For years, doctors have used platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, to promote healing after surgery. Now, Rush University Medical Center is studying whether PRP can help relieve knee pain in patients with mild to moderate osteoarthritis.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are testing a unique gene therapy product called CERE-120 to evaluate if its use can improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Rush is one of 11 sites in the U.S. and the only ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mar 08, 2011 not rated yet 0

A rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total knee and hip joint replacement surgery according to a study by researchers ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Afraid of becoming disabled in old age, not being able to dress yourself or walk up and down the stairs? Staying physically active before symptoms set in could help. But so could going out to eat, playing bingo and taking ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 17, 2011 not rated yet 0

A new device to treat brain aneurysms with stents improves access to the blood vessels allowing endovascular neurosurgeons to offer the minimally invasive technique to patients with complex cases. Dr. Demetrius Lopes, an ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jan 19, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than one million Americans are living with Parkinson's disease, which slowly steals a person's control over their own body movements. Now, neurologists in the Movement Disorders Center at Rush University ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jan 10, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

The Mediterranean diet, rich in vegetables, fish, and olive oil and moderate in wine and alcohol, is associated with slower rates of cognitive decline in older adults, according to researchers at Rush University Medical Center.

Medicine & Health - Health

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Rush University Medical Center has just enrolled the first U.S. patient in an international clinical trial testing a novel drug to treat certain kinds of melanoma, a deadly skin cancer that in its advanced stages currently ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Nov 30, 2010 not rated yet 0

Natural killer cells are major weapons in the body's immune system. They keep the body healthy by knocking off tumors and cells infected with viruses, bombarding them with tiny lethal pellets. But natural killer cells are ...

Medicine & Health - HIV & AIDS

Nov 19, 2010 4.2 / 5 (5) 0 |

New results from a study by neuroscientists at Rush University Medical Center suggest that people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease exhibit a specific structural change in the brain that can be visualized by brain ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Nov 16, 2010 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center are part of a multicenter, National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to determine the levels of stroke risk and stroke recurrence in patients with narrowed brain ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Nov 09, 2010 not rated yet 0

Disparities in breast cancer mortality continue to be unacceptably high in Chicago and significantly larger than the national average according to new data released today at a rally sponsored by the Metropolitan Chicago Breast ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Oct 21, 2010 not rated yet 0

In a study to determine the durability and long-term effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), psychiatric researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found the non-invasive, non-drug therapy to be an effective, ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Oct 12, 2010 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found a new therapeutic target that can potentially lead to a new way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The target called neutral sphingomyelinase ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Sep 29, 2010 4 / 5 (2) 0

Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found a new therapeutic target that can potentially lead to a new way to prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The target called neutral sphingomyelinase ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

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