Presented by the Gastroenterology Department at Weiss Memorial Hospital Besides helping you maintain a healthy weight, fiber keeps the bowels healthy by normalizing bowel movements. ...

Does Veronica Wade look familiar to you? The Senior Center regular starred as an extra on the hit TV show “Chicago Fire” this past month. ...

A few years ago, severe hip pain prevented Doug Collins—the former Chicago Bulls coach and NBA All-Star—from walking more than a few blocks at a ...

Therese Antony, RN, CIC, director of Infection Prevention at Weiss, has been named a hero. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) ...

Did you see the Chicago Tribune this week? Weiss’ own Dr. Purnendu Gupta, MD, Director of the Chicago Spine Center at Weiss, featured prominently in ...

Celebrate your heart beyond Valentine’s Day. February is American Heart Month, dedicated to awareness of the nation’s number one killer. Heart disease results in nearly ...

Weiss is thrilled to welcome back Vietnamese Community Liaison Bichlan Ly. Bichlan has worked at Weiss for more than 13 years, helping patients and physicians ...

From decreased pain to quicker recovery time, robotic-assisted procedures at Weiss Memorial Hospital take surgery to the next level. And the Robotic Surgery department here ...

Sports Medicine Specialist Dr. Danielle Bass, MD, spoke last week to a group of more than 100 hockey players at Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, ...

This Friday, Jan. 18, is Chicago's Winter Bike to Work Day. This annual event commemorates Chicago's coldest recorded temperature (Jan. 20, 1985, when O'Hare Airport ...

Weiss proudly welcomes David Rogers as our first-ever official Veterans Liaison. Rogers is Executive Director of the VetNet at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Deputy ...

The Center for Integrative Medicine at Weiss opened its doors this past week with an Open House. The event featured a meet-and-greet with alternative medicine ...

Do the holidays have you stressed? Relax…at the Center for Integrative Medicine’s Open House this Thurs., Dec. 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. Located in ...

Are children and adults who have only one kidney at greater risk for injury during contact sports? “Leagues used to impose strict rules regarding single-organ ...

Like many of her friends, Alice Bird thought she would have to live the rest of her life constantly planning for a bladder leakage episode, ...

Pledging to connect low-income residents with healthy food options, Lt. Governor Sheila Simon presented a grant to Weiss Memorial Hospital for the Uptown Farmers Market, ...

Frederick Tiesenga, MD, has done more than 400 gallbladder surgeries in his years as a surgeon. The one he completes Friday, Sept. 7, however, will ...

The volunteer farmers who built the award-winning Urban Rooftop Farm at Weiss took their efforts a step further this year when they formed the not-for-profit ...

September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re celebrating with free lectures and prostate screenings, open to the public. On Tues., Sept. 18 at 11:30 ...

Nearly 5 million Americans would die each year without blood transfusions. Unfortunately, even though 60 percent of the population medically qualifies to give blood, only ...