Writing portfolio
Chicago Health Magazine
Recycling is Complicated and Controversial…
After your waste gets hauled away each week, it either goes to a recycling facility or a landfill. While it ceases to be your household problem, it can have severe impacts on your health and the environment.
How to Talk About Guns
Tough discussions with friends and family around gun safety can feel awkward. But avoidance can result in dangerous circumstances.
Pedal to the Metal
Whether it’s older adults, work commuters, or kids behind the handlebars, there’s no doubt that e-bikes have taken the country by storm.
To Vaccinate or Not? – Chicago Health
Researcher Caitlin Fields explores how people decide whether to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Vaccine Controversy
What is the greatest accomplishment in the history of public health? One word, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC): vaccines.
Trash to Treasure
Local residents are taking recycling into their own hands, protecting their health, the health of the planet, and the city’s budget.
In Their Words
Hospital chaplains play a pivotal role in providing care, comfort, and consolation to people going through medical issues including gun violence
Why We Forget Mass Shootings
Society’s ambivalence toward mass shootings. Our attention clasps on to the next tragedy-du-jour — what psychologists call “psychic numbing”
Chicago Caregiving Magazine
Health Abroad
Is the cost of travel insurance — for trip cancellations or for your health — ever worthwhile?
Indelible Ink
Only 13% of people over age 65 in the U.S. have a tattoo. Here are a few of them — and the stories their tattoos tell.
Creating Spaces
Art boosts mental cognition. Working with the brush or camera keeps the artist focused solely in the present moment of creation.
Community Health
By Dan DeanDan Dean is a writer, cancer survivor, and founder of Cancer Dudes, which supports men after being diagnosed with cancer. dan-dean.com4 essentials to know about healthcare in senior living communities When people consider a move into a senior living community, their health needs often ran…
Rush University Medical Center
Neurology and Neurosurgery 2024 Annual Report | RUSH
Learn about the latest with neurology and neurosurgery at Rush in our 2024 annual report.
Neurology and Neurosurgery 2023 Annual Report | RUSH
Learn about the latest with neurology and neurosurgery at RUSH in our annual report.
RUSH Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2023 Annual Report
Read RUSH Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2023 Annual Report by Rush University System for Health on Issuu and browse thousands of other public…
Department-of-Surgery-2022-Annual-Report COV1 Rush
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Use of the Rist Guide Catheter in the Treatment of an Unruptured ACom Aneurysm | RUSH
Learn about the Rist Guide Catheter in the treatment of an unruptured ACom aneurysm.
Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Treatment of Late-onset Pompe Disease | RUSH
Learn about enzyme replacement therapy for treatment of late-onset Pompe disease
Conquer Magazine
Why Men with Cancer Don’t Seek Support: Fear of Vulnerability and Lack of Power – Conquer: the journey informed
Many men hide their emotions and vulnerability in an effort to maintain a sense of manliness or power, but suffering in silence can have drastic implications for men’s health and make cancer treatment more difficult.
Biomarker Testing Is Driving the Development of New Therapies – Conquer: the journey informed
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor Dan Dean spoke with several experts about the advances in genomic testing, which have enabled oncologists to treat patients with new “targeted therapies” that fight cancer based on the specific features of a tumor.
Information Is Power: Targeted Therapies Extend Survival for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia – Conquer: the journey informed
At the June 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2 experts discussed the implications of new treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The blood cancer known as CLL is often diagnosed late, and until recently the initial treatment was chemotherapy alone.…
Why Proactive Lung Cancer Screening Can Save Lives – Conquer: the journey informed
“Lung cancer”—what first pops into your head when you hear that?
To Disclose at Work or Not to Disclose? – Conquer: the journey informed
Cancer survivor Dan Dean weighs the many factors involved when deciding what to tell, or not tell, an employer about a cancer diagnosis and the job-related potential implications.
Dating After Cancer, a Piece of Cake, Right? Right… – Conquer: the journey informed
People affected by cancer find that dating requires a different playbook to navigate through relationships.
Podcasting portfolio
Rush University Medical Center
Navigating the Challenges in Treating Older Adults With Epilepsy with Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD
Listen now to a podcast about treating older adults with epilepsy from Rush expert Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Rush With Danny Luger, MD
Listen now to a podcast about cardiovascular disease prevention from Rush expert Danny Luger, MD.
Coordinated, Interdisciplinary Care in the Rush Spine Tumor Clinic With John O’Toole, MD, and Ken Tatebe, MD
Listen now to a podcast about the Rush Spine Tumor Clinic from RUSH experts John O’Toole, MD, and Ken Tatebe, MD.
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty: A Minimally Invasive Weight Loss Approach at RUSH with Christopher Chapman, MD
Listen now to a podcast about endoscopic sleeve gastroplastys from RUSH expert Christopher Chapman, MD.
High-Risk Colorectal Cancer Surveillance and the Use of GI Genius With Salina Lee, MD
Listen now to a podcast about colorectal cancer surveillance from RUSH expert Salina Lee, MD.