University of Illinois Chicago News

Illinois had a sudden surge in foreclosures in October, up 57 percent from a year ago, that pushed the state to the notoriously higher No.

To get down to a healthy weight, obese and overweight people often struggle to cut their daily caloric intake by a necessary 15 percent to 40 percent.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a $4 million federal grant to develop new antibiotics to treat anthrax, tularemia and plague.

A greater share of prized Chicago magnet school seats would go to the brothers and sisters of current magnet students -- as well as to neighborhood kids -- under a long-awaited magnet admission plan expected to be unveiled this week.

Chemicals used in industrial applications may affect cholesterol levels A new study has revealed that chemicals used in commercial and industrial applications such as surfactants, paper and textile coatings and food packaging might affect serum cholesterol levels in people.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine researchers have identified the important role a protein plays in the body's first line of defense in directing immune cells called neutrophils toward the site of infection or injury.

Shoved aside in 1994 to make way for an expanded University of Illinois at Chicago, the legendary Maxwell Street Market is in for yet another overhaul - this time to bring it back to its former glory.

Alternate-day fasting the best bet to fight flab Alternate-day fasting can be the right way lose weight and boost cardio-vascular health, experts from University of Illinois at Chicago have suggested.

E-mail: tiborv@uic.edu Received 1 March 2009; Revised 1 June 2009; Accepted 11 July 2009; Published online 6 November 2009.

Adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in mice, U.S. researchers report.

Restricting daily calorie intake is a common plan to help obese and overweight people slim down to healthier weights.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received $1 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study the relationship between "fat taxes" and food consumption, diet quality and obesity.

Yes. I know this is a shameless plug for an event I'm moderating, but there's a great panel, and beer - what more can anyone ask? It's tonight, November 4, 7:00 p.m., upstairs at Schubas Tavern , 3159 N. Southport at Belmont, a former tied house .

The University of Illinois-Chicago has received a $2 million federal grant to research chronic pain experienced by patients with sickle cell disease.

The following RNs were honored Oct. 23 as Pinnacle Nurse Leaders at the 12th annual Power of Nursing Leadership Event in Chicago: Lisa DiMarco, assistant vice president of patient care services, Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, Ill.

Eighty five percent of students at the University of Illinois Chicago college prep are considered low-income, yet the charter school is academically in the top 10 of all 118 Chicago public high schools.

Note: This article was published on Oct. 29, 2004, the 75th anniversary of the Crash.

Health officials are offering flu shots at both of Chicago's airports. Staff from the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center will set up kiosks in each domestic terminal at O'Hare International Airport and near the main section of concessions at Midway International Airport.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease.

October 27, 2009 - Logical Therapeutics, Inc., a Waltham, MA-based biopharmaceutical company announced today the positive results of a Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating the gastrointestinal safety of its investigational drug LT-NS001, the first of a new class of bio-activated prodrugs being developed for the chronic treatment of arthritic ...