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Donors can drop off gently used coats, hats and gloves at health system’s facilities in Homer Glen and Orland Park.

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Exercise designed to map out the quickest, most efficient emergency transportation routes for injured patients.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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Loyola University Health System Pediatrician talks about the importance of sleep and gives tips on helping kids sleep.

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Nurse anesthesist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital runs breast cancer marathon to raise more than $2,000 on behalf of mother and aunt who are survivors.

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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.

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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.

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Patients at Loyola's Melrose Park community hospital order meals from a restaurant-style menu at the time of their choosing.

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Loyola dietician offers tips to help you eat healthier, maintain your without depriving yourself of seasonal treats.

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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.

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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.

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Only 3.9 percent of orthopaedic surgeons and 13.8 percent of orthopaedic residents are women.

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Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine will let students, faculty and staff demonstrate their culinary prowess during the 6th Annual Chili Cook-Off.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hundreds expected to turn out for Loyola’s Fall Festival of Life.

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Loyola Non-invasive therapy requires no anesthesia or sedation; can be done in a half hour in psychiatrist’s offic

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Drill designed to test health system's ability to respond to widespread disease outbreak.

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Loyola University Health System pediatrician gives food allergy tips to prepare for Halloween.

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Medical care had been hard to find for disorder that has no cure and is frequently misdiagnosed as asthma, emphysema or bronchitis.

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Health system plans to match last year’s effort when 99.3 percent of staff was vaccinated.

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A study has demonstrated how hospitals can improve patient safety and cut costs by reducing the number of blood transfusions.

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Dr. Thomas Nutter to run 26.2-mile course to raise funds for clean-water projects in impoverish countries.

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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.

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A balloon angioplasty device that sucks up dangerous plaque debris could trigger a "paradign shift" in how physicians treat peripheral artery disease.

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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.

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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.

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Loyola physician says this season will be different in several ways.

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Second annual World MRSA Day to pay tribute to those affected by antibiotic-defying bacterium that sickens, kills thousands around the world.

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Loyola Gottlieb Allergy Count today records 81,000 mold spores - 31,000 more than 50,000 air quality warning

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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.

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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.

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Loyola researchers conclude more study needed to find markers that can reliably predict which lesions will progress to deadly angiosarcomas.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Loyola surgeon uses robot to treat an embarrassing disorder that affects more than 7 million Americans.

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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.

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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.

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France has awarded a blind, 87-year-old physician researcher as Knight of the Legion of Honor in recognition of his valor during World War II.

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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.

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Dr. Mushabbar Syed has been named director of Cardiovascular Imaging at Loyola University Health System.

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Loyola Center for Fitness expert gives tips on exercising in the heat.

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Confidential cancer screenings will include blood tests and exams by a Loyola urologist.

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Preparations for living in a college dorm should start with a meningitis vaccination.