Rush Stories

Patient Stories

Love, Loss and Light: My Journey to My Rainbow Baby

My experience with a high-risk pregnancy during the pandemic, including why I chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine

Gastrointestinal Health

Getting a Colonoscopy

A first-hand account of what it's like to have the procedure

Mental & Behavioral Health

Social Isolation and Loneliness

Learn why social isolation is a health risk and what we can do to combat it

COVID-19

The Long Haul After COVID

Rush's post-COVID clinic is helping patients who are facing the aftereffects of the virus

November 18: A Special Date

Rush Copley CEO John Diederich reflects on the hospital's evolution over a quarter-century

Children’s Health

Protecting Kids From Microwave-Related Scalding

Pediatricians advocate to stop these burns

Cancer

Helping Women Who Have a High Breast Cancer Risk

The genetic counseling and testing process is an empowering one

Mental & Behavioral Health

Clinician, Patient Education on Overdose Prevention Can Save Lives

Fatal overdoses are rising rapidly, and it is imperative that health care professionals take action

Cancer

HPV and Cervical Cancer

Genital HPV infection is a sexually transmitted disease that is caused by human papillomavirus