Researcher Developing Urine Test for Sleep Apnea

A pilot study has found that levels of four proteins in a child's urine can reliably distinguish between obstructive sleep apnea, which should receive prompt treatment, and habitual snoring, which does not require medical attention.

- University of Chicago 'Science Life' Blog

A researcher will do a lot for grant money, the fuel necessary to power a laboratory's work.

Pediatric oncologist Sam Volchenboum took that adage to its follicular extreme, volunteering to go bald for funds from the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

Robotic surgery marks Chicago breakthrough for pediatric patients

On Jan. 7, ten-year-old Jaime Bazan returned to school and sports activities—a monumental feat considering that only 11 days earlier, he became the first Chicago pediatric patient to undergo robot-assisted urologic surgery...

Special Treatment: U of C Childhood Cancer Survivors Center focuses on what comes after the cure

The University of Chicago is featured in a Chicago Parent article about the University of Chicago Childhood Cancer Survivors Center, where teams of specialists focus on the long-term risks associated with child cancer survivors. "We are learning from those patients so they are altruistic as well ... so that we can identify these problems and then for the new children who are being diagnosed we can tailor their therapy to ensure we reduce the risks as much as possible of the long-term effects," said John Cunningham, section chief of pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital...

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