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Newsroom menu close Home Media Library Media Contacts Press Releases Menu Item - searchNorthwestern Memorial Hospital Carousel Cancer Tennessee grandmother’s tumor caused by freckle that turned into eye cancer Doctors at Northwestern Medicine used proton therapy to treat the rare 09 May 2024 | 10:00 AM America/Chicago CHICAGO – May 9, 2024 - When Debbie Hensley went in for her annual eye exam, her optometrist knew there was a problem with her left eye.The 66-year-old retired schoolteacher from Kingston, … Read More Northwestern Memorial Hospital Awards & Accolades As the nursing profession continues to face shortages, a new program at Northwestern Medicine is working to change that – and it starts with their own employees 06 May 2024 | 11:49 AM America/Chicago Nurse educators hope this new pipeline to nursing” can be replicated at other health systems across the country Read More Carousel Hospitals to distribute Narcan nasal spray at National Drug Take Back Day events Northwestern Medicine, Drug Enforcement Administration to host communi 22 April 2024 | 15:21 PM America/Chicago Northwestern Medicine team members will distribute Narcan (naloxone) and provide education about opioid overdose prevention during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. … Read More Northwestern Memorial Hospital California doctor receives Northwestern Medicine’s first combined lung-liver transplant for advanced lung cancer 28 March 2024 | 11:55 AM America/Chicago Gary Gibbon, MD, a pulmonologist and allergist from Santa Monica, traveled to Chicago for a first-of-its-kind transplant procedure, becoming the first person in the U.S. to receive a double-lung … Read More Cardiovascular Northwestern Medicine is First in Illinois to Offer Pulsed Field Ablation to Treat Atrial Fibrillation 14 March 2024 | 12:22 PM America/Chicago Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of heart arrythmia impacting up to 5 million people in the United States Read More Press Releases RSS feed - Press Releases (opens in new window) View all headlines - Press Releases Kentucky father with terminal lung cancer now cancer-free after innovative double-lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine May 06 , 2024 | 15:22 PM America/Chicago Read more Tags Lung Patient Story Transplant Northwestern Memorial Hospital Labor and delivery nurse overcomes cancer and heart failure April 25 , 2024 | 15:26 PM America/Chicago Read more Tags Central DuPage Hospital Black Maternal Health Week Open House April 10 , 2024 | 14:37 PM America/Chicago Read more Tags Northwestern Memorial Hospital Awards & Accolades women’s health Show previous items Show next items Video Stories View First Lung-Liver Transplant Saves Retired Nurse’s Life First Lung-Liver Transplant Saves Retired Nurse’s Life Patricio Collera once worked at Northwestern Medicine View Heart in a Box Heart in a Box Northwestern Medicine surgeons perform first donation after circulatory death heart transplant in Illinois View One Mile at a Time One Mile at a Time Woman trains for marathon during breast cancer treatment View Retired NBA Player Gets Back on the Court Retired NBA Player Gets Back on the Court Surgery saves Em Bryant from life threatening blood clots in his lungs View Back on the Court Back on the Court College volleyball player returns to school after surviving rare neurological disorder View Colette Hurd Discharge Day PKG Colette Hurd Discharge Day PKG View Lungs in a Box Lungs in a Box View Mobile Support Group Mobile Support Group Walking together helps two young patients through cancer treatment View Painting through a pandemic with Dr. Fiala Painting through a pandemic with Dr. Fiala View Averie and Nurse Jamie Averie and Nurse Jamie View Lung Cancer- Transplant (Albert Khoury patient story) Lung Cancer- Transplant (Albert Khoury patient story) View Jay Keller Patient Story Jay Keller Patient Story View Palos Maternity Nurses Celebrate 50 Years Palos Maternity Nurses Celebrate 50 Years View Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy View Northwestern Medicine Bronzeville Northwestern Medicine Bronzeville View Kishwaukee ED Renovations Kishwaukee ED Renovations View Lake Bluff Comprehensive Health Center Lake Bluff Comprehensive Health Center View CDH Doctor’s Concert 2022 CDH Doctor’s Concert 2022 View LFH Cancer Survivor’s Event 2022 LFH Cancer Survivor’s Event 2022 View NM Cancer Center Orland Park NM Cancer Center Orland Park View ECMO Simulation ECMO Simulation ECMO simulation training course at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital View Lung Cancer Lung Transplant PKG Lung Cancer Lung Transplant PKG View PKG Dr. Koralnik’s April 2023 Long Covid Study PKG Dr. Koralnik’s April 2023 Long Covid Study Dr. Igor Koralnik discusses his April 2023 long COVID study View Faces of Cancer 2023 FINAL Faces of Cancer 2023 FINAL View Alex McKeown Stroke Survivor Story Alex McKeown Stroke Survivor Story "You lose about 1.9 million brain cells per minute with a stroke." 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