Category: Press Releases

Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS St. John’s Hospital is in Midwest to Use New Minimally-Invasive Valve Replacement Technology

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 8, 2019 | Press Releases | 0

The Prairie Heart Institute at HSHS St. John’s Hospital is the first hospital in the Midwest to offer the LOTUS Edge™ Valve System to treat high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis.

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Dedicated Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Opens at Advocate Children’s Hospital

by Ryan Voyles | Jul 8, 2019 | Press Releases | 0

On the heels of being ranked thirteenth in the country in pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery by U.S. News & World Report, Advocate Children’s Heart Institute unveiled their new Busking Family Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) on Tuesday, July 2 in Oak Lawn. The highly-specialized unit will provide inpatient cardiac care for the growing […]

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IDPH Investigating Legionella Linked to Oak Lawn’s Advocate Christ Hospital

by Ryan Voyles | Jun 27, 2019 | Press Releases | 0

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is investigating four cases of Legionnaires’ disease in individuals who were at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, two of whom were patients within the past two months.

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New Northwell Health, NowPow partnership helps tear down social barriers to better health

by Ryan Voyles | Jun 20, 2019 | Press Releases | 0

Northwell Health today announced a partnership with software platform NowPow to better empower patients to get help in overcoming their social determinants of health—the conditions in their daily lives that make it difficult for them to get or stay healthy.

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UIC’s Institute for Tuberculosis Research tapped to support $28 million drug discovery project

by Ryan Voyles | Jun 19, 2019 | Press Releases | 0

The University of Illinois at Chicago will work with TB Alliance to help find new drug treatments for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection considered to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide.

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