- July 22, 2013
Tags: heart attack, Advocate Health Care, health enews, Chicago Marathon, young hearts, half, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, heart disease, running, marathon
A 33-year-old Chicago man shares how he is preparing to run the Chicago Marathon after surviving a heart attack last year.
- July 10, 2013
Tags: art therapy, PTSD, Advocate Condell Medical Center, traumatic brain injury, art, war, post-traumatic stress disorder, TBI
An art exhibit in suburban Chicago offers an artistic way for veterans to heal.
- June 20, 2013
Tags: baseball, pediatric patients, Emily Beazley, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Advocate Children’s Hospital
Fifteen pediatric patients from Advocate Children’s Hospital in Illinois got a chance to spend Father’s Day on the field of dreams.
- June 10, 2013
Pediatric and oncology patients get lots of love from some very special four-legged friends.
- May 24, 2013
Tags: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Advocate Christ Medical Center, heart health, Advocate Christ Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute, TAVR, Minimally Invasive, Valve Replacement, Bypass Surgery, Aortic Stenosis, Heart, health enews, Advocate Medical Group, AMG, Advocate Health
TAVR: It may sound foreign, but it’s the next big thing in heart care and it’s helping to heal plenty of hearts.
- May 21, 2013
Tags: HLHS, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, congenital heart defect, heart defect, Advocate Children’s Hospital – Oak Lawn, health enews
Ian McDonagh was one of the first infants in North America to survive surgery for two extremely rare heart defects. A decade later, Grey’s Anatomy recaps his miraculous story.
- May 2, 2013
Tags: Advocate Medical Group, Aortic Valve Replacement, Advocate Christ Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute, TAVR, Aortic Stenosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, health enews, AMG, Advocate Health
Doctors say Irene Vicich, a 100-year-old Chicago resident might be the “the oldest patient in the world” to undergo a new procedure to replace her aortic valve.