AMH physicians, leaders & clinicians gathered recently to celebrate the Center of Excellence Award, given to the AMH Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center.

“I knew nobody else like me,” says Wendy, age 48. Then last fall she met Zaela. It was the first time Wendy met someone with the same level spinal lesion...

Original article by Alyssa Rege, Becker Hospital Review | January 30, 2019 Chicago is expected to be colder than Mount Everest and Antarctica this week, according to The Hill, and area hospitals are gearing up to help keep people warm and safe during the icy weather. Record-breaking cold temperatures are expected to hit Chicago this week,… Continue reading Chicago Hospitals Brace for ‘Polar Vortex’

In this article, originally published on CNN, learn more about acute flaccid myelitis, the illness in children that's affecting several states.

Racial Disparities in Maternal Health Outcomes Difficult To Erase – By Steven Ross Johnson for Modern Healthcare When Lynette Granger had her first child four years ago, she described both her pregnancy and delivery as going smoothly. “My first pregnancy was amazing, no complications, sickness or anything,” she said. When Granger, who resides in the West Side… Continue reading Racial Disparities in Maternal Health Outcomes Difficult To Erase

Pontiac Retirement Home Shocked By $2.4 Million Gift from Woman Who Never Lived There By Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune for SJ-R.com PONTIAC — A retirement community got a call from a bank officer on an otherwise nondescript weekday in May. A 103-year-old woman, touched by a decades-old connection to Evenglow Lodge in Pontiac, had left… Continue reading Pontiac Retirement Home Shocked By $2.4 Million Gift from Woman Who Never Lived There

Union Station Opens Private Lactation Space for Pumping, Breastfeeding Mothers – By Yvonne Kim for the Chicago-Sun Times Mothers on the go can now privately pump or breastfeed in five new mobile lactation pods at Amtrak stations across the country — including one in Chicago Union Station. Designed by Mamava, which has installed almost 500 lactation… Continue reading Union Station Opens Private Lactation Space for Pumping, Breastfeeding Mothers

By Editor of Lawndale News Chicago Public Schools (CPS), a member of the Urban School Food Alliance, celebrated Fresh Attitude Week from May 7th through 11th. During the week, CPS hosted local chefs to do food demonstrations as well as plant gardens. In collaboration with the French Department of Agriculture and in partnership with Interfel… Continue reading Chicago Public Schools Celebrates Fresh Attitude Week

In this article by Modern Healthcare, read about the efforts that are being made by healthcare providers to fight hunger, and the issues they face.