Rush University News

December 3, 2009 by Sylvia Perez and Christine Tressel -- Gene therapy reveals how a patient's own body may hold the key to treating medical problems.

Rod Blagojevich, a major Elvis fan who is strapped with legal fees, will be paid $75 to debate a Columbia College professor about the "cultural merits" of the Elvis Presley film "Viva Las Vegas" Dec.

A section of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus -- including the UIC and Rush University medical centers -- was without heat and hot water today because of an electrical problem at a steam plant.

A private security guard ambles across a health clinic's crowded waiting area toward the bathroom.

Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology .

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. , a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the closing of an approximately $37 million first mortgage financing transaction collateralized by the Rush Medical Office Building located on the campus of Rush Oak Park Hospital.

Alzheimer's research in Chicago is getting a big boost from the federal government.

Lately scientists have come upon tangible evidence that cells are able to communicate using photons instead of using chemical, mechanical, or electric means.

After six years of red tape, a state-sponsored website that provides the public with information on Illinois hospitals is finally up and running.

The study, involving 65 women between the ages of 67 and 95, is being presented this week at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society in San Diego.

The growing evidence that cells communicate with photons is generating an exciting new field of research Last year, researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago showed that human cells in culture could synchronize their internal chemical processes even though they were mechanically, chemically and electrically isolated from one ...

For more information about the Department of Neurology at Rush, contact 888-352-RUSH. If you'd like to learn more about Parkinson's Disease, check out www.michaeljfox.org . The University of Illinois at Chicago just received a two-year grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation to work on biomarkers for Parkinson's disease.

Nearly half of breast cancer survivors in a Danish survey reported having pain two to three years after treatment.

ABCa TMs Robin Roberts on Thursday pressed a government official on rationing and aA new recommendation that women under the age of 50 shouldna TMt get regularA mammograms.

The study is examining the utility of three-dimensional thermal tomography in radiation oncology.

Share + Nov 18, 2009 7:24 am US/Central A Pittsburgh Steelers fan says he was left nearly blind and brain damaged after being poisoned, and he blames some Bears fans he met in Chicago.

For an ocular surgeon, performing a flawless surgery is always the top priority.

Chicago researchers are seeking current and former smokers for a study on early detection of lung cancer.

New mammogram advice is raising questions and concerns over whether women should wait until they are 50 years old to get mammograms.

Chicago police are investigating whether someone poisoned the drink of a Pittsburgh fan when he was in town in September for the Bears-Steelers game.