Besides damaging the liver, alcohol also can weaken the immune system, slow healing, impair bone formation, increase the risk of HIV transmission and hinder recovery from burns, trauma, bleeding and surgery.
The clot-busting drug rt-PA remains the most beneficial proven emergency treatment for strokes caused by blood clots, according to an editorial in the November issue of Archives of Neurology.
A positive attitude may help women cope with menopause, according to gynecologists at Loyola University Health System. While many women may worry about this time in their life, doctors say this transition doesn’t have to be difficult.
In some heart patients, coronary arteries become so clogged that they are difficult or impossible to reopen with conventional balloon angioplasties.
A new technique reopens tough blockages by going through the "back door."
Eighty-one percent of hospital patients are at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a study has found.
The findings suggest that hospitals should consider giving patients a five-minute screening test to identify those who are at high risk.
Watch out for that post-Halloween sugar crash on Monday, as well-meaning co-workers bring in buckets and bowls of leftover candy. Too many Halloween treats can expand your waistline and decrease your productivity.
Pint-sized ghosts and goblins will descend on Loyola University Health System’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) this Halloween when the hospital’s smallest patients dress up in costumes created by the nurses.
A memorial Mass will be said on Friday, Nov. 12 for former Loyola University Hospital cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Roque Pifarré, who performed the first heart transplant in Illinois.
A dozen new epilepsy drugs are giving doctors and patients more options, but making treatment decisions more complex, a Loyola epilepsy specialist reports in the journal Neurologic Clinics.
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine will let students, faculty and staff demonstrate their culinary prowess during the 6th Annual Chili Cook-Off.
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON) supports the recommendations recently issued by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine to advance the nursing profession in the United States.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a significant increase in lung transplant rejection, according to research conducted at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). These data were presented Monday at The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2010 annual meeting in Toronto, Ontario.
10-year old fifth grader Daria Twarowski outscored 400,000 students in 40 states by completing 37 roundtrips on the monkey bars in under 30 minutes and will attempt to break her own record Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing recently received a three-year, $891,212 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Advanced Education Nursing grant for the development of a new track within the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. This track, Health-Care Quality Using Education in Safety and Technology (H-QUEST), allows students to select a focus in outcome management, quality, safety or health-care informatics. The program is designed to prepare leaders who will shape the health-care systems of the future.
Loyola Center for Fitness will host a free women’s health and wellness day on Saturday, Oct. 23. Women's Day is designed to help women take time for themselves and make their health and wellness a priority.
While outdoor enthusiasts may enjoy soaking up the summer sun, their time spent under the rays can leave skin damaged come fall. That is why fall months are a great time to repair the harm done by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays.
The latest advances in treating neurologic disorders such as stroke, headache, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and sleep disorders are detailed in a special issue of the journal Neurologic Clinics.
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON) will honor five alumnae at the school’s 75th anniversary gala Oct. 1, at The Drake hotel in Chicago. These graduates will be recognized for practice, research, service, teaching and other accomplishments.
Loyola University Health System (LUHS) nurses may be part of the next YouTube craze thanks to their Pink Glove Dance Video Sequel, which launches today. The video is the second installment in a series of vignettes to raise awareness for breast cancer.
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing recently received a three-year $812,355 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Advanced Education Nursing grant for the development of a new Population-focused Infection Prevention and Environmental Safety (PIPES) track within the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. This is the first program in the nation that will prepare nurses at the clinical doctorate level for leadership roles in infection prevention and patient and environmental safety.
Ann Marie Del Fiacco, a 38-year-old Berwyn mother of two, owes her life to a stranger who volunteered to be a donor for her life-saving bone marrow transplant. On Sunday, Sept. 12, Del Fiacco will meet her donor, Brad Tacy, for the first time. The meeting will occur at 2 p.m. at Loyola's Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, where Del Fiacco underwent a successful bone marrow transplant for an especially aggressive form of leukemia.
Ann Marie Del Fiacco, a 38-year-old mother of two, owes her life to a stranger who volunteered to be a donor for her life-saving bone marrow transplant. On Sunday, Sept. 12, Del Fiacco will meet her donor, Brad Tacy, for the first time.
One of the most severe complications of brain surgery is a pulmonary embolism. But a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery suggests that screening methods used to access the risk of pulmonary embolisms may fall short.
Although Dr. Henry L. Messmore is 87 and blind, he continues to do research on blood thinning medications. He has just been honored by France for valor during World War II.
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing recently received two grants to support the School-based Health Center (SBHC) at Proviso East High School. Loyola faculty and students have provided health education and services to high school students at the SBHC for more than 10 years.
Using a $225,000 microscope and the wisdom of Yogi Berra, researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5α that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys.