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Sherry’s sto­ry began with an unex­pect­ed nudge — a pain on her left side while exer­cis­ing that just didn’t sit right. ​“I hadn’t had a mam­mo­gram in three years. Life hap­pens — there was the pan­dem­ic, my kids had health­care needs, and, like most moms, I for­got about myself. But some­thing was telling me this pain wasn’t normal.”

A food aller­gy can be scary, but it doesn’t have to ruin trick-or-treat­ing fun. Here’s how to keep your child safe and hap­py this Halloween.

Ear­ly detec­tion is crit­i­cal and breast exams are your first line of defense against breast can­cer. Per­form­ing self-exams, com­plet­ing an annu­al clin­i­cal breast exam and screen­ing mam­mog­ra­phy can iden­ti­fy changes in your breasts ear­ly on when they are most treat­able. If you are unsure of how to per­form a breast exam at home, a provider can offer you guid­ance at your next appoint­ment or screen­ing. The Duly High Risk Breast Clin­ic team answers com­mon ques­tions about risk fac­tors, fam­i­ly his­to­ry, and when to begin screen­ing for breast cancer.

Is it time for your first mam­mo­gram? Read what to expect at your appoint­ment and how mam­mo­grams play a part in your over­all breast health.

If you have dense breasts, your annu­al mam­mo­gram is a help­ful tool to screen for breast can­cer. Learn more about mam­mo­grams and breast density.

We know that excep­tion­al care comes from a team effort. Some of the most ded­i­cat­ed, com­pas­sion­ate mem­bers of that team are our Advanced Prac­tice Providers (APPs), includ­ing Nurse Prac­ti­tion­ers (NPs) and Physi­cian Assis­tants (PAs).

When you’re sick, one of the first ques­tions you may ask your­self is, ​“Is it a cold, flu, or COVID-19?” Here are some ways you can differentiate.

As trees grow bare and the weath­er becomes cool­er, many of us are prepar­ing for a long win­ter ahead. A part of this prepa­ra­tion involves plan­ning for flu sea­son cou­pled with COVID-19. We answer com­mon ques­tions you may have about this year’s flu season. 

The begin­ning of this sum­mer saw the much-antic­i­pat­ed and dread­ed ​“cica­da inva­sion,” an event where two dif­fer­ent types of cicadas — those that emerge every 13 years and those that emerge every 17 years — made their simul­ta­ne­ous appear­ance. While the buzz of cica­da wings and the sight of their emp­ty exoskele­tons has dimin­ished, the effects of this unique phe­nom­e­non are still being felt in Chica­go and its sur­round­ing suburbs.

Deter­mine if you’re get­ting enough and the right kind of pro­tein to help sup­port your health and well-being.