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Active surveillance study of prostate cancer patients is under way in Chicago

January 30, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

Which men with prostate cancer can be managed safely with active surveillance? NorthShore University Health System wants to help answer that question with a scientific study launched last year. The...

Dr. William Catalona, director of the prostate cancer program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, speaks to patient Richard LaVerdiere, Friday, March 19, 2010. LaVerdiere flew in from St. Paul, Minnesota just to continue working with Catalona. LaVerdiere credits the doctor for saving his life, and "would do anything for him."

When it come to prostate, watch and wait

August 19, 2019 at 1:09 a.m.

Five years ago, when he was diagnosed with cancer, Kevin Brick gratefully accepted a doctor's offer to wait and see what happened to the tiny tumor in his prostate gland....

Prostate cancer screening: men need to make informed decisions

January 30, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

For years, communities across the country have hosted health fairs where men can be tested for potential prostate cancer. It's a bad idea and should be stopped in many cases,...

When it come to prostate, watch and wait

May 13, 2019 at 3:51 p.m.

Five years ago, when he was diagnosed with cancer, Kevin Brick gratefully accepted a doctor's offer to wait and see what happened to the tiny tumor in his prostate gland....

Health care reform in Illinois: what to expect

May 13, 2019 at 3:50 p.m.

New health care reform legislation is national in scope, but the task of implementing it will fall heavily on the states. In Illinois, Michael McRaith, director of the state's Department...

Reform’s impact on local poor

June 17, 2018 at 8:44 p.m.

Flooded by needy patients and battered by state budget cuts, the area's medical safety net is growing overloaded as health reform commands center stage this week in Washington. Free and...

Cardiac rehab programs take it to heart

May 13, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

The first week after her heart transplant, Eileen Ryan was a wreck. Overcome by weakness, she couldn't stand or walk. Going home from the hospital, she had to rely on...

New treatment options for the moderately obese

August 22, 2021 at 8:25 p.m.

After spending the majority of her 48 years trying to slim down, Veronica Mahaffey was still 50 pounds overweight -- not morbidly obese but still far from the size she...

Service groups also on ropes

August 22, 2021 at 8:25 a.m.

Twenty-three independent living centers across Illinois help people with serious disabilities find jobs and services, secure care from personal assistants and live in their own homes or apartments. But as...

Feel lonely? It could be your friends’ fault

August 22, 2021 at 6:14 a.m.

You're lonely and ill at ease. A friend says something you feel is mean-spirited and you tell her she's being unkind. Next time you talk, it's awkward. Gradually, you drift...

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