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October 10, 2012

UI Hospital unveils new transplant unit, research center

The UI Hospital unveiled two new units last week that focus on healing patients with devastating chronic diseases.

October 9, 2012

Simple Test May Ease Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

A simple new test, in which the patient swallows a string, can monitor treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis as effectively as an invasive, expensive and uncomfortable procedure that risks complications, particularly in children.

October 3, 2012

Open House at New Mile Square Englewood Clinic

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is celebrating the newest addition to the Mile Square federally qualified health center network, the Englewood Clinic, with an open house and tour on Oct. 4.

October 3, 2012

UI Hospital Unveils Renovated Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System will unveil its newly remodeled 10-bed Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit Thursday, Oct. 4, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

September 26, 2012

$3.4M HHS Grant To Help UIC Address Shortage of Latino Health Providers

The College of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.4 million federal grant to improve the severe shortage of Latino physicians and other health care professionals.

John DeNardo greets cardiologist George Kondos

September 5, 2012

Hospital CEO moves to public health

After 12 years as the CEO of the University of Illinois Hospital, John DeNardo moves to the School of Public Health.

August 31, 2012

First Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplant, Sleeve Gastrectomy Performed

A 35-year-old Chicago woman is the first patient in the world to have a combined procedure that offers new hope for obese kidney patients.

August 23, 2012

UI Hospital To Receive $2.5 Million for Heart Rescue Project in Illinois

The University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System has received a $2.5 million grant from the Medtronic Foundation to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue, an ambitious statewide all-volunteer effort to more than double survival from sudden cardiac arrests in Illinois.

back to school health fair

August 22, 2012

Lots of back-to-school smiles at Children’s Hospital health fair

Happy kids – and happier parents – filled the Outpatient Care Center for the annual back-to-school health fair sponsored by the Children’s Hospital University of Illinois Aug. 4.

August 9, 2012

UIC Study Examines Exercise and Weight Loss for Older Adults with Osteoarthritis

UIC researchers have been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the effectiveness of two community-based health promotion programs for older adults with osteoarthritis.

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