Latest Stritch School of Medicine Stories
Gregory E. Crovetti, M.D., has joined MidAmerica Orthopaedic Clinic. He treats sports injuries, low back, neck, work-related injuries, overuse injuries and pain syndromes. Libertyville, IL (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 Gregory E. Crovetti, M.D., has joined MidAmerica Orthopaedic Clinic located at 755 S. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 250, Libertyville. Dr. Crovetti is a Commander in the United States Navy. In 2005, he was deployed to Kuwait where was a physician in the emergency room and clinic. Also, he...
Larry M. Goldberg, chief executive officer, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., has been selected as the new president and chief executive officer of Loyola University Health System (LUHS). He will officially join the health system in mid-October 2011. Maywood, IL (PRWEB) September 09, 2011 Larry M. Goldberg, chief executive officer, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., has been selected as the new president and chief executive officer of Loyola University...
Alcohol does much more harm to the body than just damaging the liver. Drinking also can weaken the immune system, slow healing, impair bone formation, increase the risk of HIV transmission and hinder recovery from burns, trauma, bleeding and surgery.Researchers released the latest findings on such negative effects of alcohol during a meeting Nov. 19 of the Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group, held at Loyola University Medical Center.At Loyola, about 50 faculty members, technicians,...
In a new approach to developing treatments for breast cancer, prostate cancer and enlarged hearts, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers are zeroing in on a workhorse protein called RSK.When activated, RSK is involved in cell survival, cell proliferation and cell enlargement. These properties contribute towards cancer progression, heart enlargement and tumors associated with a genetic disease called Carney complex. Loyola researchers have discovered that a...
Cancer drugs aren't the only culpritsA key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, researchers report in a new study.The statistic is called the mortality index. A number above 1.0 indicates a hospital had more deaths than expected within a given specialty. Lower than 1.0 means there were fewer than the expected number of deaths.The study by Loyola University Health System researchers in the Journal...
A key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, researchers report in a new study.The statistic is called the mortality index. A number above 1.0 indicates a hospital had more deaths than expected within a given specialty. Lower than 1.0 means there were fewer than the expected number of deaths.The study by Loyola University Health System researchers in the Journal of Neurosurgery illustrates how the...
 Possible neurological complications of heart surgery, ranging from headaches to strokes, are detailed in a new report in the online journal MedLink Neurology.The review article, which compiled results of previously published studies, was written by Dr. Betsy Love, Dr. Sara Hocker and senior author Dr. Jose Biller of Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine.In the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of its kind, researchers list possible nervous system complications of...
Men who aspire to fatherhood may need to start changing how they use laptops, a U.S. reproductive specialist warns. Dr. Suzanne Kavic of the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Ill., near Chicago, says excessive laptop use has been linked to male infertility. Laptops are becoming increasingly common among young men wired into to the latest technology, Kavic says in statement. However, the heat generated from laptops can impact sperm production and development...
 Dr. Kathleen Ward noticed something odd when she examined the mammogram of a patient who had recently undergone breast cancer surgery.The Loyola University Health System radiologist saw a suspicious pattern of white specks, much like grains of salt. The specks were calcium deposits similar to microcalcifications that sometimes are a sign of early breast cancer. But it was too early for the patient's breast cancer to have returned because it had been only a month since her lumpectomy.It...
All Outpatient Oncology Services will be Relocated to Adjacent Proton Site in Warrenville CHICAGO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) received Illinois state approval on its plans to build a comprehensive outpatient cancer treatment and imaging center in Warrenville. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board (IHFPB), in a unanimous vote of 4-0, approved the project's Certificate of Need application during today's meeting. Construction is expected to...
