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WBEZ: How One Chicago-Area Family Survived COVID-19

Sandy Wilson-Muriel and her mother Gladys Wilson were the first in their family to get sick with COVID-19 in mid-March.

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Specialized Immune Cells May Improve Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease

The elevated presence of specialized immune cells called alpha-synuclein reactive T-cells found in patients prior to developing motor symptoms and receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, suggests that increased reactivity of these cells may be present long before clinical diagnosis.

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Battling COVID-19: Filmmaker Spends Month in Hospital, Weeks in Rehab

Gordon Quinn couldn’t speak. But he desperately needed to tell his doctors something.

The 77-year-old world-renowned documentarian was finally off a ventilator, for the second time.  He had just been helped into a sitting position for the first time in weeks. But now they were talking about putting him on a ventilator for a third time. 

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In the News: Researchers Develop COVID Symptom Tracking Device

Twenty-five people in a test study in Chicago are currently wearing small, postage stamp-sized flexible devices on their throats. The goal is to track signs and symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus and monitor progression of the illness.

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Gordon Quinn gets rehab after COVID-19

‘It’s one thing to survive the infection, but what’s next?’ Some COVID-19 patients need rehab to walk, talk and problem solve

Quinn, like many severely ill COVID-19 patients, found that surviving the disease was merely the first leg of the journey to overcoming it.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab therapist meets with patient over telehealth appointment

CBS Chicago: Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Physical Therapy Patients At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Embrace Telehealth

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers had to come up with new ways to see patients in need.

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Chicago Pain Center’s Multidisciplinary Program Sees the Whole Patient, ‘Not Just a Back or Arm’

The AbilityLab Pain Management Center treats patients with a multitude of pain conditions, including low back, neck and arthritis pain, fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome.

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Telemedicine: What You Need to Know About Virtual Health Care in the Face of COVID-19

Connecting through telemedicine at home has big benefits during the pandemic.

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Dr. Monica Rho, Team Physician for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team

Keeping the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Healthy and Injury Free

Staying healthy and injury-free is a critical role, tasked to team physician Dr. Monica Rho, the chief of musculoskeletal medicine at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

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South Bend Man Raises funds for Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

South Bend man shaves head to raise money for Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Almost seven years ago, Matthew Brewster woke up for school, but something didn't feel right. After a traumatic brain injury, he's now paying it forward.

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Earns Magnet Nursing Recognition Again

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Earns Prestigious Magnet Recognition for Nursing — Again!

For the fourth consecutive time, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has earned the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition!

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Alisha's story featured on ABC 7 Chicago News

Woman struck by stray bullet during West Englewood drive-by released from hospital

She was taken to Christ Hospital in critical condition and then treated at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. She had to re-learn how to walk and talk.

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