Lifestyle & Wellness

Life can get busy and tak­ing care of our skin health can eas­i­ly become an after­thought. Our cell phones are use­ful tools to help sup­port healthy skin­care habits.

We all know that sun­screen is a nec­es­sary step in our skin­care rou­tine. But do you know the dif­fer­ence between chem­i­cal and phys­i­cal sun­screens? Our der­ma­tol­o­gists explain the dif­fer­ence between these two types of sunscreen.

Whether you have oily, dry or sen­si­tive skin, wear­ing sun­screen is a crit­i­cal step in pre­vent­ing the onset of skin can­cer and aging. Der­ma­tol­o­gist, Dr. Kristin Lee, explains which sun­screen is best for you based on your skin type.

Work­ing and learn­ing remote­ly may help pro­tect you from COVID-19, how­ev­er, it may not pro­tect your eye health. Tech­nol­o­gy is being used more than ever and the addi­tion­al screen time can result in eye strain. Find out how you can pro­tect your eyes while still per­form­ing your dai­ly vir­tu­al work and school tasks.

Learn the dif­fer­ence between a pre­bi­ot­ic and pro­bi­ot­ic and why you need both to main­tain a healthy diges­tive tract.

Did the pan­dem­ic force you to get cre­ative when putting togeth­er an at-home work­space? Aaron Eyster, MOT, OTR/L and Kar­la Cortez Duda, PT, DPT, OCS pro­vide their tips on how to prop­er­ly set up your work­space to avoid mus­cle fatigue and stress and ensure you are healthy and pain-free as you work. 

With extra time being spent at home, this new pan­dem­ic-era real­i­ty can con­tribute to more spo­radic food intake. Mind­ful eat­ing is an approach to nutri­tion that focus­es on bring­ing aware­ness to food intake in a non­judg­men­tal and self-reflec­tive man­ner. While mind­ful­ness is a new buzz­word, there is also truth in how its appli­ca­tion can sup­port bet­ter self-care. 

Devel­op­ing a health-relat­ed New Year’s res­o­lu­tion can be a great way to kick start a health­i­er year ahead. Instead of just focus­ing on your phys­i­cal health, it is impor­tant to rec­og­nize oth­er areas as well such as your men­tal and social health and well-being. 

Dr. Sal­ly Salman, Inter­nal Med­i­cine, out­lines com­po­nents of the health tri­an­gle to help you deter­mine what your health res­o­lu­tions should focus on in the new year. 

With the hol­i­day sea­son right around the cor­ner, what bet­ter way to show appre­ci­a­tion for your loved one oth­er than a provider-rec­om­mend­ed gift.

Home – a place where many of us have been spend­ing our time these last few months. With infec­tions spread­ing, many of us will not attend tra­di­tion­al hol­i­day gath­er­ings or bond with extend­ed fam­i­ly or friends. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, with cas­es ris­ing through­out Illi­nois and the coun­try, it’s cru­cial that we lim­it small gath­er­ings as these are a con­trib­u­tor to the rise in COVID-19 cas­es. While cel­e­brat­ing vir­tu­al­ly or with mem­bers of your own house­hold is an option, it may not cov­er the long days after you’ve logged off with your loved ones.