Articles tagged with 'featured' | OSF HealthCare

“You have to roll with the punches,” says one OSF patient on dealing with the disease that impacts around 233,000 U.S. residents per year....

For many, alcohol will be a part of the long Independence Day weekend.  Experts are warning about the dangers of binge drinking, or having several drinks on one occasion....

Amid sweltering summer heat, sunscreen, mole checks and limiting exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation are all keys to protecting yourself from this type of skin cancer....

Cardiac rehab is a typical, but important part of recovering from something like a heart attack, congestive heart failure, open heart surgery or other cardiac event....

When deciding whether to breastfeed, use formula or relactate, experts say you should consider information driven by data and science....

In the midst of Mental Health Awareness Month, experts are reminding you there are resources to bridge the gap between “What do I do?” and “I have the care I need.”...

At some point in their life, many men will have to think about benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as an enlarged prostate. Luckily, BPH is treatable....

From chemotherapy to radiation therapy, cancer care is complex, and technology and science are constantly trying to keep up to make things easier for the patient.At the OSF Bobette Steely Hegeler Cancer Care Center in Danville, Illinois, top-of-the l...

Abraham Kocheril, MD, chuckles as he remembers how doctors, decades ago, used weights and pulleys to get pacemaker and defibrillator leads out of a patient’s body.Medicine has come a long way since then. Doctors now commonly use mechanical tools for ...

You’re a patient, and your health care provider has talked to you about taking part in a clinical trial – research to see how care can be delivered better. Trials can last weeks to years. You could do them at home or need to make regular trips to a c...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is renewing its focus on healthy lungs with a fresh set of advertisements featuring former smokers. While quitting smoking goes a long way, sometimes surgery is unavoidable. But what used to be a big und...