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Active After Breast Cancer

Tara, diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2016 during a regular mammogram, was training for a 10-mile race. How would treatment affect her active lifestyle?

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An Active Life with Cerebral Palsy

Born with CP, Michelle started receiving rehabilitation when she was only 6. Since then, she has made amazing changes and now leads a full, active teenage life.

Patient Story

Nancy Knowles Garden

Nancy Knowles Bequeaths Generous Eight-Figure Gift

Knowles’ gift will support the capital campaign for the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, RIC’s state-of-the-art research hospital, set to open in March 2017.

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Pat and Shirley Ryan with Joanne C. Smith and Jude Reyes

Record Gift for New Research Hospital

Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan have pledged the largest charitable investment in the organization’s 63-year history and will support AbilityLab

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Brain scans in chemo thearpy

Treating Chemo Brain in Breast Cancer Survivors

Study proposes systematic screening to identify and address phenomenon of “chemo fog,” a cognitive condition affecting thinking, perception and communication.

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Ryan Novack gets rehabilitation after SCI

Sights Set on Returning to Active Duty after Spinal Cord Injury

Ryan Novack was in an off-road motorcycle accident that broke his spine.

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Scientists at work

Placebo Sweet Spot for Pain Identified in Brain

Scientists have identified for the first time the region in the brain responsible for the “placebo effect” in pain relief, when a fake treatment actually results in substantial reduction of pain, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC).  

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karl smiling

Chronic Pain No More

On a Monday in the fall of 2008, just like any other Monday, Karl Lyons bent down to pick up a magazine. Suddenly, he couldn’t stand up.

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Injections may assist with movement after a diagnosis

Improving Movement After Stroke and Brain Injury

A form of botulinum toxin (botox) improved active arm movement for stroke and brain injury patients in a clinical trial.

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No more cheating your FitBit

Manipulating Activity Tracker May Soon Be History

Our researchers have designed a new and interesting way to train smartphone trackers to spot the difference between fake and real activity.

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Patient uses ExoSkeleton to walk

Robot Help Predict Patients’ Actions, Counteract Physical Limitations

New technology designed to predict the body’s actions may help patients counteract their own physical limitations.

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Aphasia patients practice with ORLA, speech software invented at AbilityLab

New Therapies to Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Years After Injury

Encouraging new evidence is emerging to suggest the brain's plasticity, or its ability to change and heal, may last many years after injury.

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