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Shingles

What is shingles?

Shingles is a localized infection due to the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. It occurs only in people who have had chickenpox in the past and represents a reactivation of the dormant varicella virus. Why the virus reactivates in some individuals and not in others is unknown.

Prostate Self-Evaluation

If you think you may be having urinary symptoms related to prostate enlargement (BPH), please complete the following questionnaire and bring it in to discuss with your doctor.

Sunburn

How to Prevent Sunburn

We now know that exposure to the sun is bad for children’s health, leading to sunburn, premature skin aging, cataracts, and, most frightening of all, skin cancer. The good news is that minimizing exposure to ultraviolet radiation during the first 20 years of life greatly decreases the risk of skin cancer.

Dry Itchy Skin

Winters in Chicago are notoriously long and cold. With that cold weather comes low relative humidity and very dry, itchy skin. Almost everyone suffers from this in one way or another. What to do?!!

Healthy Sleep

Good sleep is very important for our overall health. The average adult sleeps about seven or eight hours per night with some people needing as few as five hours to as many as ten hours per night.

Depression

What You Should Know About Depression

Everyone feels "down" at certain times in his or her life. Short periods of sadness and discouragement are quite normal. But a person who cannot get over these feelings within two weeks may be suffering from depression.