Access to Care

Access to Care

In a shifting healthcare landscape, where do you find the best and most practical care? And how in the world…

What’s the Score

What’s the Score

-A response from our editor In the Spring 2011 issue of Chicago Health, we printed a story called, “Heartful,” which discussed the…

Bringing Healthcare Up to Speed

Bringing Healthcare Up to Speed

How electronic medical records are improving an outdated system Once upon a time, to find a book at the library you…

A Cleaner Lake

A Cleaner Lake

Chicago Park District improves monitoring of Lake Michigan As Memorial Day weekend rang in this year’s swim season, the Chicago…

The Price of Prevention

The Price of Prevention

Dr. Mark Rosenbloom is trying to keep us healthier earlier, but can we afford it? At first glance, LIFEFORCE Medical…

Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart

A conversation about heart health with Loyola’s Dr. Binh An P. Phan Men and women are different. Should the two…

CT Scan Conundrum

CT Scan Conundrum

Radioactive scans can save lives, but at what risk? Over the past decade, the number of computerized axial tomography scans,…

A Healthy Guide for the Aging Athlete

A Healthy Guide for the Aging Athlete

Dr. Eric Chehab holds board certifications in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. He works with the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute…

Critical Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Back Pain

Critical Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Back Pain

1. Should I change my daily activities or exercise routine? 2. Are there positions or activities I should avoid at work…

Questions to Ask Your Vitreoretinal Specialist

Questions to Ask Your Vitreoretinal Specialist

1. Are you board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology? 2. Did you do a two-year accredited fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery?…

Navigating Back Pain

Navigating Back Pain

The spine is, arguably, the most important structure in the human body. It is an extension of the brain, a…

Age of the Machines

Age of the Machines

How the da Vinci robot is changing the face of surgery. The idea of machines conducting procedures on human beings…

Brain Power

Brain Power

More noninvasive technology really getting at brain tumors The brain is the home for so much of our central being:…

A New Frontier

A New Frontier

How a molecule in the cornea could help fight blindness—and maybe cancer This is how scientific discovery begins; a question…

Health Mastery

Health Mastery

Don’t underestimate the power of belief I remember drinking in the elixir of belief as a 4-year-old during the telling…

Precious Memories

Precious Memories

Gene studies advance medicines and profit for Alzheimer’s De­­nise Combs remembers the moment when she first realized her husband John…

Caring for Children with Food Allergies

Caring for Children with Food Allergies

Renee Frixen had experience with children and food-based allergies. As a teacher of a student with a peanut allergy, she…

Brain Aneurysms: Questions to Ask Your Doctor

Brain Aneurysms: Questions to Ask Your Doctor

1. What are brain aneurysms? 2. Can you show me a picture or diagram of what an aneurysm looks like?…

New Age of Diabetes

New Age of Diabetes

Rare form of diabetes being treated with new approach November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and unfortunately, the need for heightened…

The Diabetic Misconception

The Diabetic Misconception

Being young and thin is not a free pass from diabetes There’s an assumption that diabetes is only for the…

Researchers Develop New Potential Solutions to Concussions

Researchers Develop New Potential Solutions to Concussions

A group of researchers has developed the first potential solution to reducing sports-related concussions that doesn’t involve helmets—a simple collar…

Cancer’s Target

Cancer’s Target

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the deadliest forms of cancer and most difficult to treat The announcement that Steve Jobs…

When Help Is Needed

When Help Is Needed

Assisted living offers much more than care—it offers a life When Chicagoan Laura Kimmel started looking at retirement communities in…

The Long Road Back

The Long Road Back

Much of you is required to rehabilitate after a stroke Life is unpredictable. Most of us go about our days…