News Releases
Below you'll find the Loyola University Health System news releases from the past 12 months. If you are unable to find what you are seeking, please use the archive search function below. For assistance, contact the media relations office at (708) 216-3200.
Past 12 Months
August
8/19/08
Brain Surgery is Getting Easier on Patients
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Dr. Edward Duckworth is part of a new generation of neurosurgeons who are making brain surgery a lot easier on patients.
At Loyola University Hospital, Duckworth is using less-i...
8/13/08
Loyola Groups Offer Support to Cancer Patients, Families, Caregivers
MAYWOOD, Ill. - A diagnosis of cancer affects the patient as well as their family and friends. All can struggle with shock, disbelief, fear, anxiety, guilt, sadness, anger and other strong emotions...
8/1/08
Niehoff School of Nursing, Hines VA Hospital Receive $3 Million Veterans Affairs Grant
MAYWOOD, IL -- Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital have teamed up to help ease the critical shortage of nurses within the VA system and the...
July
7/31/08
Retired Loyola Physician was 'Outstanding Educator, Role Model for Generations of Physicians'
MAYWOOD, Ill. - John R. Tobin, MD, retired dean of Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, died at home Tuesday, July 29. He was 91.
Tobin was "an outstanding educator and role model for ...
7/31/08
Illinois is Third State to Require Comprehensive Eye Exams for Students Entering Kindergarten
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Illinois this fall will become the third state in the nation to require incoming kindergarten students to get comprehensive eye exams.
One of the first children to benefit is 5-...
7/25/08
Loyola to Host Tour of Health Fair
Students from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Loyola's Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing are teaming up with the Maywood Health Initiative and Village of Maywood to host A...
7/25/08
Loyola Joins Cook County, Circuit Court to Host Back-to-School Fair
The Loyola Children's Center at Maybrook Court is sponsoring a Health & Back-to-School Fair.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 6 at the Fourth District Municipal C...
7/23/08
Of Microbes and Men
MAYWOOD, Ill. ? Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has formed a new institute to find ways to diagnose, cure and prevent infectious diseases by studying how microbes and the human...
7/18/08
Iced Tea's Hidden Health Hazard
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Mark Mulac was once an "avid lover" of iced tea, downing up to six glasses a day of the popular summertime thirst-quencher.
"I was a junkie on a bender. I had to have it every da...
7/17/08
Thousands of Children and Young Adults Die of Strokes Each Year
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Sideria Hendricks is only 10 years old, but she already has suffered two strokes.
The first occurred on Christmas Eve a few years ago. Sideria suddenly couldn't speak, and her le...
7/17/08
One Month After her Mother Dies of Breast Cancer, Teenage Daughter Raises $20,000 in Fundraising Swin
MAYWOOD, Ill. - When Caitlin Garvey was on the Oak Park River Forest High School swim team, her biggest fan was her mom.
Denise Garvey never missed her daughter's meets, even while being treated...
7/11/08
U.S. News & World Report ranks Loyola's heart program among the top 50 in the United States
MAYWOOD, Ill.--For the sixth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Loyola as one of the top 50 hospitals nationwide for Heart and Heart Surgery in the magazine's annual "America?s Best...
7/7/08
Loyola First Hospital in Illinois to Stop Cancer Cold With Cold
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Patricia Carlson of Mokena, Ill., can't remember ever feeling as optimistic about the future as she does today.
Having a family history of cancer and being a long-time sufferer o...
7/3/08
Loyola Nurses Pursue Perfection in the Care of Patients, Families
MAYWOOD, Ill. - In tandem with its new $120 million tower that features state-of-the-art operating rooms, private patient rooms and the latest medical technology, Loyola University Medical Center i...
7/2/08
"Pacemaker for the Brain" Shows New Potential
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Dr. Douglas Anderson was among the earliest neurosurgeons in the nation to treat Parkinson's disease with a treatment called deep brain stimulation.
Dr. Anderson has treated app...
June
6/30/08
Loyola Nurse Executive Honored By Nursing Peers
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Debbie Jasovsky, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, associate chief nurse executive at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., has received the Professional Recognition Award from the Or...
6/27/08
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Receives Prestigious Award
MAYWOOD, Ill. - As acknowledgment of its excellence in complex inpatient and surgical care, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center of Loyola University Health System has been named a Blue Distinction...
