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(Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) A systematic effort to improve flu vaccination rates for health-care workers has increased flu vaccinations rates from 59 percent to 77 percent at the University Health System (UHS) in San Antonio.

A report detailing their interventions to increase vaccination was published in the June issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

(Loyola University Health System) The availability of an in-house, around-the-clock interventional cardiology team dramatically decreases the time it takes to restore blood flow to heart attack patients, according to data presented this week.

These findings were reported by researchers from Loyola University Health System (LUHS) at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting in New Orleans.

(Loyola University Health System) The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists has released new medical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Loyola physician Pauline Camacho, M.D., was part of a committee that developed the guidelines to manage this major public health issue.

(Loyola University Health System) The clot-busting drug rt-PA remains the most beneficial proven emergency treatment for strokes caused by blood clots, according to an editorial in the November issue of Archives of Neurology

(Loyola University Health System) Binge-drinking teenagers may be putting themselves at risk for future osteoporosis and bone fractures.

(Loyola University Health System) A new study is providing insight into how estrogen fuels many breast cancers, and researchers say the findings could lead to new cancer-fighting drugs.

(Loyola University Health System) Loyola University Medical Center ranked among the top hospitals in the world in a recent research competition for pathologists in training.

(Loyola University Health System) Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing has been awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding through the RWJF New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program.

Grants provided through this program will be used for scholarships to maximize diversity and increase the quantity of students enrolled in MNSON's Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

(Loyola University Health System) Loyola University Medical Center has received a $2 million matching grant from the Coleman Foundation to renovate the hospital's nationally known bone marrow transplant unit.