Conditions & Diseases

Whether from overuse or pitch­ing for an extend­ed peri­od of time, elbow injuries are becom­ing more com­mon in both pro­fes­sion­al and ama­teur ath­letes. As a solu­tion for such injuries, Tom­my John Surgery can be rec­om­mend­ed to patients who are expe­ri­enc­ing symp­toms and who have tried oth­er forms of ther­a­py with­out suc­cess. At DuPage Med­ical Group, our providers are trained to treat patients from surgery through ther­a­py, help­ing you get back into the game. 

New or sud­den gas­troin­testi­nal symp­toms should not be ignored as they can sig­nal a more seri­ous con­di­tion. Our Gas­troen­terol­o­gy team iden­ti­fies symp­toms that should be addressed with your health­care provider.

Smok­ing can sig­nif­i­cant­ly increase your risk of devel­op­ing blad­der can­cer. Here’s what you should know about smoking’s link to blad­der can­cer, so you can start low­er­ing your risk today.

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.

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.

As you age, it is com­mon to expe­ri­ence changes with your eyes and vision. In fact, between the ages of 45 and 80, most adults will find it increas­ing­ly dif­fi­cult to see things up close, a con­di­tion called pres­by­opia. You may also begin to notice mild visu­al dis­rup­tions such as flash­es and floaters. In some cas­es, they are caused by nor­mal, age-relat­ed changes with­in your eyes. Oth­er times, they may be a symp­tom of a more seri­ous med­ical con­di­tion, requir­ing imme­di­ate atten­tion. Oph­thal­mol­o­gist and reti­na spe­cial­ist, Shan­tan Red­dy, MD, shares symp­toms to watch for and when to seek med­ical care.

Day by day, we’re learn­ing more about the COVID-19 virus and how to fight it. Anti­body test­ing is prov­ing to be a pow­er­ful tool for the med­ical com­mu­ni­ty in this fight, though there con­tin­ues to be con­fu­sion and mis­un­der­stand­ing about its pur­pose and mean­ing. The fol­low­ing infor­ma­tion out­lines what you should know about COVID-19 anti­body test­ing and how to get one for yourself. 

Chil­dren don’t need to know every­thing we’ve seen on the news and every sto­ry we’ve heard. Instead, it helps to focus on meet­ing them where they are. Here’s how to get start­ed talk­ing with your child about coro­n­avirus (COVID-19).

Uter­ine fibroids are non-can­cer­ous tumors that grow with­in uter­ine mus­cle tis­sue and are the most com­mon tumor with­in the female repro­duc­tive sys­tem. As a result, all women are at poten­tial risk of devel­op­ing fibroids, with a major­i­ty of cas­es diag­nosed in women between the ages of 35 and 54.

Every­one expe­ri­ences stom­ach pain at var­i­ous times through­out their life. Stom­ach pain can occur in a vari­ety of loca­tions – it may be felt in a spe­cif­ic, iso­lat­ed area or may affect your entire abdomen. Stom­ach pain doesn’t always feel the same either. Some­times it can feel like a dull ache, while oth­er times you may expe­ri­ence cramp­ing and/​or sharp gas-like pains. It can devel­op due to a vari­ety rea­sons, and depend­ing on the cause, may require dif­fer­ent treat­ment. All of these vari­ables can make it chal­leng­ing to deter­mine what’s caus­ing your stom­ach pain. To help, gas­troen­terol­o­gist, Nisha Shah, MD, dis­cuss­es sev­er­al com­mon cul­prits and tips to help you tell them apart.