Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing researchers are recruiting women for a study to better understand how early life adversity and stress over one's lifetime are related to risk of developing heart disease and ...
Tags: difficult life experiences, greater inflammation, psychosocial factors
A new combination MRI-ultrasound imaging system can result in fewer biopsies and better treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients. The technology, called UroNav®, fuses images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ...
Tags: MRI, PSA blood, Prostate Cancer, aggressive tumor, Loyola
The Whipple procedure, used to remove tumors from pancreatic cancer patients, is one of surgery's most extensive and challenging operations. Now, surgeons are using a minimally invasive robotic surgical system to perform the surgery. ...
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Loyola University Medical Center physicians Christopher Loftus, MD and Jos- Biller, MD are co-editors of a new comprehensive guide to monitoring neural function during brain and spine surgery. The 416-page text, Intraoperative ...
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A Chicago-area surgeon says many sprains, bruises, broken bones and other injuries incurred in Thanksgiving pick-up football games are preventable. Dr. Pietro Tonino of the Loyola University Medical Center said many injuries suffered in ...