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The best health­care providers don’t just treat con­di­tions, they trans­form lives. Learn what sets tru­ly excep­tion­al med­ical care apart from the rest in Shan­na’s story.

GLP‑1 med­ica­tions like Ozem­pic have explod­ed in pop­u­lar­i­ty with a 400% increase in pre­scrip­tions, but the inter­net buzz is filled with dan­ger­ous myths that could impact your health deci­sions. From insur­ance secrets to safe­ty con­cerns, here’s what celebri­ties and influ­encers aren’t telling you about these break­through treatments.

Think your sum­mer flip-flops are harm­less? They might be set­ting you up for the stab­bing heel pain that sends mil­lions to podi­a­trists every fall. Here’s why your feet hurt more at sum­mer’s end and what you can do to get relief.

Did you know you could be over­pay­ing by hun­dreds or even thou­sands of dol­lars for the same MRI, CT scan, or X‑ray just by going to a dif­fer­ent facil­i­ty? With one sim­ple CPT code and a few phone calls, you can slash your med­ical imag­ing costs by 20 – 40% while get­ting the same, or bet­ter, care.

When your doc­tor says you need a PET/CT scan, it’s nat­ur­al to feel anx­ious about the unknown, espe­cial­ly when words like ​“radioac­tive trac­er” get thrown around. Get the straight answers about what hap­pens dur­ing the scan, why you need it, and how safe it actu­al­ly is.

When retired U.S. Mar­shal Ed S. went for a rou­tine check­up, he nev­er expect­ed to hear the words ​“can­cer in your pan­creas, lung, and esoph­a­gus”, or that he’d still be thriv­ing over two years lat­er. His secret was­n’t just the treat­ment, but find­ing a med­ical team that made him feel like fam­i­ly and gave him the strength to keep fighting.

Con­fused about why your doc­tor ordered that car­diac CT or stress test? Find out exact­ly what hap­pens dur­ing these heart imag­ing pro­ce­dures and how they could save your life.

Search­ing for the right OBG­YN can feel over­whelm­ing, but ask­ing the right ques­tions makes all the dif­fer­ence. From high-risk preg­nan­cy care to per­son­al pref­er­ences, here’s what to con­sid­er before you choose.

When Glen Ellyn Police Chief Philip Nor­ton was diag­nosed with melanoma, his fight didn’t end with recov­ery. Watch how his care jour­ney sparked a mis­sion to pro­tect fel­low offi­cers, and why ear­ly detec­tion mat­ters more than ever.

Finals week stress is prac­ti­cal­ly a col­lege tra­di­tion, but it doesn’t have to wreck your well-being (or your grades). Find out how to man­age stress in a way that helps you study smarter, sleep bet­ter, and feel more in control.