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Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 35th Consecutive Year

Shirley Ryan ��ߺ�� again has been recognized as the national leader in rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for the 35th consecutive year. It remains the only hospital of any kind to hold this distinction, and has been ranked the No. 1 rehabilitation hospital every year since 1991.

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COVID ventilator patients can have permanent nerve damage

Some COVID patients on ventilators are placed in a prone position to ease breathing, but study shows that this life-saving position can also cause permanent nerve damage.

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ABC7: Chicago coronavirus survivor returns home after 10 weeks in 2 hospitals, rehab center

It took two and a half months, but Marian Steele fought COVID-19 and won, and now she's back home.

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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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