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Ill­ness­es and injuries often seem to pop up when you least expect them. When med­ical care is need­ed at night or over the week­end, patients are often unsure where to go for treat­ment. The first step is to deter­mine if the med­ical issue can wait for a vis­it with the pri­ma­ry care doc­tor or if it is an acute issue requir­ing imme­di­ate atten­tion. If the prob­lem requires atten­tion out­side of your physi­cian’s clin­ic hours, and depend­ing on the symp­toms, care is avail­able at an imme­di­ate care cen­ter (ICC) or at an emer­gency room (ER) at a local hos­pi­tal. Both the time and cost can vary dras­ti­cal­ly depend­ing on where the med­ical care is pro­vid­ed, so it’s impor­tant to under­stand the dif­fer­ence between the two and the impact your choice may have on your wallet.

The only thing worse than get­ting hit with a cold or the flu is shar­ing it with your whole fam­i­ly. Many virus­es can live for up to 24 hours, while oth­ers can linger for days. Here are tips on how to safe­guard against spread­ing germs includ­ing infor­ma­tion on where they like to hide and how to deep clean after ill­ness strikes.

Mar­ket­ed as a healthy alter­na­tive to smok­ing, vap­ing is a rel­a­tive­ly new trend that is grow­ing at a fast rate. In Sep­tem­ber of 2019, the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) issued a pub­lic warn­ing, urg­ing peo­ple not to use e‑cigarettes. Pedi­a­tri­cian, Dr. Kevin Ger­mi­no, shares facts, risks and tips on talk­ing to your teens about the dan­gers of vaping.

Over­ac­tive blad­der is a con­di­tion that caus­es a fre­quent urge to uri­nate. Some­times this urge can be dif­fi­cult to stop and can lead to incon­ti­nence. Did you know that some foods and high water intake can trig­ger your symp­toms? Do what you can to min­i­mize these trig­gers by avoid­ing the foods/​beverages list­ed below.

Your pain med­i­cine and physi­a­try doc­tors are sole­ly focused on the eval­u­a­tion, treat­ment and pre­ven­tion of pain in order to help your body get back to a healthy and pain-free state. While both spe­cial­ties aim to iden­ti­fy and treat your pain, there are some impor­tant dif­fer­ences between them. Dr. Paul Man­ganel­li, Pain Med­i­cine, and Dr. Lena Shah­ban­dar, Physi­a­try, out­line key sim­i­lar­i­ties and dif­fer­ences between the two pain spe­cial­ties to assist you in mak­ing informed deci­sions about your care.

A doc­tor may order a con­trast dye to be used dur­ing some MRI exams in order for the radi­ol­o­gist to bet­ter view inter­nal tis­sues and blood ves­sels on the com­plet­ed images. Con­trast mate­ri­als are not dyes that per­ma­nent­ly dis­col­or inter­nal organs. They are sub­stances that tem­porar­i­ly change the way MRIs, X‑rays or oth­er imag­ing tools inter­act with the body. Often, con­trast mate­ri­als allow the radi­ol­o­gist to dis­tin­guish nor­mal from abnor­mal conditions.

Prepar­ing for preg­nan­cy is often an excit­ing time in many peo­ple’s lives. While the focus often cen­ters on wom­en’s health, there are many steps that men can take to improve their health. Fam­i­ly Med­i­cine physi­cian, Dr. Bri­an Beck­er, shares tips that can help improve men’s poten­tial for conception.

Find that you’re sud­den­ly hav­ing trou­ble hear­ing? Sud­den Sen­sorineur­al Hear­ing Loss (SSHL), also known as sud­den deaf­ness, is rapid hear­ing loss that occurs all at once or over a peri­od of three days.

DuPage Med­ical Group’s Phys­i­cal Ther­a­py spine group is com­prised of expe­ri­enced Phys­i­cal Ther­a­pists that have an invest­ed inter­est in spine relat­ed ail­ments. At DMG we use the most cur­rent research and evi­dence-based treat­ments in order to pro­vide the best pos­si­ble care and recov­ery to our patients.

Stress can have a neg­a­tive impact on your health, so it’s impor­tant to take steps to min­i­mize any anx­i­ety you and your fam­i­ly may be expe­ri­enc­ing as you pre­pare for your new rou­tine. Our team of experts share back-to-school exams your child may need and ways you can pre­pare to keep your child men­tal­ly and phys­i­cal­ly healthy.