Rush University Medical Center has earned a “Baby-Friendly" designation from the accrediting body that certifies whether a hospital adheres to a rigorous series of evidence-based practices shown to increase breastfeeding.
Journal article sees potential for unintended effects in their use A 39-year-old man whom we’ll call Mr. R received a sleep-tracking device from his girlfriend. Since starting a new job several years earlier, he sometimes had trouble getting a good night’s sleep. Not surprisingly, the next day he’d feel tired, irritable and absentminded.
Rush University Medical Center has launched a unique, cohort study called Latino Core to learn about the aging process and risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease in older Latino adults.
TwoRush University Medical Center executives have been selected to the inaugural class of the Carol Emmott Fellowship, which aims to bridge the disparities in leadership by women throughout the health care field.
Results from an ongoing treatment for spinal cord injury research study were announced on Jan. 24 in a conference held by Asterias, the biotechnology company that manufactures AST-OPC1.
Rush University Medical Center’s solid organ transplant program has better-than-expected rates of one-year adult patient survival after liver and kidney transplantation, according to the most recent transplantation report released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). These rates makes Rush’s program unique to Chicago and among the nation’s best.
Twenty-three physicians from Rush University Medical Center were named 'top cancer doctors' in the January 2017 issue of Chicago magazine.
Nursing students can get pretty far these days while staying right where they are. Online learning has become an important way to help students benefit from instruction at top nursing schools, some of which are ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Online Nursing Programs. Rush University College of Nursing is ranked seventh among the 144 nursing schools listed this year, improving four spots from the college’s 2016 online ranking.
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 January.
Rush University Medical Center was awarded an $11.5 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to conduct a Phase II national clinical trial for children with fragile X syndrome.
A study embargoed until Monday, 12/12 shows that a protein biomarker for chronic kidney disease originates in the bone marrow. This discovery of where the suPAR protein originates is an important step towards earlier detection –and possible prevention – of a disease suffered by one in 10 adults, kills 48,000 people and costs Medicare $49 billion each year.
Families with a loved one on the autism spectrum now have an opportunity to participate in a landmark study researching the genetics of autism. The national study is the largest autism research project to date.
New, pioneered techniques in IVC filter removal are published in the November issue of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology by the interventional radiology team at Rush.
Allergy and immunology experts at Rush University Medical Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have conducted the first study designed to assess and characterize the racial and ethnic difference in food allergies among children in the U.S.
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 describing a Tom Clancy military espionage novel. Stenson is treating patients with photoimmunotherapy, PIT for short, an experimental technique that combines the immune system’s ability to target cancer cells precisely with laser energy’s ability to destroy those cells.
Rush University Medical Center has received its 10th consecutive "A" grade for safety from the Leapfrog Group, making it one of only 72 hospitals in the country to receive an A grade, the highest possible, each time the Leapfrog Group has rated hospitals.
New research gives these patients—who often feel dismissed and forgotten—evidence that their persistent symptoms are not just in their heads. Research conducted by Bianco and other Rush colleagues published Oct. 6 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found that individuals on levothyroxine who had normal TSH levels were significantly more likely to be taking antidepressants than peers with normal thyroid function. The individuals taking thyroid medication were also less physically active, suggesting lower energy levels. They weighed about 10 pounds more than peers of the same height even though they consumed fewer calories, after adjustments for body weight. Plus, they were more likely to be using beta blockers, a drug frequently prescribed to lower blood pressure, and statins that reduce cholesterol levels.
A study concluded that US News relied on some faulty patient safety data that distorted the patient safety scores of academic medical centers where the most seriously ill patients are transferred
A recently-recognized pathologic protein in the brain may play a larger role in the development of clinical Alzheimer’s disease dementia than previously recognized, according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The findings of the study of nearly 1,000 older adults were published in the Sept. 30 issue of the journal, Brain.
Rush University Medical Center is ranked fifth among 102 leading academic medical centers in the United States in a study conducted by the health care services company Vizient. It is the fourth consecutive time Rush has been ranked among the top five in the study and the eighth time since the University HealthSystem Consortium, now part of Vizient, began the study in 2005.
A leading authority on developing innovative immunotherapy treatments is Rush' new division chief of the Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy. Dr. Dr. Timothy Kuzel, a leading expert on cancer immunotherapies, will focus on continuing to assemble multidisciplinary teams to craft individualized treatments for each patient.
Physicians at Rush University Medical Center became the first in Illinois to inject AST-OPC1 (oligodendrocyte progenitor cells), an experimental treatment, into the damaged cervical spine of a recently paralyzed man as part of a multicenter clinical trial.
Rush University Medical Center ’ Dr. Timothy Lubenow is first doctor in country to use a more advanced form of spinal cord stimulation that sends electrical pulses to Dorsal Root Ganglia; 90+ percent of chronic pain patients report substantial relief.
For the second consecutive year, Rush University Medical Center improved in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings in the annual “Best Hospitals” issue, which became available today. U.S. News ranked Rush among the best hospitals in the country in nine specialty areas – two more than last year – and Rush improved in the rankings for eight of those specialties.
The Rush Comprehensive Stroke Center is planning a mobile stroke unit that literally will bring immediate stroke diagnosis and treatment to patients’ homes. The unit, serving in parts of the western suburbs, will be the first in Illinois and one of only a handful of its kind in the United States.
Rush University Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital both received four stars in a new quality rating system for hospitals nationwide that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on Wednesday. CMS, as the centers are known, ranked Rush University Medical Center higher than any other academic medical center in the Chicago area.
Rush University Medical Center received the ELSO Award for Excellence in Life Support – the most prestigious designation in critical care by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. Rush is the only full service adult and pediatric academic medical center in Chicago and Illinois to receive the Designated Gold Level Center of Excellence designation.
