Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program ...

The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new ...

A Chicago-area hospital is being sued by a former patient after he claimed that the surgeon who operated on him left a surgical sponge in his neck.

Lung perfusion, or "lungs in a box," allows surgeons to repair damaged donor lungs, while lung refrigeration, or "lungs in a fridge," preserves the lungs for a longer period of time than standard ...

The new “lungs in a fridge” tech can keep the lungs intact for up to 18 hours, compared to about four hours when kept on it.

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world's leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, today ...

Steven Foulk of Island Lake man has pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence in connection to a 2021 ...

An Island Lake man, who is a retired police officer, has pleaded guilty to driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a 37 ...

Seasoned health care and academic leader steps in to guide the institution during transition Kirk Calhoun, M.D., FACP, brings ...

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest ...

A sixth person has died as a result of a massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year’s in Honolulu, police said Wednesday. A 30-year-old woman died at a local ...

At CommunityHealth, which serves a large immigration population, prescriptions have been left on shelves since President Donald Trump took office.