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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Seminar “Buy Your Own Home”
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is Sponsoring a Seminar Entitled Buy Your Own Home Housing Specialist Jeanne Sherman of Access Living will present on how to buy a condo, co-op, or house as a person with a disability. Learn the … Continue reading
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Bally’s Total Fitness Presents Chicago Race To Taste – July 1, 2007
The City of Chicago and Bally’s Total Fitness Centers Presents Chicago Race To Taste July 1, 2007 Time:8:30 a.m. Location:Grant Park at Columbus and Balbo Registration:Click Here Sponsors:Bally’s, Fleet Feet Sports, Dominick’s, United Airlines, Pepsi, Chicago Tribune, CNN Fit Nation
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Bike Chicago – June 15, 2007
The City of Chicago and Chase Bank Present Bike Chicago June 15, 2007 Bike Chicago 2007 is back for another year of fun. Mayor Daley and the City of Chicago have been promoting biking around the city for several years. … Continue reading
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Disparities in Surgical Care: Access to Outcomes – May 18, 2007
The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health Presents: Disparities in Surgical Care: Access to Outcomes Friday, May 18, 2007 Keynote Speaker:Paul E. Farmer, M.D., Ph.D. Description: The average American undergoes more than nine operations over the … Continue reading
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Chicago Mayor’s Fitness Council and Bally’s Presents Chicago Moves Day
The Mayor’s Fitness Council and Bally’s Total Fitness Presents the 4th Annual Chicago Moves Day Friday, May 18, 2007 Daley Plaza Get Moving + Healthy in 2007 Main Stage Kick Off with City of Chicago Officials and Celebrities Baseline Fitness … Continue reading
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Experience affects new neuronal cell survival, implications for neuronal survival
WASHINGTON, DC March 22, 2007 (from Journal of Neuroscience, SFN.org) – Experience in the early development of new neurons in specific brain regions affects their survival and activity in the adult brain, new research shows. How these new neurons store … Continue reading
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Antidepressants stimulate creation of new neurons in adult monkeys.
WASHINGTON, DC May 4, 2007 (from Journal of Neuroscience, SFN.org) – In adult monkeys, an antidepressant treatment has induced new nerve cell growth in the hippocampus, a brain area responsible for learning and memory. A similar process may occur in … Continue reading
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Northwestern University: Pediatric Pearls Mental Health
Northwestern University Children’s Memorial Hospital Sponsors: Pediatric Pearls: Mental Health Thursday, May 17th, 2007 Wyndham O’Hare, Rosemont Illinois Childrens’ Memorial Hospital is proud to present another series of practical continuing medical education courses specifically tailored to your needs. Pediatric Pearls: … Continue reading
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Hektoen and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Present Art in Healthcare Workshop
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the Hektoen Institute’s Nurses & the Humanities present a multidisciplinary art experience for nurses and other health care professionals. -The evening will begin with a guided tour of the tapestry “Job”, the last creative … Continue reading
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Hektoen Institute of Medicine & IMSS Lecture Series – Understanding Pain – May 9th
Understanding Pain Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care, Pain Control in Children, Under-Treatment of Pain Date: May 9th, 2007 Time: Reception: 5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Presentation: 6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Location: IMSS, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois … Continue reading
Xth International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium – Los Angeles – September 5-8, 2007
Xth International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium The Xth International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium will take place in Los Angeles, California from September 5-8th, 2007. As the host, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) is pleased to invite all health … Continue reading
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Top 5 Lies Medical Students Tell Residents
Medical students are a funny bunch, scurrying around the hospital in their short coats and trying to do just enough so that they’re seen and remembered, but not so much that they might have to work hard. They have this … Continue reading
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Surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylosis
Summary Degeneration of the lumbar spine is described as lumbar spondylosis or degenerative disc disease and may lead to spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal), vertebral instability and/or malalignment, which may be associated with back pain and/or leg symptoms. … Continue reading
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Med-Line: Editorial Directors
Med-Line.org is searching for physicians and scientists to serve as editorial directors in major discipline of medicine. For more information, please contact us at our Chicago offices.
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Prognosis worse with childhood bipolar disorder
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When bipolar disorder arises in childhood, it may take far longer to diagnose and have a worse prognosis, a new study suggests. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness marked by severe mood swings from depression … Continue reading
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Scientists ‘reverse’ memory loss
Mental stimulation and drug treatment could help people with degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s recover their memories, a study says. Scientists found mice with a similar condition to Alzheimer’s were able to regain memories of tasks they had previously … Continue reading
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Cannabis ‘disrupts brain centre’
(BBC) Scientists have shown how cannabis may trigger psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia. A King’s College London team gave healthy volunteers the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). They then recorded reduced activity in an area of the brain which keeps inappropriate … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer Rates Drop with Less Hormone Replacement Therapy
NIH (Bethesday) – A sharp decline in the rate of new breast cancer cases in 2003 and a sustained decrease in 2004 may be related to a national decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to a … Continue reading
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