All health medicine
March 7, 2024
Chicagoans are dying from cardiac arrest outside the hospital at increasingly younger agesThe biggest decrease in age happened among Black men
February 8, 2024
Clues to cancer drug’s deadly side effects could make it saferFor some leukemia patients, their only treatment option carries a risk of heart failure
January 29, 2024
Breast cancer test may make bad chemotherapy recommendations for Black patientsTest may underestimate the benefit of chemotherapy for Black women, especially those who are young
January 24, 2024
Ultrasounds can help predict the risk of preterm births, new research showsThis is the first method for assessing risk in first-time pregnancies
January 17, 2024
How to increase health equity among childrenResearchers offer policy solutions to counter structural racism affecting children’s health
January 17, 2024
Brush biopsy enables early detection of oral cancer without surgeryA new test invented by UIC researchers allows dentists to screen for oral cancer with a simple brush
December 14, 2023
Menstrual cycles affect day-to-day suicide risk, UIC researchers findPatients with a history of suicidality experience increased risk in the days surrounding menstruation
November 28, 2023
Growing microtumors in a dish helps rapidly identify genes that drive tumor growthThe method identified promising targets for precision oncology in two types of cancer
November 27, 2023
Why does puberty trigger us to stop growing?Research on fruit flies has implications for this poorly understood process in humans
November 6, 2023
NIH grant expands UIC brain bank into citywide effort to study epilepsy, brain cancer$5 million grant expands UIC’s network of brain tissue research to 4 new Chicago sites.