Women's Health

Dr. Sameer Shar­ma is the first physi­cian in Illi­nois to use Cytalux, an FDA-approved imag­ing agent that caus­es ovar­i­an can­cer cells to glow dur­ing surgery. By improv­ing vis­i­bil­i­ty of hid­den can­cer deposits, this inno­v­a­tive tech­nol­o­gy sup­ports more com­plete tumor removal — a crit­i­cal fac­tor in long-term sur­vival. Com­bined with Dr. Sharma’s high sur­gi­cal vol­ume and decades of exper­tise, patients at Duly Health and Care now have access to cut­ting-edge ovar­i­an can­cer treat­ment close to home.

Heart attacks may com­mon­ly be asso­ci­at­ed with men, but women are just as like­ly to expe­ri­ence heart dis­ease. Find out how symp­toms, risk fac­tors and pre­ven­tion may impact women’s heart health.

If you’re snor­ing loud­er than usu­al and can’t shake the exhaus­tion no mat­ter how much you sleep, your body might be fight­ing for air all night long. Women are espe­cial­ly at risk of miss­ing the warn­ing signs, and untreat­ed sleep apnea can lead to seri­ous heart prob­lems, stroke, and dan­ger­ous day­time drowsiness.

Saman­tha once thought she’d nev­er live to see her wed­ding day, much less have the ener­gy to walk down the aisle. Here’s how a bariatric sur­geon who saved her moth­er’s life helped her reclaim her own, and why the jour­ney start­ed with a con­ver­sa­tion, not a decision.

Think­ing about slim­mer, smoother thighs but not sure whether you need lipo­suc­tion or a thigh lift? This quick guide breaks down the real dif­fer­ences so you can choose the option that gets you the results you’re envisioning.

Tried every diet and work­out plan, but the scale won’t budge? Bariatric surgery might be more acces­si­ble than you think – and it could be the game-chang­er that final­ly helps you lose weight, reverse dia­betes, and reclaim your health.

Think you’re healthy? Your body could be hid­ing silent killers like high blood pres­sure, pre­di­a­betes, or skin can­cer that have zero symp­toms until it’s too late. Your pri­ma­ry care doc­tor can catch these sneaky con­di­tions ear­ly, which is why that annu­al check­up might lit­er­al­ly save your life

Up to 15% of new moth­ers expe­ri­ence post­par­tum depres­sion, but it’s often con­fused with baby blues or brushed off as nor­mal exhaus­tion. Under­stand­ing the dif­fer­ence could be the key to get­ting the help you need to feel like your­self again.

AI chat­bots are answer­ing mil­lions of health ques­tions dai­ly, but one study found they gave dan­ger­ous­ly wrong advice about mix­ing med­ica­tions that could cause some­one to faint. While these dig­i­tal doc­tors can help you prep for appoint­ments and find basic health info, know­ing when to trust them (and when to run to a real physi­cian) could lit­er­al­ly save your life.

Your gut bac­te­ria might be secret­ly sab­o­tag­ing your spine, and new ground­break­ing research reveals this hid­den con­nec­tion could be caus­ing your back pain. Sci­en­tists have dis­cov­ered that the tril­lions of microor­gan­isms liv­ing in your diges­tive sys­tem don’t just affect your stom­ach; they’re direct­ly linked to seri­ous spinal con­di­tions that could require surgery.