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Hiding In Plain Sight: How Tumors Evade Our Immune System
A scanning electron micrograph of a human T cell (image via the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease) Spontaneous remissions—when a cancer goes away on its own, with no help from...
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One Doctor, One Patient: A New Care Delivery Model For Patients At Increased...
Photo: Tom Rossiter Up to about 20 years ago, most hospitalized patients received care in the hospital from their primary care doctor. In recent years though, patients admitted to the hospital have...
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Church-based diabetes education program leads to healthier lifestyles among...
Arshiya Baig, right, greets Little Village resident Manuela Carmona after sharing the results of the church-based “Picture Good Health” diabetes program November 5 at a Town Hall. (Photo by Victor...
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New study finds nearly half of American Muslim doctors feel scrutinized on...
Aasim Padela, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine and director of the Initiative on Islam and Medicine at the University of Chicago While many studies have examined the impact of bias based on...
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Shaving away cancer: A UChicago doctor studies the long-term health effects...
St. Baldrick’s Foundation holds head-shaving events to raise funds for pediatric cancer research (Photo provided by St. Baldrick’s) Over 80% of patients with pediatric cancers will be cured. This...
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Center for Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior established with gift from...
The University of Chicago has received a gift of $10 million from Sanford Grossman, AB’73, AM’74, PhD’75, to establish the Center for the Study of Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior. The center’s...
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New study says problems with sexual function occur after heart attack,...
Stacy Lindau, MD New research from the University of Chicago investigates what happens to men’s and women’s sexual function and relationships after a heart attack in an effort to help clinicians...
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Out of Sync: How genetic variation can disrupt the heart’s rhythm
In the August 31 issue of Science Translational Medicine, new research from the University of Chicago shows how deficits in a specific pathway of genes can lead to the development of atrial...
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UChicago Medicine collaborates with Google to use machine learning for better...
The University of Chicago Medicine is collaborating with Google to study ways to use data in electronic medical records to make discoveries that could improve the quality of health care. The work...
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UChicago Medicine celebrates 90 years of patient care
Click to view slideshow. In the fall of 1927, a special two-day convocation marked the opening of the University of Chicago’s first medical school building, called Abbott Memorial Hall, and the 215-bed...
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