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http://news.nm.org 30-08-2018 16:03:19
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June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month. Dr. Sheehan D Fisher NM Psychiatry spoke with Lisa Dent Radio WGN Radio 720 about postpartum depression in men, how to spot symptoms, and the impact it can have on a child. #MensMentalHealthMonth buff.ly/4b2tDs2
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed the first double lung - liver transplant in a patient with advanced lung cancer and no options. The patient is now 6 months cancer-free.
#MedicalInnovation #TransplantSuccess #CancerTreatment #HealthMiracle
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Karen Orstead, a patient services representative at Northwestern Medicine Sycamore, is comforting the family of a fallen deputy with the help of her teddy bears. Eyewitness News WTVO/WQRF has the story. buff.ly/3KA5TAM
Thanks to a smartphone-controlled stimulator, a #HighlandPark shooting survivor is finding it easier to manage her pain. Jason Ross, MD, anesthesiology and pain management Northwestern Medicine, tells Lake County News-Sun how the implant can help improve mobility. buff.ly/3RdGC2W
LISTEN: Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons checks in with Constants Adams, MD, of NM Obstetrics and Gynecology Northwestern Medicine to learn more about #uterinefibroids , what it’s like living with them and how the uterine growths impact many #Black women. buff.ly/4bKZsa5
Karyn Silvestri, OTR/L, of NM Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital is one of just a handful of occupational therapists in #Illinois who is also a licensed driving instructor. Northwest Herald - Shaw Local shares how she's helping stroke survivors Northwestern Medicine get back behind the wheel. buff.ly/3wR0WAs
While receiving treatment Lurie Cancer Center, an #Indiana dad found a creative way to face cancer 'head on' by transforming his radiation therapy masks into popular movie characters. WGN TV News shares the story from Northwestern Medicine. buff.ly/45azBpk
“Early introduction of allergens, in theory, is supposed to help prevent the development of those allergies later on.” Northwestern Medicine's Adam Barsella, MD, discusses a new study with WGN TV News about possibly preventing peanut allergies in children. buff.ly/4aNNxqs
For eastern #Tennessee resident Debbie Hensley, a freckle in the back of her eye turned into a rare form of #cancer . WBIR Channel 10 has the story of Debbie's treatment for #ocularmelanoma with #ProtonTherapy from Northwestern Medicine R. Chris Bowen MD NM Ophthalmology. buff.ly/3RcWfaP
.WBBM Newsradio has the story of Northwestern Medicine NM Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders doctors using multiple treatments to help a Wheaton man fight #Parkinsons disease and continue to play in a rock band. buff.ly/3VemOPe
While noise from #cicadas will be temporary in Chicago, patients with pulsatile #tinnitus suffer constant noise all year round. FOX 32 News highlights a Northwestern Medicine clinic that is dedicated to treating patients with this condition.
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This street festival season, you may see a cover band led by a Wheaton man using music to help him fight Parkinson’s disease. WBBM’s Nancy Harty reports. audacy.com/wbbm780/news/l… Northwestern Medicine
Has the shortage of #Adderall eased up? Jim Adams, MD, chief medical officer
Northwestern Medicine, spoke to Lisa Dent Radio WGN Radio 720 about the availability of the drug.
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With #cicadas emerging across the United States, their “sounds of summer” have Northwestern Medicine doctors sounding the alarm on a different type of noise that’s debilitating for millions of Americans. #tinnitus #pulsatiletinnitus
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