Discover Rush

Welcome to the Discover Rush Web Resource Center. Here, you will find articles on health topics and recent health news from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

• Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter, Discover Rush Online to receive health information, breaking medical news and helpful tips for maintaining your health each month via e-mail.
• To view a PDF of the latest issue of Discover Rush click here. View selected articles using the links below.

Discover Rush Spring 2005 issue

To view a PDF of this issue of Discover Rush see link on the right (under “Related Topics”). Or view selected articles using the links below.

The Quest to Develop Cancer Vaccines

Finding Cancer

• Future of Ovarian Cancer Screening

The Good and Bad News When It Comes to Heart Disease

• How High Is High? Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers
• Locations for free blood pressure screenings
• Determining your ideal weight.

Hearts Aflutter (Heart Arrhythmias)

Take Your Doctor's Advice to Heart

Study Examines How Couples Work Together for Heart Health

• Partnering to Reduce Heart Disease Risk
• Your heart-healthy prescription for a romantic dinner:
  • Pear Salad with Almonds
  • Tuna Steaks with Balsamic Glaze
  • Chocolate Mousse Pie

Colorectal Cancer Awareness

• Preventing Colorectal Cancer:
  Early detection and other prevention measures save lives

BMI Calculator

• BMI Calculator 
  • Determine your ideal weight.

Blood Pressure Screening

• Free Blood Pressure Screening
  • Locations for free blood pressure screenings

Heart Healthy for Two

Your heart-healthy prescription for a romantic dinner:

• Pear Salad with Almonds
• Tuna Steaks with Balsamic Glaze
• Chocolate Mousse Pie

• Your Ideal Weight and BMI Calculator 
  • Determine your ideal weight.
• Heart Healthy Body Composition
  • Calculate your waist-to-hip ratio to see if you are an apple or a pear.
• Free Blood Pressure Screening
  • Locations for free blood pressure screenings
• Increasing Physical Activity
  • Which physical activity is best for you?
• Decreasing Stress
  • 11 ways to lower stress.
• Women and Heart Disease
  • Test your knowledge of women and heart disease with our interactive quiz.
• More Heart Information
  • Find more health information at our Heart Center
• Our Services
  • For information about the many services for your heart that Rush offers, visit our Heart and Vascular Institute home page

Discover even more about Rush:

• Rush in the News
• Support Groups and Classes at Rush
• Clinical Trials at Rush
• Heart and Vascular Service at Rush 
• Geriatric Services at Rush
• Women’s Health Services at Rush
• List of all clinical services at Rush
• Find a doctor at Rush

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