Kaplan University and American Freedom Foundation Offer Scholarships for Military Spouses and Dependents for Third …

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– For the third consecutive year, Kaplan University and the American Freedom Foundation (AFF)an organization committed to honoring members of the armed forceshave teamed to offer full and partial scholarships to spouses and dependents of active-duty National Guard and Reserve service members from all branches of the U.S. military Continue reading

Loyola’s Medical School Welcomes DREAM Act Applications

Newswise MAYWOOD, Ill. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine is the first medical school in the nation to announce that it is accepting applications for admission from undocumented immigrants in response to President Barack Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Continue reading

Five Hundred Thirty-Seven New Diplomates Certified by American Board of Addiction Medicine

Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 The American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) was proud to honor and recognize 537 physicians who achieved board certification in addiction medicine during the organizations recent annual awards luncheon in Chicago, IL. The new ABAM diplomates join 2,557 physicians in the United States who have already been certified and awarded diplomate status by ABAM, an independent medical specialty board. Continue reading

Celebrating Chicago Freedom School’s 6th Bday – MJ Style – Video




Celebrating Chicago Freedom School's 6th Bday – MJ Style Angel, one of the fellows at Chicago Freedom School, helps us celebrate the momentous occasion by replicating all of Michael Jackson's signature moves in a f… By: sarahdashji Continue reading

Truven Health Analytics Professional Receives Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator Credentialing

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, announced today that Kristine Knutson, senior analytic consultant, is the latest member of the Truven Health staff to have earned the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Associations (NHCAA) unique professional credential: Accredited Health Care Fraud Investigator. Knutson joins the growing rank of Truven Health employees who have earned AHFI credentials Continue reading

Billings Clinic's internal medicine residency program earns accreditation

Its official: Billings Clinics new internal-medicine program has earned accreditation. The program, designed totrain primary-care physicians in the region, is the first of its kind in Montana and Wyoming. It has been accredited for three years by the Chicago-based Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the maximum length of time for an initial accreditation Continue reading

Foundation Medicine to Present Clinical Data on its FoundationOne™ Cancer Genomic Profile at the 2013 ASCO Annual …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company that brings comprehensive cancer genomic diagnostic testing and analysis to routine clinical care, today announced that 12 abstracts highlighting the companys progress in clinical cancer genome sequencing will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2013 taking place May 31-June 4, 2013 in Chicago. Continue reading

The Spirituality is ‘Thought Provoking’

Shen Yun Performing Arts New York Company’s curtain call at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theater, on May 11.(The Epoch Times) CHICAGOThe spirituality was one of the things Jim Nelson, an artist and illustrator, really liked about Shen Performing Arts New York Companys performance at the Cadillac Palace Theater on Sunday afternoon, May 12. Its just thought provoking, he said. Continue reading

Program on Medicine and Religion selects faculty scholars

The University of Chicago Medicine’s Program on Medicine and Religion has selected its second round of faculty scholars whose focus will be on the relationship between a physician’s spirituality and their ability to deal with the pressures of practicing medicine. “These scholars are poised to deepen and expand scholarship regarding religion and medicine,” said Farr Curlin, MD, associate professor of medicine and co-director of the Program on Medicine and Religion. There is a growing list of factors contributing to feelings of burnout and dissatisfaction among doctors. Continue reading

U of I College of Medicine celebrates graduates

ROCKFORD The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford presented diplomas to the Class of 2013 on Saturday at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. Members of the Class of 2013 with hometown, undergraduate degree, specialty and residency are: Marissa J. Continue reading

Metagenics Announces Lifestyle Medicine Summit on Women’s Health: “What Women Really Want”

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Metagenics, Inc., a nutrigenomics and lifestyle medicine company focused on improving health, will host its second annual Lifestyle Medicine Summit in Chicagoon October 4-6, 2013. The Summit will feature 17 distinguished experts who will discuss What Women Really Want related to their health and medical care. Continue reading

Sun Plus Nanotechnology: Can Solar Energy Get Bigger by Thinking Small

Patrick J. Kiger Nearly 60 years after researchers first demonstrated a way to convert sunlight into energy, science is still grappling with a critical limitation of the solar photovoltaic cell. It just isn’t that efficient at turning the tremendous power of the sun into electricity. Continue reading

Ross University School of Medicine Establishes Education Agreement with Vanguard MacNeal Hospital

MIRAMAR, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) announced an agreement with Vanguard MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill. which enables RUSM students to perform clinical training in the Chicago-area teaching hospital. RUSM students in their third year of medical school will be able to train in surgery and internal medicine at MacNeal Continue reading

Consider Medical School Choice Carefully as a Minority Student

The African-American doctors on Bravo’s latest hit, “Married to Medicine,” make the world of minority physicians look glamorous: big houses, a professional circle that shares their ethnicity and plenty of parties. Students at the Howard University College of Medicine petitioned the show because of its depictions of cat fighting and backstabbing, but “Married to Medicine” is still a hit Continue reading