6/19/08
Possible Neurological Complications of Heart Surgery Detailed in Comprehensive Review Article
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Possible neurologic complications of heart surgery, ranging from headaches to strokes, are detailed in a new report in the online journal MedLink Neurology.
The review article, w...
6/18/08
Loyola Cardiologists Use Magnetic Navigation to Guide Heart Catheter Procedures
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Loyola University Hospital has become the first Chicago-area hospital to treat heart problems with a magnetically guided catheter that's much more precise than manual catheters -- a...
6/16/08
Loyola to Host Free Kids Day Celebration in Oak Brook
OAK BROOK, Ill. - Hundreds of kids will be a-moving and a-grooving with Ronald McDonald during Loyola Kids Day Celebration this Saturday, June 21, at Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook.
The event, whi...
6/9/08
How to Protect Yourself from MRSA in Gyms, Health Clubs
MAYWOOD, Ill. - With beach-season looming, the fitness bug is motivating Chicagoans to fill area gyms in droves, all hoping to buff up before the warm-weather season of fun gets into full swing.
...
6/9/08
How to protect your teens from the dangers of summer
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Summer is the season of backyard barbecues, scenic drives through the countryside and heat-relieving dips in the pool.
For all of its fun, though, summer is also the time when y...
6/5/08
Loyola Joins with Village of Maywood, Area Churches, Residents to Feed Demand for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
MAYWOOD, Ill. - For years, Maywood has lacked a major grocery store, leaving village residents without a quick and convenient access to the variety of foods needed to maintain a healthy diet and li...
6/5/08
Now is the Ideal Time for Annual Sports and School Physicals
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Now is the ideal time for children and teens to get their state-required sports and school physicals, says a Loyola University Health System physician.
"You really shouldn't wait...
6/3/08
New Drug Cocktail Extends Lives of Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Researchers using a new cocktail of cancer treatment drugs are reporting the best survival rate to date in patients with an aggressive type of advanced breast cancer.
Results wer...
May
5/31/08
Loyola Study of Heart Transplant Patients Shows Promise for new Immune Function Test
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Doctors play a delicate balancing act when prescribing immune-suppressing drugs to organ transplant patients.
The drugs must be strong enough to suppress the immune system so the...
5/27/08
Loyola Celebrates National Cancer Survivors Day
Hundreds of cancer survivors will join physicians and staff members of the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center of Loyola University Health System to celebrate Cancer Survivors Day, dedicated both ...
5/20/08
Stroke Expert: 10 of the Nation's 43 Presidents Have Suffered Strokes
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Ten of the nation's 43 presidents likely suffered strokes during their presidencies or after leaving office, according to Loyola University Hospital neurologist Dr. Jose Biller.
...
5/20/08
State Approves Loyola University Health System's Plan To Assume Governance of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
May 20, 2008--Loyola University Health System has received the go-ahead from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board to make Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park part of the Loyola heal...
5/13/08
Loyola Study Could Aid Development of Improved Blood Pressure Drugs
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Findings from a new study could aid in the development of safer and more effective blood pressure drugs, according to Loyola University Health System researchers.
The results al...
5/7/08
Loyola Preemie Coming Home in Time for Mother's Day After Mom's Tough Pregnancy, Emergency C-section
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Andrea Jaffray has much to celebrate this Mother's Day.
May 11 is Jaffray's birthday. It's also the birthday of her husband, Alex, and two of their children, Doug and Ryan.
J...
April
4/28/08
Loyola Cardiologist Saves Legs as Well as Hearts
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Bernice Smith of Maywood already had lost her right leg to diabetes, and now her left leg was in danger of amputation.
But there was a chance her leg could be saved if adequate b...
4/25/08
Our Money. Your Guns. No Questions Asked!
MAYWOOD, Ill. ? Medical students, doctors and faculty from Loyola University Health System pitched in with area churches and residents to raise $3,800 to help remove 18 guns from the streets of May...
4/25/08
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing Hosts Annual Health Fair
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- More than 1,500 high school students were treated to a variety of health promotion interventions and tips for healthy living during a health fair sponsored by Loyola University's N...
