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Annual Day of Service and Reflection Marks 10 Years of Giving to Community
WHAT: Hundreds of University of Chicago Medicine staff, faculty members, students, their family and friends will mobilize across Chicago’s South Side to tackle a host of community projects as part of the 10th annual Day of Service and Reflection (DOSAR). From cleaning and painting community spaces to weeding gardens and stocking food pantry shelves, volunteers will take on tasks large and small at more than 20 sites in the 10 neighborhoods that the medical campus serves.
Mystery gene reveals new mechanism for anxiety disorders
May 15, 2012 A novel mechanism for anxiety behaviors, including a previously unrecognized inhibitory brain signal, may inspire new strategies for treating psychiatric disorders, University of Chicago researchers report. By testing the controversial role of a gene called Glo1 in anxiety, scientists uncovered a new inhibitory factor in the brain: the metabolic by-product methylglyoxal.
President of University of Chicago Medical Center joins CURE board
May 15, 2012 University of Chicago Medical Center President Sharon O’Keefe, a nationally recognized authority on hospital operations, health care quality and patient satisfaction, and the mother of a child with epilepsy, has been named to the board of Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE). CURE was founded by parents of children with epilepsy who joined forces to spearhead the search for a cure by raising funds for research and increasing awareness of the disorder.
Web-based video enhances patient compliance with cancer screening
May 21, 2012 Patients who watch an online instructional video are more likely to keep their appointments and arrive prepared for a scheduled colonoscopy than those who do not, according to a study by gastroenterologists at the University of Chicago Medicine. The study, presented at the 2012 annual Digestive Diseases Week meeting in San Diego, CA, found that among patients age 50 to 65 — the primary target for colon cancer screening — those who watched the video were 40 percent less likely to cancel an appointment.
Photo show taps community for images of life south of Roosevelt Road
May 22, 2012 When Lou Byrd opened Lou’s Barber Shop in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood in 1966, he was the first black business owner on the block. “It was just me and five raggedy chairs,” he said.
Human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil
May 22, 2012 For decades, scientists believed that a spine with multiple segments was an exclusive feature of land-dwelling animals. But the discovery of the same anatomical feature in a 345-million-year-old eel suggests that this complex anatomy arose separately from — and perhaps before — the first species to walk on land.
Named professorship to honor cancer researcher Janet Rowley, MD
May 23, 2012 Donations from Jim and Karen Frank and others will endow the Janet Davison Rowley, MD, Professorship in Cancer Research at the University of Chicago Medicine. This new named professorship will honor one of the University’s most distinguished scientists and alumni, Janet D.
$5.9 million grant to create ‘CommunityRX’ system for South Side
May 8, 2012 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $5.9 million to a University of Chicago Medicine-led program to set up a real-time automated system that will link a patient with up-to-date information about community-based services and resources.
Guidelines for prostate screening widely ignored
April 24, 2012 New research confirms that the controversial decision by Warren Buffet — the 81-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway — to undergo a blood test screening for prostate cancer despite his age is hardly unusual. Despite recommendations in 2008 from the United States Preventive Services Task Force against testing for prostate cancer in men aged 75 years or older, almost half of men in that age group continue to get screening tests.
Beehive extract shows potential as prostate cancer treatment
May 4, 2012 An over-the-counter natural remedy derived from honeybee hives arrests the growth of prostate cancer cells and tumors in mice, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester, or CAPE, is a compound isolated from honeybee hive propolis, the resin used by bees to patch up holes in hives.