- April 26, 2016
Tags: acid reflux, heart burn, Dr. Fabio Sbrana, Kenneth Chi, surgeon, Whipple procedure, gastroenterologist, GERD, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, pancreatic cancer, MD
At age 33, Corinn Sparks never imagined her symptoms could be this cancer. Read her story.
- April 25, 2016
An Advocate patient representative shares how the life-saving donation changed her dad’s life, and her own.
- April 19, 2016
Mya Tinajero took a break from daily chemotherapy treatments to serve as an Honorary Bat Kid at Wrigley Field.
- March 31, 2016
Tags: Tom Gould, cardiovascular care, cardiac electrophysiology, father, Barrington, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, family, heart care, cardiology, Heart, heart attack
Thanks to quick thinking by his kids, one Barrington man’s life was saved. Read their story.
- March 1, 2016
Tags: colon cancer, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, digestive health, colonoscopy, Chicago, Dr. Michael Flicker, Joaquin Estrada
Jennifer Hoskins scheduled a colonoscopy shortly after turning 50—and it may have saved her life.
- February 29, 2016
Tags: heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiac rehabilitation, Advocate Heart Institute, CPR, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, heart care
A chance encounter brings together a cardiac rehab patient and the nurse who once performed life-saving CPR on her husband.
- February 29, 2016
Tags: Dr. Timothy Alikakos, Advocate Heart Institute, basketball, family history, heart attack, Advocate Condell Medical Center, cardiologist
Jim was healthy and active until a widow maker sent him to the hospital. Find how family history helped to determine his diagnosis.