4/24/08
Loyola Transplant Surgeon Pioneers New Way to Increase Supply of Organs
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Transplant surgeons such as Dr. Robert Love of Loyola University Health System are pioneering a new way to increase the supply of organs from deceased donors.
Today, most organs ...
4/23/08
Device that Produces Tiny Skull Vibrations a Big Help for Hearing Impaired, Loyola Study Finds
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL. - Although Jim McGinn of Wheaton is completely deaf in his right ear, he still can hear from that side.
A sound processor McGinn wears just behind his right ear converts so...
4/17/08
$1.5 Million Robot at Loyola Cuts Risk of Drug Errors
MAYWOOD, Ill. - A new pharmacy robot at Loyola University Hospital is designed to eliminate the type of life-threatening human medication errors that injured actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins.
...
4/3/08
Loyola's New Hospital Tower Houses Nature-Inspired Patient Areas And Leading-Edge Technology
(MAYWOOD, Ill.) APRIL 3, 2008 - Loyola University Hospital's new patient tower does more than give the hospital a grand front entrance in the heart of the campus. The $120 million project also will...
March
3/18/08
Loyola to offer free oral, head and neck cancer screenings
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Oral, head and neck cancers - most of which are preventable - account for approximately 3 percent of all cancer cases in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society....
3/18/08
Loyola uses virtual-reality video game to help burn patients play their way to pain relief
MAYWOOD, Ill. - To a patient recovering from severe burns, no place would be more soothing than a polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers.
That's ...
3/6/08
Loyola Groups Support Cancer Patients, Families, Caregivers
MAYWOOD, Ill. - A diagnosis of cancer affects the patient as well as their family and friends. All can struggle with shock, disbelief, fear, anxiety, guilt, sadness, anger and other strong emotions...
3/6/08
Thousands of Survivors of Congenital Heart Defects Facing Specialist Shortage
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Born with a serious congenital heart defect that requires regular medical check ups, Vanessa Mukite wasn't prepared for the dilemma she faced when she entered adulthood. Like thousa...
3/5/08
Loyola Doctor Offering Voice-Saving Laser
Several times a month, Catherine Garoufalis' chronic laryngitis would get so bad she couldn't even answer the phone.
"I had no voice whatsoever," said Garoufalis, a mother of four who lives...
3/5/08
Loyola Doctor Offers Easier Screening for Esophageal Cancer
Patients who are screened for cancer of the esophagus typically have to take a day off work because the procedure requires conscious sedation or general anesthesia.
But Dr. Lee Akst o...
3/4/08
Loyola Hires Nurse Managers in Preparation for $120 Million Hospital
MAYWOOD, Ill. - In preparation for the needs of its new $120 million hospital, Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, Ill., has begun adding nurse managers who have vast experience in administratio...
3/4/08
Loyola GI Oncology Center to Host Free Dinner, Provide Latest Information on Colorectal Cancer
To coincide with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, the GI Oncology Center at Loyola University Medical Center will host a free event to share the most up-to-date information on t...
February
2/15/08
LOYOLA RECEIVES $10 MILLION FOR NURSING EDUCATION BUILDING
MAYWOOD, Ill. - A new building that will house the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing is on its way to taking up residence on the campus of Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill., thanks t...
2/6/08
LOYOLA OPENS CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER to SERVE NORTHWEST SUBURBS
Loyola University Health System has opened a new cardiovascular clinic in Park Ridge that will make it much easier for Chicago and Northwest suburban patients to see Loyola's top-rated heart and va...
January
1/31/08
GAIN CONTROL OF RISKS NOW, SAYS LOYOLA HEART-IMAGING EXPERT
MAYWOOD, Ill. January 30, 2008- Dr. Charlotte Bai, a noted cardiologist with special expertise in cardiac imaging, has a special message for people with risk factors for heart disease: What you don...
1/29/08
Loyola University Health System and Gottlieb Health Resources join forces to enhance health care in Chicago suburbs
January 29, 2008, Maywood, Illinois - Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park will, pending state approval, become part of the Loyola University Health System, which includes Loyola University M...
1/7/08
Loyola Brings Medical Oncologists and Research To Central DuPage Hospital
January 7, 2008--Loyola University Health System (LUHS) and Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) have entered into a 10-year agreement that will bring medical oncologists from Loyola's Cardinal Bernardin ...