While strokes are known to increase risk for dementia, much less is known about diseases of large and small blood vessels in the brain, separate from stroke, and how they relate to dementia. Diseased blood vessels in the brain itself, which commonly is found in elderly people, may contribute more significantly to Alzheimer's disease dementia than was previously believed, according to new study results published in June in The Lancet Neurology, a British medical journal.
A collaboration between Rush University Medical Center and Cook County Health and Hospitals System, considered a national model for developing strategies to combat drug resistant bacteria, was awarded nearly $10 million by the CDC
Consultations via video link save patients time and difficulty By Charlie Jolie June 27, 2016 Like countless other patients, Ann Johnson, a retired veterinarian, has been willing to travel long distances and devote an entire day to be treated by a specialist at Rush University Medical Center. But a recent appointment lasted less than 30 minutes, and the only travel was to her living room.
Chicago area resident-athletes will have the opportunity to participate in a Decathlon at Lane Tech Stadium, Chicago, on August 6 and 7 to raise funds for pediatric cancer research at Rush. The Decathlon is a world-class athletic event for competitive amateur athletes from all professions testing speed, strength, endurance, agility, and coordination through a series of 10 challenges performed consecutively in one day.
Chicago, IL — Rush University Medical Center and Rush-Copley Medical Center announced today they intend to redefine their existing relationship to expand academic medicine in Chicago’s western suburbs. Under their common parent, Rush University Medical Center and Rush-Copley will fully integrate clinical, research, education and community priorities.
In an editorial letter being published in the June 14 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, experts at Rush are calling upon federal and state government agencies, health care facilities and social service and health professional organizations to develop better programs for preventing, screening, monitoring and managing elder abuse in nursing homes.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on May 26 showed that participants who received a recombinant therapy— the present standard in the United States — developed antibodies or “inhibitors” to the treatments at almost twice the rate as those whose treatments were made from human plasma.
Autism experts at Rush University Medical Center have joined the largest autism study ever undertaken in the United States. Autism experts at Rush University Medical Center have joined the largest autism study ever undertaken in the United States. Rush is the only hospital in Illinois and one of 21 in the U.S. to participate in this study.
Eating a meal of seafood or other foods containing omega-3 fatty acids at least once a week may protect against age-related memory loss and thinking problems in older people, according to a team of researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
(Oak Park) -- Rush Oak Park Hospital is the first hospital in the surrounding area to acquire and use a newly approved technology that allows vascular surgeons to see in real-time the plaque they are removing during an atherectomy, a minimally invasive procedure that helps treat peripheral artery disease (PAD). “The fact that a physician is visually guided while removing the buildup of plaque in the blood vessel can help prevent the formation of scar tissue, which can possibly lead to another blockage down the road,” says Charles Schubert, MD, the first vascular surgeon to use the Pantheris Lumivascular Atherectomy System at ROPH.
Dr. Kathleen Weber, a sports medicine expert and team physician for the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls began her tenure as the president for the Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association (MLBTPA).
Rush University Medical Center has received its ninth consecutive “A” grade for safety from the Leapfrog Group. The Medical Center is one of only 98 hospitals in the country to receive an A grade, the highest possible, each time the Leapfrog Group has rated hospitals since launching the organization’s Hospital Safety Score in June 2012.
As with any muscle in the body, prolonged or improper use can cause injuries to these vocal cord muscles causing a partial or even complete loss of the voice.
A $14.5 million NIA grant is supporting a new study led by researchers at Rush that aims to determine if an intervention known as the MIND diet can help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
United Airlines and Rush Health partner partnership to provide orthopedic and spine surgeries to United Airline employees. Direct employer contract allows world’s leading specialists to provide the highest quality care at less cost to the employees.
Rush University is ranked 22nd on the Times Higher Education’s (THE) 2016 list of the world’s top 150 universities under 50 years of age, placing it No. 1 among all such institutions in the United States. The rankings were released April 6.
People living and working in and near Chicago’s River North neighborhood will have more convenient access to physicians with Rush University Medical Center starting Tuesday April 5, when Rush will open a new health care facility at the corner of Grand and Dearborn streets. The state-of-the-art medical practice, Rush River North, is housed in the 10,000-square-foot ground floor space at the Grand Plaza apartment building at 539 N. Dearborn Street.
The Movement Disorders Center at Rush University Medical Center has been chosen by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) as one of six academic medical centers in the world to host the second class of the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders for 2017-2019.
Rush Oak Park Hospital has been recognized as a "Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality" in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), an annual survey of how health care facilities in the United States treat lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients and their families
If an infectious disease outbreak or an attack using an agent such as anthrax were to occur in Chicago, it most likely first will be noticed in emergency rooms throughout the city. Swift identification of the cause of an incoming patients’ illness could be crucial to public health and safety personnel being able to intervene in time to save lives.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) announced today that Rush Oak Park Hospital has earned Magnet designation, the most prestigious distinction a healthcare organization can receive for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care. Only 7 percent of the nation’s 5,700 hospitals have achieved Magnet status, and Rush Oak Park Hospital is one of only 54 similarly-sized hospitals (between 200 and 300 beds) in the world to earn this designation.
, Rush University, the academic component of Rush University Medical Center, has ten programs ranked among the top 10 in the country in the just released U.S. News & World Report’s "America's Best Graduate Schools list. programs in the College of Nursing and College of Health Science lead the way.
As one of 18 pain management experts on the CDC Stakeholder Review Group asked to provide input on the CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, Rush University Medical Center’s director of orthopedic anesthesia Asokumar Buvanendran recommended the CDC take several actions including: -Making prescribing physicians aware of opioid alternatives -Clearly conveying the safety and effectiveness of the alternatives -That insurance companies should cover alternatives
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