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Published on April 25, 2025 - 03:31 GMT

‘I get to love you with two hearts now’: Chicago mom thriving after complex double-organ transplant

Shortly after she was born, Laura Valentine turned blue. Doctors quickly discovered the cause: the infant’s heart only had one ventricle (or lower chamber) instead of two, making it much harder to pump oxygenated blood throughout the entire body. In …

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Published on April 24, 2025 - 21:13 GMT

A lymphoma diagnosis, a difficult treatment — and then a beautiful wedding

Mara Aguirre worried about the small lump she found on her neck, but a blood test revealed nothing abnormal. It was probably swollen lymph nodes, her doctor told her, or maybe allergies. When the lump grew a little bigger, Aguirre returned for another …

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Published on April 24, 2025 - 21:13 GMT

Rade Tomic, MD, joins UChicago Medicine as Medical Director for Lung Transplant

Rade Tomic, MD, has joined UChicago Medicine as Professor and the Medical Director for Lung Transplant as of April 1, 2025. Tomic most recently served as Professor and Lung Transplant Program Medical Director for Northwestern University. His previous …

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Published on April 22, 2025 - 21:21 GMT

First-of-its-kind stem-cell transplant treatment targets drug-resistant focal epilepsy

Jonathan Nemeth's epilepsy is so severe that muscle contractions from seizures broke his spine twice. Effects of the neurological disorder also postponed his typical life milestones, such as getting a driver’s license. "I kind of just stay at home …

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Published on April 21, 2025 - 14:10 GMT

Tumor byproduct blocks immune cells from fighting cancer

A team of researchers from the University of Chicago, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, has identified a novel oncometabolite that accumulates in tumors and impairs immune cells’ ability to fight cancer. The study, …

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Published on April 15, 2025 - 21:37 GMT

Global telemedicine therapy for dementia shows benefit

Clinical trial results indicate that people living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and their communication partners benefit from remote speech language therapy. For people living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare, early-onset …

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Published on April 14, 2025 - 20:58 GMT

How UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial is addressing care disparities for Black parents-to-be

Staff hand out supplies at the 2024 Ingalls Drive-Thru Baby Shower A longtime mission to help Black parents and their babies thrive is driving the expansion of obstetrics and gynecology services at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial in south suburban …

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Published on April 8, 2025 - 23:53 GMT

Low-dose CT scans for lung cancer: How they work and who needs one

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among people in the United States. It is the country’s leading cause of cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society, which forecasts 226,650 new lung cancer diagnoses this year. Cigarette smoking is …

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Published on April 3, 2025 - 17:52 GMT

Understanding how laughing gas can fight depression

Although a plethora of medications and therapies now exist for major depression, roughly one in three diagnosed patients still suffer from treatment-resistant depression (TRD) — a form of the disorder that does not respond to first-line antidepressants. …

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Published on March 26, 2025 - 03:48 GMT

How dangerous is a measles outbreak?

Measles is a very contagious and dangerous disease — but it’s also preventable. Thanks to a coordinated and highly effective effort to deliver the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, it was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. But increasing …

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Published on March 22, 2025 - 01:30 GMT

Match Day 2025: Cheers, tears and a new record

Jillian Bowman’s hands shook as she opened her envelope. But the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine student saw exactly what she had hoped: a match with Boston Children’s Hospital for her pediatric residency. “I just started crying,” said …

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Published on March 17, 2025 - 17:11 GMT

AI helps find promising therapeutic target for rare salivary gland cancer

Researchers have uncovered a promising therapeutic target for adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), a rare cancer of the salivary glands with few treatment options. The study, led by researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center …

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Published on March 6, 2025 - 19:10 GMT

Do kids need milk?

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, you could hardly watch TV or flip through a magazine without seeing a celebrity sporting a foamy white mustache. The dairy industry’s advertising — especially the famous “got milk?” campaigns — helped cement the idea that …

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Published on March 6, 2025 - 19:10 GMT

Chemo-immunotherapy approach shows potential benefit in patients with advanced HPV-negative head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancers that are not associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection can be treated with a novel treatment strategy including neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy with encouraging results, according to a new study. Researchers from …

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Published on March 5, 2025 - 00:49 GMT

How Wi-Fi enabled 'smart' knee implants track recovery, step by step

Gerard Berish using exercise equipment with his Wi-Fi enabled 'smart knee' When Gerard Berish learned he needed knee replacement surgery, he wanted to resume an active lifestyle as quickly as possible. “I’ve always been interested in staying fit …

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Published on February 28, 2025 - 00:25 GMT

Resilient 'SuperAgers' show the positive side of growing old

Even though the two women had met only once or twice before, 110-year-old Edith Renfrow Smith lit up as soon as 84-year-old Sheila Nicholes entered the room. “Here comes another SuperAger!” she exclaimed. Nicholes laughed and gave Smith a hug. “I sure am …

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Published on February 25, 2025 - 22:12 GMT

‘Smart' knee replacement tracks patient progress, data to boost recovery

Intense aching in Luz Graciela Gamero’s arthritic knees would force her to sit down during her managing shifts at Medici on 57th, a popular restaurant in Hyde Park. The cartilage in her right knee had worn out, so her bones would grind against each other …

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Published on February 21, 2025 - 21:38 GMT

Water jet therapy offered at Ingalls Memorial provides relief for enlarged prostate

University of Chicago Medicine urologist Mahmoud Khalil, MBBCh, shows patient Guillermo Arellano-Garcia scans with successful results from his recent water jet therapy to treat his enlarged prostate. For four years, Guillermo Arellano-Garcia suffered in …

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Published on February 21, 2025 - 21:38 GMT

'Not just a painting': UChicago Medicine’s Staff Art Exhibit brings comfort, connection

Art has the power to heal, and the 18th annual UChicago Medicine Staff Art Exhibit proved just that. For one mother who spent days walking the halls of the Hyde Park hospital recently while her daughter recovered from a transplant, a painting of a happy …

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Published on February 17, 2025 - 19:04 GMT

Uncovering inequalities in breast cancer immunotherapy access

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of the disease that accounts for 15% of all breast cancer cases. Black women are twice as likely as white women to be diagnosed with TNBC and 28% more likely to die from it. In a new study …

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