- November 8, 2017
Tags: Advocate Charitable Foundation, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Read about one family’s difficult journey.
- November 7, 2017
Tags: Minimally Invasive, Valve Replacement, TAVR, Advocate Heart Institute, Dr. Leslie Brookfield, interventional cardiologist, high risk, heart surgery, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, cardiology, open-heart surgery
Just a week after surgery, an 85-year-old exclaims, “I already feel great.”
- November 2, 2017
Tags: chest pain, immunotherapy, shoulder pain, Dr. Axel Joob, tumor, lung, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, cancer
For Roger Rivera, chest pain, shoulder pain and coughing up blood were all symptoms that led to the diagnosis of cancer.
- November 1, 2017
Araceli Cruz greets patients at the Bhorade Cancer Center. Why it matters? She’s been through it herself.
- October 30, 2017
Was it convenient? Was there pain? One woman’s take on her experience getting screened for breast cancer.
- October 30, 2017
Tags: Advocate Christ Medical Center, neurology, brain, stroke, oak lawn, FAST, intervention, patient story, ischemic stroke
Bob Chesna’s sudden ischemic stroke marked the beginning of a two year journey of setbacks and triumphs.
- October 12, 2017
Tags: pediatric open heart surgery, pediatric cardiovascular surgeon, congenital heart disease, MD, Advocate Children’s Hospital
Rick Marks was diagnosed with congenital heart disease as an infant in 1956.