Maywood News

MAYWOOD, Il. - A Loyola University Chicago Niehoff School of Nursing researcher has received a four-year, $1.49 million grant to study whether Vitamin D can improve mood in women with diabetes who are depressed.

Richard L. Gamelli, MD, FACS, a world-renowned leader in the care and treatment of burn injury, is being awarded Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine's highest honor.

Police investigating several recent burglaries arrested two men in Maywood after the car they were driving matched the description of a car used in the previous crimes.

One man is dead and at least eleven other people have been wounded in shootings on the South and West sides since Friday afternoon.

SwedishAmerican Medical Group has added OB/GYN care at its new primary care clinic in the Caron Ridge Shopping Center at 380 state Route 38 East.

The Oak Park Elementary District 97 school board, over the objections of some members of the community, voted unanimously Tuesday to extend for an additional two years its contract with Maywood-based Lakeview Buslines, Inc. District 97 parents Sinead Aylward and Todd Kirby each spoke at the meeting to object to extending the contract, citing what ... (more)

US and Chinese flags in front of the White House. The USA and China recently agreed to reduce emissions of HFCs, which are potent greenhouse gases.

MAYWOOD, Ill. - Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine is the first medical school in the nation to announce that it is accepting applications for admission from undocumented immigrants in response to President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

On Thursday, a herd of reporters from every major media outlet in Chicago descended on the Cook County courthouse in Maywood for the bond hearing of a mother and godmother charged with murdering a teenager with severe autism .

A mother and caregiver were due in court on Wednesday, charged with killing a 14-year-old boy with severe autism.

MAYWOOD, Ill., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Maywood's Psychiatry specialist Dr. Murali Rao for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year.

MAYWOOD, Il. - A Loyola University Medical Center surgeon is using electrical stimulation as part of an advanced surgical technique to treat Bell's palsy.

Mandatory influenza vaccination, as a condition of employment, did not lead to excessive voluntary termination, according to a four-year analysis of vaccination rates at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL.

A 14-year-old "severely autistic" River Grove boy was found stabbed to death inside the family's locked apartment - while the teen's mother and a female caretaker also were located "semi-conscious" inside the home, police said Monday.

The final day of classes at Proviso East High School in Maywood turned out to be a wild one, according to police and video accounts.

Mandatory influenza vaccination, as a condition of employment, did not lead to excessive voluntary termination, according to a four-year analysis of vaccination rates at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL.

A flood of more than 300 fighting students poured out of Proviso East High School on their last day of school May 31 and carried into the streets of Maywood for several hours, police said.

A two-year extension of Oak Park Elementary District 97's transportation contracts will cost the district $12,326 more upfront but has the potential to save at least 58,800 per year.

Cell phone video recently posted online shows a brawl near Proviso East High School in suburban Maywood on the last day of school.

Aspirin appears to be just as good as more expensive, more potent blood-thinning medication for preventing blood clots after hip replacement surgery, according to new research.