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A Look Behind Low Vaccination Rates in Chicago-area Schools
Dr. Bartlett practicing what she preaches, with 2-year-old son Will while he gets the hepatitis A vaccine. Last week NBC 5 Chicago ran an investigative report on the surprisingly low vaccination rates...
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Swimmers Honor A Former Team Member While Raising Funds For Cancer Research
The Carleton College swim team at last year’s Hour of Power relay. From 9 am to 11:30 on the morning of Saturday, April 26, swimmers from the New Trier Swim Club will come together for the eighth...
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Susan Cohn, MD, Named New Dean for Clinical Research
Susan Cohn, MDPediatric oncologist and the leading authority on neuroblastoma Susan Cohn, MD, has been named dean for Clinical Research at the University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences,...
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White Sox, Comer Children’s Hospital Team Up for Second Year to Fight Obesity
White Sox pitcher Donnie Veal with the kids from Langford Community Academy The Chicago White Sox and the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital kicked off the second year of a...
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Can You Ever Repay Your Sleep Debt?
Whether it’s a student finishing that term paper at two in the morning, a resident working a 20 hour shift or an office administrator with a newborn at home, we’re all getting less sleep. A recent...
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Promising High-Dose Radiation Therapy For Neuroblastoma Now Offered In Illinois
6-year-old Sammy Nahorny became the first patient to undergo high-dose MIBG radiation for neuroblastoma at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital. (Photo: Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago...
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New Drugs on the Way to Treat Seasonal Allergies
Now that it’s almost summer, chances are you’ve already had a run-in with allergies. The sneezing, the itching, the watery eyes, the snot (oh man, the snot); they’re all symptoms of what’s known as...
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Registration Now Open for the Comer Children’s Hospital RBC Race for the Kids
Registration is now open for the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital RBC Race for the Kids, held this year on Sunday, October 5, 2014. Join us in making a difference in the lives...
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Bucksbaum Institute names two new master clinicians
The University of Chicago Medicine Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence named two new faculty members as Master Clinicians, continuing the mission of improving the doctor-patient relationship...
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New grant program gives more than $250,000 to groups working on Chicago’s...
Six non-profit groups that provide services on Chicago’s South Side are sharing $253,475 in grants for programs to improve the health of area communities. The grants are the first to be awarded under...
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New study using telemedicine to combat anorexia recruiting patients
The death of Robin Williams serves as a harsh reminder of the dangers caused by psychiatric disorders. Yet, while the effects of diseases such as major depressive disorder are devastating, anorexia...
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The tricky costs of school-based vaccination programs
Children receive the polio vaccine in the 1950s. Once upon a time, kids got many of their immunizations at school, but now it’s a little more tricky (Photo: AP) The CDC recommends that kids get...
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Dr. Daniel Johnson on the enterovirus outbreak
Daniel Johnson, MD, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital, discusses the enterovirus 68 outbreak spreading across the country, affecting...
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Surgery for sleep apnea improves asthma control
Asthma is a common and costly respiratory disease. It is the third-most prevalent chronic pediatric disease in the United States, affecting an estimated 7.1 million children under the age of 18,...
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The ER doesn’t have to be scary: Reducing anxiety for kids with a dose of fun
Benjamin Heilbrunn, MD, as a hospital clown touring with Patch Adams’ group in Europe A trip to the emergency room can be a frightening experience for a kid, whether it’s for a serious injury or just a...
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Abnormal neural connections are at heart of motor coordination issues in autism
People with autism spectrum disorder often display intense interests. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Social impairments, communication difficulties and restricted, repetitive and stereotyped...
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Young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia benefit from treatments...
Wendy Stock, MD, with ALL patient Jenn Georges at the UChicago Medicine Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Program clinic. Read more about Jenn’s story. Each year, nearly 20,000 adolescents and...
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An antibody to beat staph at its own game
Staphylococcus aureus About 60,000 infants are born prematurely each year with very low birth weight—less than 1,500 grams (3 pounds, 5 ounces)—requiring hospitalization and intensive care. A 2012...
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The Disneyland measles outbreak reminds us that it’s still a very dangerous...
View image | gettyimages.com Measles may not be an everyday concern in the United States, but it’s still a very contagious, and very dangerous, disease. While it was largely eradicated in this country...
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And so to bed: New guidelines from the National Sleep Foundation
On February 2, 2015, the National Sleep Foundation revamped its recommendations for bed rest. With the guidance of an 18-member multidisciplinary expert panel—which included Leila Kheirandish-Gozal,...
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