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Jan­u­ary is Nation­al Radon Aware­ness Month. What is radon and how can it affect your fam­i­ly’s health? What home­own­ers should know about radon health risks when buy­ing or build­ing a home and how to reduce risk.

Through­out the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, clin­i­cal test­ing has been an impor­tant area of focus. Sift­ing through all the infor­ma­tion avail­able can be quite the task. Learn more about the dif­fer­ent types of tests avail­able to you.

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.

Some peo­ple may expe­ri­ence anx­i­ety that is focused specif­i­cal­ly on ill­ness or the fear of ill­ness as a result of liv­ing dur­ing a pan­dem­ic and flu sea­son. Stacey J. Feuer, PsyD, MLD, pro­vides strate­gies to man­age this type of anxiety.

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. 

Though you might feel reluc­tant to sched­ule your surgery, there is val­ue in mov­ing for­ward with your treat­ment. We are going above and beyond to ensure the health and safe­ty of our patients, providers and asso­ciates. If you need joint replace­ment surgery, you can con­fi­dent­ly know we have imple­ment­ed many process­es to ensure your safe­ty every step of the way.

Haunt­ed hous­es, ghosts and jack‑o’-lanterns are just a few famil­iar scares asso­ci­at­ed with Hal­loween. In 2020, COVID-19 has added a new lev­el of fear to this hol­i­day. What will the spook­i­est day of the year look like dur­ing a glob­al health pan­dem­ic? Dr. Mali­ni Kumar, a pedi­a­tri­cian with DuPage Med­ical Group, explains how COVID-19 will affect Hal­loween and what you can do to make this annu­al hol­i­day ​‘Spook­tac­u­lar’ giv­en the circumstances. 

Regen­er­a­tive med­i­cine is the prac­tice of har­ness­ing your body’s abil­i­ty to heal itself by stim­u­lat­ing repair and thus regen­er­at­ing cells or tis­sues to restore nor­mal func­tion. Dr. Lena Shah­ban­dar explores some of these treat­ments options.

Effec­tive inter­per­son­al com­mu­ni­ca­tion is hard. When you add in the chal­lenges and stres­sors of a glob­al pan­dem­ic, it can feel noth­ing short of impos­si­ble. You may find it more dif­fi­cult to respond to stress­ful sit­u­a­tions calm­ly. You may find your­self snap­ping at your part­ner or feel­ing like you just need some time to your­self. You may feel angri­er than nor­mal. Giv­en the unprece­dent­ed and uncer­tain times, that all makes sense. It’s impor­tant to rec­og­nize and val­i­date how you are feel­ing in order to work towards mean­ing­ful change with­in your relationship.