Loyola University Health System News

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The DuPage County Health Department has announced that the first positive tests for West Nile virus this year have been discovered in mosquito traps in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Westmont, Lisle and Woodridge.

Newswise - MAYWOOD, Ill. - A recent study has shown that exercise can add years to a person's life.

Newswise - The explosion that occurred in an Arlington Heights factory that killed one and injured several others may have a long-lasting physical and emotional impact on fellow workers and community members, according to Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, MD, medical director of occupational health at Loyola University Health System.

Newswise - "News reports of NATO include use of a chemical substance by protesters on a Chicago police officer as well as an unknown liquid found in the possession of an arrested protester are what we are hearing about NATO," said Christina Hantsch, MD, toxicologist at Loyola University Health System.

Newswise - When writer Florence Williams was nursing her second child, she had her breast milk analyzed for toxins.

Newswise - MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Cinthia La Porte, BSN, RN, was named Loyola University Health System's Fanchon Knight Nurse of the Year during its annual Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony on Wednesday, May 9. La Porte is the nurse manager of the Ronald McDonaldA Children's Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center.

Jane Hamley Wells, Chicago: Petra Michael, 35, to hospitality/contract sales director, from sales director at Bedding Protection Ltd., in San Diego.