
Medical schools have an ethical obligation to change admission policies in order to accept applications from undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers, according to a report in the December, 2014 issue of the journal Academic Medicine.
Loyola’s Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation with commendation from the respected Commission on Cancer (CoC).
With health care in the United States being the most expensive in the world, why is it that most people do not receive the comprehensive, coordinated care that improves outcomes and reduces costs? This issue is addressed in an article in the December Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) has launched the Restorative Nursing Assistant Online Course, a self-paced online and interactive program, designed to teach a broad overview of the concepts and basic skills expected of a nursing assistant in a restorative nursing environment.
A team of researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and DataDirect Networks (DDN) moved 65 terabytes of data in under just 100 minutes at a recent supercomputing conference.
Loyola Center for Fitness announced today that is has become a Certified Medical Fitness Facility by the Medical Fitness Association, the country’s leading organization dedicated solely to medically integrated wellness and fitness facilities. This certification demonstrates that Loyola Center for Fitness meets the highest standards for a medically integrated health and fitness facility. This is a significant step forward in providing for the health of the entire community and to individuals taking responsibility for their personal health care.
Although some guidelines recommend use of bisphosphonates (a class of drugs used to strengthen bone) for men on androgen deprivation therapy, an analysis finds that prescriptions for these drugs remains low, even for those men at high risk of subsequent fractures, according to a study in the December 3 issue of JAMA.
A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Ohio University have devised a powerful technique that simultaneously resolves the chemical characterization and topography of nanoscale materials down to the height of a single atom.
UIC researcher Dima Qato and colleagues discovered that nearly one million people in the south and west sides of Chicago live in "pharmacy deserts."
Computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago was ranked #26 on a list of the 50 most innovative computer science departments in the U.S. by Computer Science Degree HUB.
Ensuring a safe food and water supply is the responsibility of consumers, health professionals, government and industry alike, according to an updated position paper from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The position paper recommends that registered dietitian nutritionists be active participants in creating a “global food safety culture.”
With $20 million in funding from UChicago’s Innovation Fund, CIE draws together the research expertise of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, engaging the Chicago market for the first time through office spaces in the hub.
The University of Chicago is collaborating with the National Cancer Institute to establish the nation’s most comprehensive computational facility that stores and harmonizes cancer genomic data generated through NCI-funded research programs.
According to new guidelines published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), the fast administration of epinephrine is essential to the treatment of a severe allergic reaction.
Nearly 800 people attended this year’s Stritch Annual Awards Dinner, held Nov. 21 at Chicago’s Field Museum.
Giving doctors the right mix of responsibilities will improve job satisfaction and retention, according to researchers from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. These findings were published in the latest issue of Academic Medicine, a journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation (RNF) is offering several grant funding opportunities that address the clinical practice, educational or administrative dimensions of rehabilitation nursing.
Healthcare educators and practitioners seeking guidelines, best practices, and recommendations for creating and managing cost-effective, researched-based simulation education and training programs now have a world class road map in the new textbook Defining Excellence in Simulation Programs.
Two members of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center have been included in a new listing of the most influential researchers in the world. David Bennett, MD, and Julie Schneider, MD, are among “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014,” a roster compiled by Thompson Reuters, a global media and information company.
Rush Health has expanded its network with the addition of Riverside Medical Center, which joined Rush Health at the beginning of September. Rush Health is a clinically integrated network of hospitals, physicians and other clinicians. Riverside Medical Center is a 325-bed hospital based in Kankakee that employs approximately 57 doctors and 35 non-physician clinicians, who also have joined Rush Health.
Many women notice that their sexual health changes after childbirth, according to researchers from Loyola University Chicago. Loyola researchers have a study underway to determine the extent to which pelvic pain may be related to this change.
A new guideline is available to help health care providers prevent and treat one of the most common postoperative complications in older patients, delirium, which is an episode of sudden confusion.
Children who attended a full-day preschool program had higher scores on measures of school readiness skills (language, math, socio-emotional development, and physical health), increased attendance, and reduced chronic absences compared to children who attended part-day preschool, according to a study in the November 26 issue of JAMA.
An examination of the potential interaction between pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss future studies finds that one-quarter of recent new drug approvals occurred without any meeting, and when such meetings occurred, pharmaceutical companies did not comply with one-quarter of the recommendations made by the FDA regarding study design or primary outcome, according to a study in the November 26 issue of JAMA.
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has announced the selection of three University of Chicago professors emeriti in chemistry to the 2014 Senior Scientist Mentor Program. UChicago’s R. Stephen Berry, Takeshi Oka, and Stuart Rice are among this year’s 10 recipients of the award.
Fourth-year Hope Bretscher has won a Marshall Scholarship, a prestigious award for graduate study that will send her to the United Kingdom next year to pursue her interests in science and human rights.
UIC’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has received a $5.5 million research contract from the Illinois Department of Transportation to continue research, development and operation of the Gateway Traveler Information System and the TravelMidwest.com website.
When he set out to do research in Iraq last June, Matthew Barber was not expecting a front-row seat for a humanitarian crisis. A doctoral student in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Barber intended to study Kurdish and pursue his interest in the Yazidis, a Kurdish-speaking religious minority group.
An award-winning study has documented how homeless, mentally ill women in India face a vicious cycle:
Assuring appropriate drug theory is important for effective pain management, and a new study published in The Journal of Pain reported that use of a short compliance checklist by clinicians can best identify individuals most likely to misuse prescription pain medications.
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