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Answers to your burning questions about UTIs

July 30, 2024

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common bacterial infections that can infect anywhere along the urinary tract; this includes the urethra, bladder, ureters and kidneys. The most common site of…

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Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital CRNA takes lifesaving action at O’Hare

July 29, 2024

Minutes before she was to board a plane for a family trip to Colorado, Natalie Tarantur, CRNA, leapt into action and led lifesaving efforts for a man who lost consciousness following a cardiac event…

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Endeavor Health accepting Community Investment Fund applications

July 29, 2024

Evanston, Ill. – Endeavor Health℠ is now accepting applications for its 2025 Community Investment Fund (CIF) awards. Endeavor Health plans to distribute up to $10 million in 2025 through a combination…

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Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?

July 29, 2024

Actor Bruce Willis made a shocking announcement in the spring of 2022—he was stepping away from acting because he had been diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that affects the ability to communicate…

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Neurosciences

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Meet Dr. Nockels: Changing lives through neurosurgery

July 29, 2024

As a child, Russ Nockels, MD, believed he would grow up to become a Chicago firefighter. While he didn’t end up in the fire station, he still followed a path that would change people’s lives…

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Advanced technology enables earlier lung cancer diagnosis

July 29, 2024

Game-changing new technology is transforming physicians’ ability to perform lung biopsies, in even the smallest and hardest to reach airways. The Ion robotic-assisted bronchoscopy enables precise…

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Signs of pancreatic cancer you shouldn’t ignore

July 26, 2024

The pancreas is a small organ located between the spine and intestines that produces enzymes to help digest food and hormones like insulin, which help regulate blood sugar. Pancreatic cancer occurs…

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Cancer

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5 medical conditions doctors watch for during student athlete physical

July 26, 2024

The summer months mean lining up sports physicals for student athletes before school starts again. Parents need to be sure their sports-driven teenagers get a careful examination and a thorough…

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Children's health

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8 ways to prevent sports injuries

July 25, 2024

When spring sports start, so do the chances of student-athletes getting injured on the playing fields. Even though most high school sports injuries are minor — such as sprains and strains — athletes…

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Orthopaedics

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ABUS cancer screenings offer special benefit for women with dense breasts

July 25, 2024

Mammography is the gold standard for screening and is known to reduce mortality due to breast cancer. However, it cannot detect all cancers. “When a woman has dense breast tissue, both that tissue and…

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Cancer

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Regular movement supports recovery from lung cancer

July 24, 2024

Cancer treatment sometimes feels almost as debilitating as the disease, but it’s important to keep moving as regular exercise can help recovery. Endeavor Health thoracic surgeon Nicholas Yerkes, MD…

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Cancer

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Young breast cancer survivor welcomes miracle babies

July 24, 2024

All children are miracles in a way. Shelly Battista’s twins — who were born two years to the day after she celebrated becoming cancer free — are truly medical miracles. At 34, when Battista was still…

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