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Emotional Choices
You can change your emotions – but it’s a 2‑step process that takes some effort Above Photo: You don’t...
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Where Have the Primary Care Doctors Gone?
Despite a record number of new doctors, primary care providers remain difficult to find Fact checked...
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Collaborative Oncogeneralist Training Program Strengthens Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Care
  A unique and impactful training program focused on cancer prevention and survivorship, created...
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The Checkup: How Fact Checking Fights Misinformation
Chicago Health and Caregiving have always prioritized fact checking. Our writers appreciate the verification,...
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Katie Scarlett Brandt
From the Editor’s Desk
One of the best decisions I made for my career happened a few years after graduating from journalism...
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Orthopedics Roundtable
Orthopedics is one of the most technologically advanced, rapidly evolving areas of medicine. It also...
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Legal Updates
Addressing Drug Shortages Illinois Senate Bill 2672  Effective January 2026 Drug shortages have become...
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An Upside of Shorter Appointments?
People are increasingly noticing shorter primary care appointment times. And David Liss, PhD, a researcher...
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Skip Weiss
Letter from the Publisher
Many people anticipate their 65th birthday with dread. Not my wife. The reason? Medicare.  To be part...
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Illinois has created its own health insurance marketplace to combat skyrocketing premiums: Get Covered Illinois
Creating an Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace
Fact checked by Jim Lacy When news came out that the federal government would terminate Marketplace tax...
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