St. Louis area woman participates in brain metastases trial at NOHC
September 19, 2007
Highland, Il. resident and respiratory therapist Kathy Southwick is participating in a unique clinical trial that may change the way breast cancer patients are treated. Southwick was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer in February of 2006 and sought treatment from an accredited breast cancer center at the Site man Cancer Center at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Read more
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Youth football coaches get injury lesson
September 13, 2007
September 13, 2007 - By Derek Strum
When it comes to football, some injuries can’t be prevented.
But when they do occur, reacting to the injury and having it properly diagnosed is of the utmost importance.
That was one of the messages two area doctors told a group of a dozen youth football coaches, mostly from the Hinsdale Falcons program, during a nearly two-hour seminar Sept. 5 at Hinsdale Central.
Preston Wolin, director of the Sports Medicine Program and orthopedic surgeon at the Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago, noted that about 1.5 million athletes, ages 9 and older, play football and an estimated 1.2 million injuries occur every year when they participate. Read more
Neurological and orthopedic doctors offer tips to keep kids safe
September 5, 2007
WHAT: Dr. Preston Wolin (team doctor for St. Rita H.S., Chicago Fire, DePaul Demons), Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute, and Dr. Dean Karahalios (a former Central football player), Chicago Institute for Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch, will conduct a free injury prevention clinic for 30+ Hinsdale Falcon football coaches Read more
