Judith Graham

Nine hospitals are marked with red arrows signifying unusually high infection rates in the new edition of the Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care. The bloodstream...

Ten years ago, Dr. Bob Chase would have laughed if someone had told him common infections could be eliminated in hospitals' intensive care units. "I would have said that's ridiculous,...

Nine hospitals are marked with red arrows signifying unusually high infection rates in the new edition of the Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care. The bloodstream...

The great health reform debate over alleged death panels has fizzled. Lawmakers guaranteed that by stripping provisions supporting end-of-life planning from legislation enacted last month. What remains is the status...

Patients die of common medical conditions more often at some of the area's best-known hospitals than at other institutions with less sterling reputations, according to a new state report published...

During the day, Lawrence Neumann was a mild-mannered man, considerate, kind and loving to his wife of many years, Bonnie. In the middle of the night, as they tried to...

During the day, Lawrence Neumann was a mild-mannered man, considerate, kind and loving to his wife of many years, Bonnie. In the middle of the night, as they tried to...

The health care overhaul isn't going to break the bank in Illinois any time soon, according to state officials and health care experts who have been scrambling to analyze the...

Five Chicago-area adults who have stepped forward to give kidneys to strangers may help save the lives of as many as two dozen people, thanks to transplant chains that will...