Jan 31, 2024 | News, Women’s Health
While our team is focused on cervical health and cervical cancer prevention all year long, January is a time to raise awareness and help people take steps to reduce the risk of this preventable cancer. We at Resilience encourage all of you to educate yourselves and...
Nov 21, 2023 | Maternity Services, News, Women’s Health
The OB leadership team went to the ILPQC annual conference and won an award on the BASIC initiative which has entered the sustainability phase. I’m so proud of the work done on this unit to decrease the amount of antibiotics we give to neonates. Special thanks...
Oct 30, 2023 | News, Women’s Health
October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the teams at West Suburban Medical Center, River Forest Medical Campus, and Weiss Memorial Hospital showed their support by wearing pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Day on October 13. The following day, the Weiss...
May 27, 2023 | News, Women’s Health
On Saturday, May 6, the River Forest Breast Center, in partnership with a local Breast Cancer Support organization, “Pink Divas and Gents”, hosted “Bras for a Cause”. This event welcomed 42 women in the community to celebrate Breast Cancer Survivorship, promote...
Nov 17, 2022 | Maternity Services, News, Women’s Health
The Family Birthplace Center at West Suburban Medical center proudly received its second award of the year from the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative for outstanding achievements related to the Maternal Newborns affected by Opiates initiative. The most recent...
Jul 14, 2022 | Maternity Services, News, Women’s Health
One of the first things many women do after missing their period or experiencing nausea, breast tenderness, or other symptoms involves taking store-bought pregnancy tests. After receiving a positive or inconclusive result on a pregnancy test, there are bound to be...
