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Pre­ven­tive care helps iden­ti­fy health con­cerns before symp­toms appear. Learn why reg­u­lar check­ups, screen­ings, vac­cines, and clear com­mu­ni­ca­tion with your provider are espe­cial­ly impor­tant for His­pan­ic com­mu­ni­ties and how to over­come com­mon bar­ri­ers to care.

Tick bites are on the rise across the Mid­west, but most can be treat­ed safe­ly at home. Learn how to remove ticks prop­er­ly, spot warn­ing signs of Lyme dis­ease and oth­er ill­ness­es, and know when to seek med­ical care.

Exer­cise is a pow­er­ful tool for men­tal health, help­ing reduce stress, anx­i­ety, and depres­sion while improv­ing sleep, mood, and focus. This arti­cle explores how move­ment sup­ports emo­tion­al well-being and offers sim­ple, real­is­tic ways to get started.

Food crav­ings are often linked to stress, sleep, hor­mones, habits, and ener­gy lev­els — not just hunger. In this arti­cle, Dr. Aelia Akbar explains what com­mon crav­ings may be telling you and shares prac­ti­cal ways to man­age them to sup­port your health goals.

Men­tal health providers diag­nose and treat men­tal health con­di­tions. Learn about the dif­fer­ent kinds of providers.

In the Unit­ed States, more peo­ple are diag­nosed with skin can­cer each year than all oth­er can­cers com­bined. The best way to detect and treat skin can­cer ear­ly is by sched­ul­ing an annu­al skin exam­i­na­tion with your dermatologist.

Did you know that when skin can­cer is detect­ed ear­ly, the 5‑year sur­vival rate for melanoma is 99%? Under­stand­ing the risk fac­tors, warn­ing signs and steps for iden­ti­fy­ing melanoma is the best way to detect this skin can­cer ear­ly when it is most treatable. 

This arti­cle explains how old­er adults can stay active with joint-friend­ly exer­cise. It high­lights key move­ment types — strength, bal­ance, flex­i­bil­i­ty, car­dio, and func­tion­al train­ing — while offer­ing sim­ple ways to get start­ed safe­ly. The focus is on build­ing con­sis­ten­cy, avoid­ing injury, and improv­ing mobil­i­ty and inde­pen­dence with the right routine.

We have all expe­ri­enced moments of stress in our lives. When some­thing unex­pect­ed or alarm­ing hap­pens, a part of your brain, the hypo­thal­a­mus, sets off an inter­nal alarm. This alarm sig­nals your adren­al glands to release hor­mones, adren­a­line and cor­ti­sol, into your ner­vous sys­tem that cause your heart rate to increase, your mus­cles to tense and your breath to quick­en. This is referred to as your fight or flight response, and your body is ready to take action to pro­tect itself from harm.

Joe went in for a rou­tine check-up with no symp­toms, but an unex­pect­ed find­ing led to a diag­no­sis of tes­tic­u­lar can­cer. From that moment, his care moved quick­ly, with a con­nect­ed team of Duly spe­cial­ists guid­ing him through test­ing, surgery, and treat­ment. Along the way, he felt sup­port­ed, informed, and con­fi­dent in his care. Today, Joe is can­cer-free and grate­ful for the team that helped him move for­ward with clar­i­ty and confidence.