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 ...

City and state health officials need to devise a plan to improve the situation in Illinois, where up to a third of critically ...

A new study from a Northwestern trauma surgeon found that up to 34% of critically injured patients who show up at a hospital ...

A surgeon performing a second procedure found and removed a surgical sponge from the initial surgery, according to the court ...

Since high school when she had to trace a drop of blood through the body, Ida Urbano, 62, has been “fascinated by the heart.” ...

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.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men were stabbed at a Chicago Transit Authority platform in downtown Chicago Thursday night. Just after ...

His chemotherapy treatment was delayed as doctors attempted to figure out the cause of his pain, an Illinois attorney says.

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.

Several Chicago-area hospitals are among the best in the country, but just one made the cut as one of “America’s 50 Best” ...