Loyola University Health System

Be prepared for slippery sidewalks this winter

Temperatures are a little too warm for snow, but Maryland rarely goes a season without some of the slippery white stuff. So, it’s best to be prepared. About 1 million people fall every year and about 20,000 die from their injuries, according to the...

Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Physical Fitness and Exercise

Labor and delivery nurses face demands of Planet Birth

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For many nurses who specialize in labor and delivery, a fascination with birth is what ultimately draws them to the work. Take Judi Martini, nurse manager of labor and delivery of the neonatal intensive care unit at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, who'...

Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Colleges and Universities, Employment

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More moms choose to limit childbirth pain

The exhaustion and nausea were unavoidable during Burnetta Herron-Mitchell's three-day labor, but an epidural analgesia helped keep the pain at bay before she delivered her baby girl Rhys. Typically called an epidural, this type of analgesia is...

Tags: Leslie Mann, Hospitals and Clinics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Pain, Family

The tricks your body plays about weight loss

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Tags: Ceremonies, Blood, Lymphoma, Cancer, Human Body

Doctors caution against overreacting to kids' wetting problems

Jaylin was a real trooper, learning to go the night without an accident by age 2. But when she turned 3, the Aurora girl started having nighttime accidents again and periodically wet her pants during the day. Though the girl's mom has tried withholding...

Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Colleges and Universities, Wake Forest University, Biofeedback

You could die of a broken heart, doctors say

For centuries, there have been songs, writings and proclamations about losing love, with many often using the term "a broken heart" to describe the pain. But it appears there is medical truth to the notion that a traumatic emotional experience can lead...

Tags: Cardiologists, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rush University Medical Center

If you are drinking on New Year’s Eve, watch your step

If you are drinking on New Year's Eve, watch your step

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Most New Year’s Eve revelers know it’s dangerous to drink and drive, but now there’s new evidence that it’s also dangerous to drink and walk. A trauma surgeon at Loyola University Health System in Maywood released data this...

Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Injuries and Wounds, Injuries and Wounds, New Year's Day

Aging out of health care?

More than 11 years ago, at age 89, Mary Cipolla, of Roselle, went through surgery for a rare type of pancreatic cancer, a "Hail Mary" procedure that removed parts of her stomach, pancreas, bile duct, gallbladder and small intestine — and saved her...

Tags: Cardiologists, Hospitals and Clinics, Palliative Care, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard Medical School

Spend time preparing for end of daylight saving

That extra hour of sleep that comes with the end of daylight saving time Sunday will feel like a blessing to many adults. But for parents of youngsters who are up at 6 a.m. because they think it's still really 7 a.m., and for folks with sleep...

Tags: Brain, Hospitals and Clinics, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Heart Attack, Sleep Disorders