Feb 9, 2017 | Journal Publications
Many factors play a role in the development of breast cancer in women, but the greatest predictor is the presence of mutations in tumor-suppressing genes (BRCA1/BRCA2). Nevertheless, there remains a skepticism surrounding the statistical correlation between such...
Feb 1, 2017 | Journal Publications
At a time when congressional investigators are looking into the pricing practices of pharmaceutical companies, CHAS Fellow Rena M. Conti and her colleague Meredith B. Rosenthal review proposed policies for making prescription medications more affordable in the United...
Jan 21, 2017 | Journal Publications
Health is much more than the absence of disease says William Dale, Chief of the Section of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine and Director of the SOCARE Clinic at the University of Chicago. In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Oct 20, 2016 | Journal Publications
By collaborating with local farmer’s markets, Walgreens, various health centers and a university research team on the South Side of Chicago, CHAS Fellow Marshall Chin and colleagues believe they may have developed an effective model for integrating community and...
