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Huntley, IL-Twenty-five local McHenry County students interested in nursing recently spent their Saturday at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital, learning about the various roles that nurses play in each hospital unit. The participants applied and...

Geneva, Ill. - Just a few days before Christmas 2021, Aleida Vekony fell to her kitchen floor in Geneva, Ill.  Her husband Jeff found her unconscious and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Aleida had suffered a massive heart attack. Little did J...

The outcomes of the program’s first 75 patients will also be tracked in a new research registry

Northwestern Medicine’s Canning Thoracic Institute recently expanded its thoracic surgery services to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, offering patients state-of-the-art patient care close to home. Ankit Bharat, MD, chief of thoracic surgery a...

Northwestern Medicine is one of only 46 sites worldwide to participate in the pivotal study of Medtronic’s Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Geneva, Ill. -  Feeling a little flushed, Sue Burton took her dog for a walk in the brisk December air. Just minutes later, she became dizzy. Eager to return home quickly Burton cut through a neighbor’s yard, but as her vision blurred, she sat down. ...

DeKalb, Ill. - Due to congestive heart failure, 81-year-old Diana Morrasy has experienced some anxiety regarding her health in recent years. Some of that worry has been eased for the Sycamore, Illinois resident, thanks to a remote monitoring system t...

Bloomingdale, Ill. -  When suffering back, neck, or limb pain, people often are not sure where to turn. Should they see a doctor, a physical therapist, a chiropractor or someone else? Northwestern Medicine is opening a new comprehensive spine and pai...

Winfield, Ill. - Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Central DuPage Hospital kicked off American Heart Month with an exciting milestone -- its 500th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. With TAVR, a diseased ao...

When medications and breathing machines aren’t enough, ECMO can serve as a ‘bridge’ to medical improvement or a lung transplant

A fleet of four robots is at work to automate tasks for laboratory and pharmacy professionals

Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital recognized as #9 ranked hospital in Illinois, according to U.S. News and World Report, as it continues to expand specialized procedures for local patients

Wheaton, Ill. -  After a terrifying fall, classically trained ballet and tap dancer Mauricio Fernandez almost had to put his dancing shoes away forever.  Physical therapists at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, Ill. ...

Winfield, Ill. – Children’s Oncology Group (COG) recently approved Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital as an affiliate member institution through the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.The distinction is an expansion of ...

Palos Heights, Ill. – Feb. 1, 2023 – Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of women in the United States, causing more deaths than all forms of cancer combined. Among females 20 years and older, nearly 45% are living with some form of cardiova...

CHICAGO, Ill. – Jan. 30, 2023 – New data confirms Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s standing among the top abdominal organ transplant programs in the country. Based on one-year survival, information released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Re...

Winfield, Ill. - Designed to increase access to ophthalmology, allergy and urology outpatient services, Northwestern Medicine’s new three-story medical office building in Winfield Town Center opens Jan. 30, 2023. Located across the street from Northw...

Orland Park, Ill. – The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted accredited status to Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital and the Northwestern Me...

Winfield, Ill. - Chris Garza and his wife, Caitlin, of Aurora were ecstatic at the prospect of welcoming their first daughter into the world.Chris, a security operations manager at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, was born at Central Du...

Newly designed space offers sports medicine, orthopaedics, physical therapy, radiology and a new comprehensive breast center

In February 2020, Shelly Battista of Arlington Heights, Ill., was breastfeeding her newborn daughter, Emilia, when she felt a lump. She thought it was a clogged milk duct, but when it didn’t get better, Shelly went to the doctor and received a shocki...

CHICAGO – January 5, 2023 – Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) named Howard Chrisman, MD, as the health system’s new chief executive officer, succeeding Dean Harrison as of January 1, 2023.“Dr. Chrisman has the perfect blend of clinical experien...

The 32-year-old received a “Christmas miracle” last year when she walked into one of the few hospitals in the U.S. to offer specialized surgery for CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension)...

DeKalb, IL  -  For individuals who are experiencing mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders and bipolar disorders, there is often a gap between traditional outpatient services and inpatient hospitalization. To meet the n...

Postpartum depression is commonly associated with new moms. But it’s something that can affect new dads, too.While 20 percent of women will experience postpartum depression, about 10 percent of men will experience it during the perinatal period. But ...

PALOS HEIGHTS, ILL. - Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital will now be home to the new Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Outpatient Cardiology Clinic. Opening to patients on December 14, the clinic will feature 16 exam rooms — with two designed as “Clin...

Geneva, Ill. -  On Sunday, December 2, professional football players and coaches wore customized cleats in honor of the causes they support during the NFL’s “My Cause My Cleats” week. For Houston Texans Nickels Coach Ilir Emini, the choice of which o...

Research shows there is a strong two-way connection between the gut and the brain. During the holidays, additional stress and other psychological factors can affect a person’s gut health, exacerbating symptoms and triggering chronic digestive health ...

Northwestern Medicine “Secret Shopper” study is the first to identify guideline-discordant practices among online men’s health providers

Palos Heights, Ill. - If a spot on the lung is detected via imaging, patients want to know as quickly as possible if it is serious and what the next steps are. Many patients currently require multiple biopsies prior to a lung cancer diagnosis, which ...