Midwest Center for Women’s Healthcare is pleased to introduce you to our newest physician. Dr. Melissa Keene joins our practice after spending the past 5 years on faculty at Northwestern Medicine. She received her Doctor of Medicine from Northwestern University and completed her residency training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Keene is Board Certified in […]
The holiday shopping season is here, and we have the ultimate list of sales and events at local stores in Chicago. Here is your exclusive preview — get out and support local business both in person and online this weekend! Athletic The Runner’s Edge 1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette Black Friday: Spend $100 and receive a […]
There’s never a shortage of things to do and places to eat around Chicago, and now there’s even more to add to your hit list. From baseball-themed craft cocktails and top-notch coffee and pastries to cutting-edge virtual reality experiences and a new pilates studio, these are just a few of the new restaurants and businesses […]
The Chicago Marathon is behind us, but it’s hardly the end of race season. Sign up for one of these (way less intense) themed runs — each of which benefits an incredible charity — and prepare to feel good inside and out. Nov. 10: Hot Cider Hustle 8K Walk or run to raise awareness and […]
On Karen Putz’s 44th birthday, the Naperville, Illinois, mom of three was sitting on a pontoon boat, feeling sorry for herself. Putz had been a water baby growing up, the only girl who could barefoot water-ski on the lake near her family’s summer home. But with age had come responsibilities — marriage, family, work — […]
Allison Beltramini went in for her first mammogram at age 40. She got a call back: She needed a biopsy. The breast cancer scare was unnerving, she recalls, but as it turned out, what her traditional two-dimensional mammogram flagged wasn’t actually cancer — a common scenario, especially for women who have dense breast tissue. Now, […]
Allison Beltramini went in for her first mammogram at age 40. She got a call back: She needed a biopsy. The breast cancer scare was unnerving, she recalls, but as it turned out, what her traditional two-dimensional mammogram flagged wasn’t actually cancer — a common scenario, especially for women who have dense breast tissue. Now, […]
In mid-August, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a mobile device app named “Natural Cycles” for contraceptive use. Just last year, the FDA released a “Digital Health Innovation Action Plan” to look at ways to provide clarity and find efficiency in how the agency regulates digital health technologies, and this is the first time the […]
The kids are back in school and generally on schedule, and you’re back into a rhythm at the office and planning out Q4. How do you give it your all even when the reality is, you need a break? Try these tips to stay strong: 1. Set some time aside every day to invest in your own […]
Prior to 2002, giving women hormones during the peri and menopausal years was considered the standard of care. In 2001, 17.9 million women were on at least one hormone replacement therapy [HRT] drug. In 2002, a study called the “Women’s Health Initiative” hit the headlines, stating that HRT raised the risk of cancer and didn’t […]
