What’s New

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Latest News

• Rush Offering New Motion Sensor Technology Found in Smartphones for Chronic Pain Relief
  
• Rush Builds Partnership With City Colleges of Chicago Through College to Careers Program
  
• Researchers Study Mitochondrial Function, Potential New Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer’s Disease
  
• Study Finds Association Between Air Pollution and Cognitive Decline in Women
  
• Nutritional Medicine for Adults Workshop Series at Rush University Medical Center
  
• Free Program Provides Lymphoma Information and Extensive Question and Answer Opportunity
  
• Rush Opens Health Clinic at Simpson Academy for Young Women
  
• Rush University Medical Center Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday With Day of Service
  
• First Level 3 Medical Home Designation for Primary Care Practices at an Academic Medical Center Goes to Rush
  
• Preventive hemophilia A treatment reduces annual bleeding events and frequency of infusions
  
• Rush University Medical Center Successfully Moves Patients into New Hospital Building
  
• Nation’s First Center for Advanced Emergency Response Opens on Jan. 6
  
• Lubricant in Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants Found to Be Graphite, Not Proteins
  
• Rush University Appoints Gayle B. Ward as Associate Provost of Student Affairs
  
• Dedication of New Rush University Medical Center Hospital Set for Dec. 8, 2011
  
• Advanced Technology at Rush’s New Hospital Enhances Overall Efforts to Improve Patient Care
  
• Highest Honor in the Caregiving Field Awarded to Rush University Medical Center
  
• Rush Appoints Chief of the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery and Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program
• Discovery illuminates elusive proton channel gene in dinoflagellate
• DuPage Medical Group, Rush University Medical Center Announce Affiliation and Plans For a New Cancer Center in DuPage County
  
• Rush Named Designated Site to Use New Immunotherapy Drug to Treat Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
  
• Low Vitamin B12 Levels May Lead to Brain Shrinkage, Cognitive Problems
  
• Medical Management Alone May Be Best Treatment Course for Stroke Prevention, Rush Researchers Say
  
• Signs of Aging May be Linked to Undetected Blocked Brain Blood Vessels
  
• Free Community Education Program on Prevention and Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer at Rush University Medical Center
  
• Rush Partnership With OSHA Increases Worker Safety on Construction Site
• Rush University Medical Center is a Leader in the Use of Information Technology According to National Survey
• Rush Appoints Expert in Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Chairperson for the Department of Psychiatry
• Rush Launches Interactive Website on the New Hospital Building
• Obesity Counseling Should Focus on Neurobehavioral Processes, Not Personal Choice, Researchers Say
• Annual Back to School Health Fair August 6th Offers Free Immunizations and Physicals to Help Public School Students Get Ready for the New Year
• Six-Month Countdown Begins for New Rush Hospital Building
• Free Community Education Program about Concussions at Rush University Medical Center
• New Clinical Trial to Examine Medication to Treat Social Withdrawal in Fragile X and Autism Patients
• Rush University Medical Center Ranked Among Top Hospitals in the Country in 10 Specialties by U.S.News & World Report Magazine
• Rush University Medical Center Is Named Leader in Healthcare Equality Index For Third Consecutive Year
• Heart Valve Replacement without Opening the Chest Gives New Option for Patients with Untreatable, Non-Operative Condition
• Rush Nurse Selected as American Heart Association’s Volunteer of the Year
• Potential Impact of Cinnamon on Multiple Sclerosis Studied
  
• New Device Offers Revolutionary Treatment for Difficult-to-Treat Brain Aneurysms
• Vaccine First to Show Improved Survival Rates for Metastatic Melanoma
• Ophthalmologists from Rush Provide Vision Screening to At-Risk Populations on Chicago's West Side
• Rush University Commencement Ceremony on June 11 to Feature Former Surgeon General of the United States
• Rush University Medical Center Honored for Promoting Access and Equity
• Telemedicine "Robot" Allows Rush University Medical Center Stroke Specialists to Remotely Evaluate Patients in Oak Park
• Higher Levels of Social Activity Decrease the Risk of Cognitive Decline
• Rush University Medical Center Names Cynthia Barginere Chief Nursing Officer
• Differences in Brain Structure Indicate Risk for Developing Alzheimer's Disease
• Constricted "Life Space" Linked With Alzheimer's Disease
• Cutting-Edge Robotics to Treat Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Orthopedic Surgeon at Rush University Medical Center Elected 2012 President of the Major League Baseball Team Physicians Association
  
• Rush University Surpasses Previous Rankings in Latest U.S. News Grad Schools Survey
  
• CDC, Cook County and Rush Collaborate to Research and Prevent Healthcare Associated Infections
  
• Research Study Explores Gene Therapy Treatment to Reduce Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
  
• Award-Winning Documentary Featuring Rush University Medical Center Physicians to be Screened at Special Event March 19
  
• Inexpensive Rinsing an Effective Means of Reducing Post-Operative Infection Following Total Joint Replacement Surgery
  
• Award-Winning Documentary Featuring Rush University Medical Center Physicians to be Screened at Special Event March 19
  
• Higher Levels of Social Activity Decrease the Risk of Developing Disability in Old Age
  
• Dr. Joshua Jacobs, Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, Named American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Second Vice President
  
• Physicians at Rush University Medical Center Tackle Pulmonary Hypertension: A Complex Disease that Affects the Heart and Lungs
  
• Nurse Researcher at Rush University Medical Center Awarded Grant to Study the Impact of Telemedicine on ICU Nursing Care
  
• Rush University Medical Center Responds to Increased Flu Levels in Chicago Area: Will Screen All Hospital Visitors to Limit the Spread of the Flu Virus
  
• John P. Mordach is New Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Rush University Medical Center
• President Barack Obama Appoints Susan Swider, Rush College of Nursing Faculty Member, to Key Administration Post
• New Rush University Cancer Center Accommodates Advanced Care, Patient Comfort
• New Pulmonary Valve Delays Need for Open-Heart Surgery
• New Device Allows Neurosurgeons to Treat Complex Brain Aneurysms Without Open Surgery