December
12/5/07
LOYOLA FIRST IN MIDWEST TO USE NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PREVENT POTENTIALLY DEADLY SURGICAL ERROR
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Every year, in the United States about 1,500 people have surgical objects accidentally left inside them after surgery, according to medical studies.
About two-thirds of the surg...
12/4/07
LOYOLA FIRST CENTER IN NATION TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HEART- RHYTHM DISORDERS WITH FDA-APPROVED, 3-D REAL-TIME HEART
MAYWOOD, Ill. - December 4, 2007 - Specialists at Loyola University Health System are the first in the nation to use new ultrasound technology to guide ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), offerin...
November
11/21/07
NEJM STUDY CONFIRMS ROLE OF NEW ORAL COMBINED THERAPY IN EXTENDING SURVIVAL, DELAYING DISEASE PROGRESSION IN MULTIPLE MYLOMA PATIENTS
Multiple myeloma is a cancer that often develops resistance to standard therapy. However, a new multi-center study that included physican-reseachers from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School o...
11/5/07
Loyola's President & CEO Wins National Population Research Prize for Pioneering Work in Hypertension
(MAYWOOD) November 5, 2007 - Loyola University Health System President and CEO Paul Whelton, MB, MD, MSc, has been awarded the American Heart Association's 2007 Population Research Prize for his 20...
October
10/29/07
LOYOLA TO ADOPT MRSA SCREENING FOR ALL PATIENTS PRIOR TO HOSPITALIZATION
(MAYWOOD) October 29, 2007 - Loyola University Medical Center will begin an aggressive screening program to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, for every pla...
10/16/07
Loyola physicians to help host free day of health and wellness for women
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Loyola University Medical Center health experts will team up with Margaret Stender, president/CEO of the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association; and state Sen. K...
10/16/07
It's not too soon to begin preparing for the flu
MAYWOOD, Ill. - With flu season just around the corner, there is no time to dilly dally before getting vaccinated against an illness that usually strikes hardest in late fall and winter.
"The ti...
10/4/07
Research at Loyola Brings New Answers To Women with Pelvic Prolapse or Incontinence
For generations, women stayed quiet when they had troubling pelvic problems or incontinence symptoms that they considered "too private" to mention to their doctors.
Today, that "sisterhood of si...
September
9/26/07
Prominent cardiothoracic surgeon caring for patients in Homer Glen
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Prominent cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Robert B. Love has begun caring for patients at Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen, 15750 Marian Drive, Homer Glen.
Love, professor and ...
9/26/07
Muccino named new assistant dean of education at Stritch School of Medicine
MAYWOOD, Ill. - From childhood, Keith Muccino, SJ, MD, had no interest in excelling in only one profession.
He recalls his father asking, '"Wouldn't you like to just concentrate on being good at...
9/26/07
Mendez appointed new assistant dean for student affairs at Stritch School of Medicine
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Being there when his students need him is what James G. Mendez said is his primary responsibility as the new assistant dean for student affairs at Loyola University Chicago Stritch ...
9/10/07
Loyola opens Center for Facial Nerve Disorders
MAYWOOD, Ill. - For people who cannot smile, blink, salivate or control their facial muscles due to facial nerve weakness or paralysis, Loyola University Health System has opened the Center for Fac...
9/4/07
MAYWOOD, Ill. - During an emergency, your cell phone could be a lifesaver by allowing you to quickly summon assistance. If you're unconscious or worse, it could also make it easier for emergency wo...
9/4/07
New Web site helps Illinois residents quickly find nearest health services
MAYWOOD, Ill. - Thanks to federal funds that the National Library of Medicine provided to Loyola University Medical Center, locating the nearest healthcare services to your home in Illinois is abou...
August
8/29/07
Loyola Recognized as Level I Trauma Center by American College of Surgeons
MAYWOOD, Ill. - If you suffer a serious, life-threatening injury in Illinois, there is only one hospital where your chances of getting all of the specialty care available on a moment's notice has b...
8/29/07
Loyola Opens First Immediate Care Center in Homer Glen
MAYWOOD, Ill. - The Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen is expanding its advanced specialty care in the Homer Glen/Lockport area with the addition of immediate care services for people with non-...
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