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Father's Day brings to mind one of the most important things about being a good dad -- staying healthy for his children's sake.

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Approximately 1,300 runners, walkers, kids and children’s characters gathered at Loyola University Medical Center for the inaugural Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital® (RMCH) 5K Race/Walk and Children’s Character Competition on Sunday, June 10.

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Father's Day brings to mind one of the most important things about being a good dad -- staying healthy for his children's sake. A physician offers advice for how men can stay healthy.

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Loyola University Health System (LUHS) unveiled its newly renovated Emergency Department (ED) today. This site has been named the John L. Keeley, MD Emergency Department in honor of the late Dr. John L. Keeley who served as chair of Loyola’s Department of Surgery from 1958 to 1969. The renovation was made possible by the Keeley family, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation and Jim and Sally Dowdle.

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Many of the patients who spent the first few months of their life in Loyola University Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) will return on Sunday, June 10, to give back to the organization that cared for them. They will participate in the inaugural Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital 5K Race/Walk and Children’s Character Competition, which will benefit the NICU renovation.

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The City Council voted this week to ban minors from using tanning beds in Chicago. Loyola University Health System’s Division Director of Dermatology Rebecca Tung, MD, FAAD, endorses this move and is available to comment on the protective benefits this will have for kids and teens.

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A fatty membrane in the belly called the omentum appears to play an important role in regulating the immune system. The finding could lead to new drugs for organ transplant patients and patients with auto-immune diseases.

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Loyola pediatrician shares how to get the most out of your child’s office visit.

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Warm weather increases car injuries including a fast growing trend of car surfing says Loyola trauma surgeon. Social media has increased the popularity of this risky sport popular with young males.

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Pauline M. Camacho, MD, FACE, was elected secretary of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) at its 21st Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress in Philadelphia last week. AACE is the world’s largest association of clinical endocrinologists.

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Lower-income cancer patients are less likely to participate in cancer clinical trials, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2012 meeting.

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The Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge will hold a free arthritis fair for the community.

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Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine students, staff and faculty and the Maywood Environmental Beautification Commission are joining forces to bring new health resources to the Maywood community. In addition to the array of farmers bringing their crops for sale, this year’s Farmers Market also will include a Farm-to-City basket program, cooking demonstrations, a walking club and a children’s wellness program called Wellness Wizards to encourage people of all ages to adopt healthy lifestyle choices.

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Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook.

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Children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders face numerous medical challenges beyond appearance. Patients can face serious airway, feeding, speech and hearing problems, as well as social and psychological challenges.

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Loyola primary care physician shares why exercising is vital to health as we age.

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Loyola University Medical Center has been named to a list of "100 Great Hospitals" by Becker's Hospital Review.

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The explosion that occurred in an Arlington Heights factory that killed one and injured several others may have a long-lasting physical and emotional impact on fellow workers and community members, according to Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, MD, medical director of occupational health at Loyola University Health System.

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Kate and Claire Wild spent their first few weeks of life in Loyola University Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The girls were born two months early after their mom, Jennifer, went into premature labor.

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News report of unidentified chemical substance used on a police officer and threat of continued protest noted by Loyola toxicologist, Christina Hantsch. As wind gusts pick up in the area, "You don't spit into the wind, and you sure don't spray either," says the former Illinois Poison Center medical director.

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When writer Florence Williams was nursing her second child, she had her breast milk analyzed for toxins. What she found surprised her. Trace amounts of pesticides, dioxin, a jet-fuel ingredient and high-to-average levels of flame retardants were present in her breast milk. She reported on these findings in New York Times Magazine, which has since set off a wave of controversy. A Loyola University Health System lactation consultant puts these findings in perspective.

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iPhones and other smartphones can be a huge help to the visually impaired, but only 15 percent of vision doctors are recommending them to patients, according to a study presented at the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting.

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The Loyola Osteoporosis & Metabolic Bone Disease Center will offer free osteoporosis screenings with physician interpretation of results and a recommendation plan.

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Loyola University Health System will host two Women’s Day events.

