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Women and Stroke: Symptoms, Causes and Risks

Women often experience strokes differently than men — and age, race and ethnicity can affect their risks
Women and Stroke
Women’s Health

How Painful Is It to Get an IUD?

Expert shares what to expect when getting an IUD, and how you can prepare
IUD-feature
Women’s Health

Finally Breathing Free

For Heaven Shelton, weight loss surgery was a matter of life or breath.
Heaven Shelton, bariatric surgery patient who lost 100 pounds
Women’s Health

Expectant Mother Breathing Easy After Emergency Airway-Widening Procedure

At eight months pregnant, a new diagnosis and resulting emergency procedure changed Hannah Culver’s life — all in just 24 hours
Hannah Culver standing next to her husband, Matt, with their two children Kiera and Killian.
Women’s Health

Sexual Assault Survivors Get Help From Growing Nurse Program at RUSH

Specially trained nurses at RUSH are giving sexual assault survivors compassionate, high-quality care.
SANEs at RUSH posed for a photo
Women’s Health

Raising Awareness of HIV Prevention Among Black Women

RUSH, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, others partner on study to increase understanding of HIV risk and preventive medications
PrEP for HIV
University

Fueling Rush’s Future

Donor-supported endowments drive the work of Rush University faculty members in perpetuity
From left to right: Kumar B. Rajan, PhD; Amina Ahmed, MD; John W. Burns, PhD; Kerstin Stenson, MD, FACS; and Monique Reed, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN.
Children’s Health

Measles 2024: What You Need to Know

The vaccine provides lifelong protection against the potentially severe, highly contagious virus
Woman with measles scratching arm
Heart Health

Women’s Heart Health Facts Differ From Men’s

Risks, symptoms and treatment needs are not the same
Rupa Sanghani with PET heart scan images
Women’s Health

Incontinence Could Point to Future Disability

More frequent incontinence linked to higher chance of bigger health issues
Woman looking distressed.