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Dane Neal (in for Wendy Snyder,) Rob LaFrentz (in for Dave Schwan,) Eli Berk (in for sports), and Jeff Carlin start the show trying trying to keep cool by thinking of winter. Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Dane to talk about flu shots, Suicide…

“In our first year we’ve seen over 80,000 completed appointments there and it has truly just been amazing,” said the center’s medical director, Dr. Kimbra Bell. “The community has really embraced us and we’re so happy to be there. And we know that we’re impacting the health of persons in the community for generations to…

“The mental load is thinking through all the things, having to do the research, having to balance in your head and remember everything that needs to be done. Basically being the COO of the family,” said Dr. Sheehan Fisher, a perinatal clinical psychologist at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Fisher says there are three ways parents can…

Dr. Kimbra Bell, medical director of the Bronzeville Outpatient Center, joins John Landecker to talk about West Nile Virus and what we should know about it and how to protect ourselves from it.

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about studies that are being done to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the FDA approving a drug treatment for pancreatic cancer, and what we know about this year’s flu season.

Peptides are all the rage. Social media touts them as a powerful tool for weight loss, exercise recovery, muscle building, and more. But do they work and are they safe? Some formulations can be purchased online. But Northwestern Medicine pharmacist Sterling Elliott says more research is needed.