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The constant health education that dialysis patients receive can lead to boredom and noncompliance. But a Loyola University Medical Center study has found that brief, casual chats can be a significant benefit to patients.

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Dr. Patrick Stiff, director of Loyola University Medical Center's Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, has been named to The One Hundred, a prestigious list of individuals and groups that have advanced the fight against cancer.

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Following a stroke, factors as varied as blood sugar, body temperature and position in bed can affect patient outcomes, Loyola University Medical Center researchers report.

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Nearly 5 billion was absorbed by the non-riding public due to lack of helmet laws, and Michigan is now the 31st state to abandon helmet laws. Loyola trauma surgeon offers grim statistics on increase in fatalities, crashes when helmet laws are not in force.

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First-Time Mom to Celebrate Mother’s Day in Loyola’s NICU.

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Cinthia La Porte, BSN, RN, was named Loyola University Health System’s Fanchon Knight Nurse of the Year during its annual Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony on Wednesday, May 9. La Porte is the nurse manager of the Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center.

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Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine student Jason Cuomo has received a 2012 American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology.

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Patients see potential benefits from direct-to-consumer genetic testing, but are also concerned about how test results will be used, and generally are unwilling to pay more than $10 or $20 for them.

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For the fourth year in a row, Loyola University Medical Center has won a Get with the Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

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Beauty salons are joining in the fight against breast cancer.

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More health researchers are collaborating with community groups. But ethicists write that programs that educate researchers and community groups about research ethics "fail to meet the needs of all groups."

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A routine, but expensive, test for women who undergo stress incontinence surgery may not always be necessary, according to a study published in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. This test, known as urodynamics, determines how the bladder stores and releases urine. The study found that women who underwent a doctor’s evaluation and urodynamics versus a doctor’s evaluation alone did not have better outcomes after stress incontinence surgery.

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There's a high rate of depression among patients with hepatitis C, but a standard treatment for the disease includes a drug, interferon, that can cause depression.

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Loyola University Health System (LUHS) will celebrate Nurses Week from May 7- 11. The theme for the week, “Healthy Nurses, Healthy Teams, Healthy Patients,” celebrates all that nurses do to improve the health of their patients and the community.

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Surgery to repair the type of ACL knee injury suffered by Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose is successful in 90 percent of cases, according to sports medicine orthopedic surgeon Dr. Pietro Tonino of Loyola University Medical Center.

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Binge drinking may slow recovery and increase medical costs for survivors of burn injuries, according to a study presented at the American Burn Association meeting in Seattle.

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Transplanting tissue from newborn fetal membranes prevents blindness in patients with a devastating disease called Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.

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April is National Donate Life Month and Chicagoan Judy Weimer shares how a double-lung transplant at Loyola University Health System saved her life.

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Loyola University Medical Center pediatrician Dr. Kathleen Webster, a leader in the growing field of telemedicine, is being honored by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).

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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infections, according to research conducted at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). Researchers also found that recipients who remained deficient for one year following the transplant had a higher mortality rate than those who had normal vitamin D levels. These data were published in the latest issue of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

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Dermatologists from Loyola University Health System will offer free skin cancer screenings in May as part of Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.

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Parenting a teenage athlete is a juggling act—monitoring homework, keeping up with practice and training schedules, weeks packed with competitions or games. It may seem like a never-ending “to do” list and that yearly sports physical can seems like just one more thing in a busy parent’s life. But the quickest way of checking if off the list could be detrimental to a teen’s health.

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Dr. Christopher Loftus, a neurosurgeon who is internationally known for his research and treatment of cerebral aneurysms and stroke, has been named chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

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Despite the well-documented benefits of walking after surgery, some patients are reluctant to make an attempt even with the encouragement of medical staff. Loyola University Health System researchers reported these findings at the prestigious 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons in Baltimore.

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Top surgeon formerly at Rush Medical Center, Dr. Ted Saclarides, is recruited to Loyola University Health System to serve as director of Colorectal Surgery.

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When Dr. Irene Gatti de Leon slipped on the ice and bumped her head, she wasn't too concerned. But two months later, she experienced weakness in her right leg and right arm, and was in imminent danger of suffering permanent disability similar to a stroke.