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Surprising finding from smoke inhalation study
— 2 Apr 2011 11:43 | HealthAn award-winning Loyola University Health System study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients…
Why are the elderly so vulnerable to pneumonia?
— 14 Mar 2011 20:42 | HealthA study featured on the cover of the March 15 Journal of Immunology is providing insight into why the elderly are so vulnerable to pneumonia and other bacterial infections…
Vascular brain disorder misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis
— 9 Mar 2011 19:41 | HealthA devastating vascular disorder of the brain called CADASIL, which strikes young adults and leads to early dementia, often is misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis, Loyola University Health…
Many stroke patients not getting preventive therapy for blood clots
— 11 Feb 2011 16:39 | HealthPatients with strokes, brain tumours and spinal cord injuries are at high risk for life-threatening blood clots, but many do not receive preventive therapy, Loyola University Health…
Experimental approach may improve healing of diabetic wounds and bed sores
— 9 Feb 2011 17:41 | HealthLoyola University Health System researchers are reporting on a promising new approach to treating diabetic wounds, bed sores, chronic ulcers and other slow-to-heal wounds…
Neurologists predict more cases of stroke, dementia, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy
— 25 Jan 2011 19:41 | HealthAs the population ages, neurologists will be challenged by a growing population of patients with stroke, dementia, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy…
Loyola physician helps develop national guidelines for osteoporosis
— 25 Jan 2011 19:38 | HealthThe American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has released new medical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Loyola physician Pauline…
Experimental drug more potent, longer lasting than morphine
— 4 Jan 2011 22:53 | HealthA little-known morphinelike drug is potentially more potent, longer lasting and less likely to cause constipation than standard morphine, a study led by a Loyola University Health System…
The importance of making a good first impression in the classroom
— 10 Dec 2010 20:09 | HealthA study of how medical students evaluate their professors is illustrating the critical importance of making a good first impression…
Researchers reverse stroke damage by jumpstarting nerve fibres
— 8 Dec 2010 17:59 | HealthA new technique that jumpstarts the growth of nerve fibers could reverse much of the damage caused by strokes, researchers report in the Jan. 7, 2011 issue of the journal Stroke…