As the Chicago Tribune reported today, Vanguard Health Chicago is moving to eliminate sugar-sweetened beverages from its four area hospitals, including Weiss. The other hospitals ...

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, a 6-year-old visits patients at Weiss Memorial Hospital. Very polite for his age, he never enters a room unless the ...

Weiss took on a new name this past month: Vanguard Weiss Memorial Hospital. The name will help people in the community recognize Vanguard Health Chicago’s ...

In honor of March’s Kidney Disease Awareness Month, Weiss teamed up with the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois to bring free kidney health screenings to ...

Experts estimate that in the United States, more than 2 million people live with glaucoma. This particular group of eye diseases, is the leading cause ...

Exercise is integral to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, benefitting the body and the mind. Thirty minutes a day of walking, riding your bike or playing ...

Infection prevention nurse Therese Antony first went to Haiti three years ago. As a volunteer at a clinic in the remote village of Duchity, eight ...

“It’s important to get plenty of vitamins A and E either in supplements or products,” said Weiss dermatologist Natalia Anikin, M.D. In addition, WebMD recommends ...

Over the years, the face of heart attacks—medically known as myocardial infarctions—has become the middle-aged male, overweight, stressed out and generally unhealthy. His symptoms include ...

Attention, ladies: The American Heart Association wants to see you this weekend, Sat., Feb. 4, at the Woodfield Mall Macy’s, 1200 Meacham Rd., Schaumburg. The ...

Seven nurses graduated this past week from the “Nurturing the New Grad Nurse” program at Weiss.  Hospital and Vanguard Market administrators attended the ceremony, and ...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn issued a year-long fitness challenge to Illinois residents this past Friday. He challenged them to walk 167 miles anywhere within the ...

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1966 (photographer: Flip Schulke)...

Did you know that 4.5 million Americans would die each year without blood transfusions? Unfortunately, even though 60 percent of the population medically qualifies to ...

Forty local children received Christmas gifts this year, thanks to the dozens of Weiss employees who “adopted” local families for the holidays. “Everyone was delighted ...

While 80 percent of Americans believe in planning for their future, only 20 percent complete advance medical directives. These directives inform physicians and loved ones ...

Nurse Educator Beth Ludwig, MSN, barely slept one night recently. She had spent the past three months mentoring a group of 16 new nurses at ...

Ramona Santelli was sitting at the edge of her bed when Hilary Vander Weele, a representative from Home Instead Senior Care, entered her hospital room. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a recommendation for you—if you’re over age 60, get vaccinated against shingles. The organization came out in ...

Standing before the crowd at last month’s Learning Café, Weiss endocrinologist Dr. Renee Schickler offered a stark dose of reality: “The statistics on diabetes are ...