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How to prevent (and recover from) norovirus, the stomach bug that’s surging

Most commonly known as stomach flu, norovirus is a highly contagious virus that generally spreads hand to mouth 12 to 36 hours after exposure. Learn how norovirus is contracted — and how to stay safe.

University of Chicago Medicine urologist Mahmoud Khalil, MBBCh, shows patient Guillermo Arellano-Garcia scans with successful results from his recent water jet therapy to treat his enlarged prostate.

Water jet therapy offered at Ingalls Memorial provides relief for enlarged prostate

Water jet therapy used to treat an enlarged prostate can help preserve sexual function and ease urinary problems. Read how the therapy helped a patient at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital get his life back.

Stephanie Bachmann, MMSPA, a UChicago Medicine advance practice provider, shows Luz Graciela Gamero how care teams can monitor the progress of her new smart knee replacement.

‘Smart' knee replacement tracks patient progress, data to boost recovery

Embedded with sensors that collect motion data, a 'smart' knee implant allows physicians to remotely monitor a patient's recovery after surgery. Learn how the technology helped a UChicago Medicine patient get back on her feet.

SuperAger Edith Renfrow Smith, 110, a petite Black woman, holds a flyer for the SuperAging Research Initiative that features a photo of her.

Resilient 'SuperAgers' show the positive side of growing old

With participants ages 80 to 110, the SuperAging Research Initiative examines what's going right in the lives and brains of people who are living long and living well.