Articles tagged with 'Patient Story' | Northwestern Medicine

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2023
September
26,
2023
| 05:00 AM America/Chicago
17-year-old Josh Burton was turned down by more than 20 hospitals for a retransplant before making his way to Chicago where one set of doctors saved his life, and another set gave him the chance to live out his dream ...
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August
31,
2023
| 08:00 AM America/Chicago
After receiving new lungs, 64-year-old Dan Spees regained the ability to practice trumpet with the support of a Northwestern Medicine occupational therapist
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August
29,
2023
| 08:00 AM America/Chicago
The Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute Hispanic Program focuses on patients who prefer to communicate in Spanish and offers culturally competent medical care
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August
07,
2023
| 11:00 AM America/Chicago
Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer and 27-year-old Yahaira Vega received the transplants within a few weeks of each other, marking the first time the surgeries were performed at Northwestern Medicine...
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June
26,
2023
| 07:01 AM America/Chicago
During his stroke workup at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Alex McKeown was found to have an aortic root aneurysm and a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), which affects about 1% of the population
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February
06,
2023
| 07:00 AM America/Chicago
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. ...
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January
11,
2023
| 11:00 AM America/Chicago
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...
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2022
October
26,
2022
| 16:21 PM America/Chicago
Erika Aleman ran the marathon on Sunday, had breast cancer surgery on Friday
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