‘Tis the season for becoming your best self in 2019! If improving your diet and overall health is on your list, look no further than Instagram for inspiration. Out of all the diet trends, clean eating has to be one of the simplest plans to follow. Just eat real food. Really, that’s it. No processed […]
By now you’d think we’ve learned. A little sip of bubbly or drinking that sugary cocktail can lead to a pounding headache, nauseous stomach, and fatigue the next day. Are you feeling the effects from your fun night out? Here are some prevention tips to try first and at least give yourself a fighting shot […]
A new year brings the promise of new possibilities. Whether you’re making New Year’s resolutions or simply envisioning what you want your 2019 to look like, you probably have some goals in mind for the year ahead, and chances are at least some of them are health-related. Last year (and no doubt in most years), […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Myra Rubenstein Weis (MRW) Leadership Board will host their third annual “Jammin’ in Our Genes” event benefitting NorthShore University HealthSystem on Saturday, Dec. 1. Proceeds from this year’s event will support a mammography screening program for the uninsured and underserved at NorthShore Health Clinic Highland Park in 2019. The “Jammin’ in Our Genes” benefit […]
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 […]
