Dina Bair

Medical Watch Digest for Dec 16 Cancer treatment test study Monitoring cancer treatment in real time. Typically cancer patients go through rounds of chemotherapy before getting a scan to see whether the treatment worked and how well. But Northeastern Univ... See more

For Monday, Dec. 1, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including: Sleep apnea & memory Sleep apnea and insomnia are associated with worse memory. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine reports that sleep disorders may be a path... See more

The battle of the bulge! With two strong contenders in the ring — surgery and medications — thousands of patients have had success shedding weight, but is there a clear champion? For many people like Cheryl Vittori, it’s a life-long struggle “Forty years.... See more

For Tuesday, Nov. 18, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including: First synthetic brain for drug testing Scientists engineered the first fully synthetic brain tissue model. It’s fully functional brain tissue that they can use to ... See more

For Tuesday, November 4, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including: MIT develops heart drug delivery patch Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers developed a drug-delivery patch—a band-aid of sorts — to help patients he... See more