Meaningful Movements Fitness

Meaningful Movements

Trauma-informed yoga creates space for physical healing When a person experiences trauma — gun violence, abuse, or military combat, for…

Nutritional Surplus Lifestyle

Nutritional Surplus

Can you overdo the supplements? America’s dietary supplement industry is big business, with an estimated 85,000 products in the marketplace.…

Medical Essentials Lifestyle

Medical Essentials

5 health tools to keep in the house First, it was a new thermometer, with a battery and display. Later, a…

Feeling Flexible Food

Feeling Flexible

Flexitarian diets let people prioritize plant-based options — without totally saying bye to meat You’ve probably heard that eating less…

Eating Disorder Surge Features

Eating Disorder Surge

How Covid-19 created a wave of eating disorders among America’s youth From age 12 to 25, Mackenzie Carmichael felt controlled…

Navigating Epilepsy In The Know

Navigating Epilepsy

In the wake of mysterious symptoms, Renato Tosoc searches for answers and a treatment protocol that works for him For…

Pins and Needles In The Know

Pins and Needles

5 common causes of peripheral neuropathy At 7 weeks old, Angel Mason’s doctor diagnosed her with type 1 diabetes. Twenty…

Take Heart Heart

Take Heart

How your legs’ health affects your heart — and vice versa Count to 40.  In the time it took you…

How to Keep a Symptom Diary for the Most Accurate Diagnosis How To

How to Keep a Symptom Diary for the Most Accurate Diagnosis

When you’re dealing with an illness you can’t figure out or if you visit multiple doctors, a symptom diary is…

How To Avoid Self-Diagnosis How To

How To Avoid Self-Diagnosis

In an ideal world, if you notice something wrong with your body, you could immediately get a medical appointment —…

Healthcare Power of Attorney: An overlooked college essential Briefs

Healthcare Power of Attorney: An overlooked college essential

When teens turn 18, they’re legally classified as adults. But with nearly half a million 18-year-olds starting college this year, guardians…

Have You Heard?Briefs

Have You Heard?

Adults who believe they have mild or moderate hearing loss can now buy over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids without seeing a…

Ask the Doc Ask The Doc

Ask the Doc

Your embarrassing questions answered! By Harold Boutté Jr., MD   Q: I’m having some, um, issues with, uh, pooping. Is what I’m…

Never Not Hunting for a Diagnosis Columns

Never Not Hunting for a Diagnosis

My two boys are perfect. They are void of the trappings of time: wrinkles, scars, clogged pores, hunched shoulders, bulbus…

Seeing Clearly In The Know

Seeing Clearly

How a routine vision check can save your life Jackie Memije assumed she was just stressed out, so she ignored…

New Health Laws Briefs

New Health Laws

Bodily Autonomy Ordinance This new Chicago law prohibits city departments and agencies from participating in investigations or proceedings related to…

Finding the Pain Bone & Joint

Finding the Pain

How orthopedic specialists go beyond imaging to diagnose and treat pre-arthritic knee pain Sofía Stutz went bouldering for the first time in…

Invisible Ailments Endocrinology

Invisible Ailments

Hormone disorders can be tricky to diagnose, but often the root cause is something else With a mix of concerning…

Teens & Opioids In The Know

Teens & Opioids

Conversation starters and strategies to guide young people toward treatment  If opioids hijack your teenager, keeping them safe while they…

The Art of Practicing Yourself Columns

The Art of Practicing Yourself

I couldn’t believe that my editor deleted the phrase “practice yourself” from my last column. She said readers wouldn’t understand the…

Private Practice Physicians Disappearing Briefs

Private Practice Physicians Disappearing

The American Medical Association (AMA) last year noted that most patient care physicians now work outside of physician-owned medical practices.…

Primary Care at Home is on the Rise Briefs

Primary Care at Home is on the Rise

Advances in portable medical technology, care reimbursement models, and changing consumer preferences are bringing more healthcare into the home.  Modern…