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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. 

Being an ado­les­cent is dif­fi­cult enough with­out a pan­dem­ic, but here we are. What can you do to help your teen under­stand and fol­low social distancing?

Your body mass index (BMI) is a broad way to help deter­mine if you are at a healthy weight for your height. Your BMI can be used as a tool to decide if your weight is putting you at addi­tion­al risk for health con­di­tions, such as heart dis­ease and dia­betes. View our info­graph­ic to learn more about your BMI and when to con­sult your physician. 

Tech­nol­o­gy is every­where — smart­phones, tablets, lap­tops, video games — and kids, espe­cial­ly teens, are using these devices more than ever. Take a moment to pic­ture your child as they use their phone or lap­top. The impact of bad pos­ture may reach beyond just a slouched appearance.

As you con­tin­ue to wear a face mask in pub­lic to help pre­vent the spread of COVID-19, you may notice some side effects such as break­outs, dry­ness, red­ness or oth­er forms of irri­ta­tion. This is due to the mask cre­at­ing fric­tion against your skin and restrict­ing your air­flow, which caus­es a build-up of humid­i­ty, sweat and bac­te­ria. Our Der­ma­tol­o­gists pro­vide some tips on how to avoid irri­ta­tion from masking.