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Music lovers mourn Jimmy Damon, classic Chicago lounge singer
For roughly half a century, cabaret singer Jimmy Damon was practically ubiquitous in Chicago. Clubs, concert halls, charity events, civic gatherings, awards presentations – somehow Damon always was there, dispatching the national anthem or...
Tags: Entertainment, Concerts, Music, Arthur Godfrey, Music Theater
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Reggie Rose upbeat on Bulls
Before Reggie Rose saw his little brother go down, he heard it. "The air came out of the stadium," he recalled. The ACL in Derrick Rose's left knee gave out on April 28, 2012. With the Bulls up big midway through the fourth quarter in Game 1 of...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, John Lucas III, Joakim Noah, Kyle Korver
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Mutant protein offers promise of skin disease cure
Researchers from Loyola University Chicago said they have developed a mutant form of a protein that seems to cure mice of vitiligo, a skin condition found in millions of people around the world. Vitiligo causes irregular, white patches of skin, which...
Tags: Arthritis, Dermatology, Medical Research, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Police investigating sexual assault near Rush Medical campus
Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault Sunday night near the Rush University Medical Center. The assault happened about 10:30 p.m. Sunday on the 1700 block of West Congress Parkway, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Rush University, Chicago Police Department, Assault
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria called CRE small in number but seen as deadly threat
A family of drug-resistant bacteria that experts say kills up to 50 percent of people infected is spreading in Chicago and elsewhere, prompting doctors and public health officials to step up efforts to protect patients. Infections caused by these...
Tags: Instrument Engineering, E. coli Infection, National Institutes of Health, Manufacturing and Engineering, Medical Specialization
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Alzheimer's musical surprises and moves
As a subject for a musical comedy, Alzheimer's disease can be a tough sell. Even Avrum Krause, director of the Time of Your Life Players, who came up with the idea of writing a musical comedy about a rock guitarist who develops early onset Alzheimer's,...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment, Music, Chicago Cultural Center
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The flu and you
Flu season is upon us, and it's been a rough one. If you haven't had the flu this winter, chances are you know someone who has. So, what should we do to keep ourselves from getting it? Some folks are packing their own "flu survival kits," while others are...
Tags: Preventative Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Vaccines, Healthy Diet
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Researchers find childhood diet affects cognitive ability decline rate
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have found that adults who occasionally went hungry during childhood had a slower rate of decline in their cognitive abilities as they aged than those who always had enough to eat as children. "We...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research, Education, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Pittsburgh
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Parents create housing alternative for disabled adult children
Baruch and Joyce Schur were out of options. They couldn't find anywhere for their physically and intellectually disabled 26-year-old son to live, at least nowhere that met their criteria or didn't have a yearslong waiting list. The 55-year-old couple...
Tags: Debra L. Silverstein, Behavioral Conditions, Judaism, Medical Specialization, Long Term Care
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Hospital ERs begin taking reservations
The first time Erol Uner went to the emergency room recently, he knew something was seriously wrong because fluid retention had caused his legs to double in size. He was seen right away and wound up being hospitalized for two weeks for treatment of...
Tags: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., Medicare, Government Health Care, Marketing, Health and Safety at School
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Suicide is on the rise, and officials don't know why
Will Heinemann seemed happy in October of 2008, laughing with friends and family at his son's wedding. Six months later he fatally shot himself. The owner of a Barrington masonry company and a 59-year-old married father of three, Heinemann seemed to...
Tags: Suicidal Behavior, Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest, Mental Health, Schizophrenia
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How to make those healthy resolutions stick
What is it about the New Year that motivates us to take control of our health and our lives? After all, every month, every Monday, every day presents us with a new opportunity to cultivate more prudent habits. But there's something about Jan. 1 —...
Tags: Music, Colonoscopy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, University of Chicago, Colon Cancer
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