Preventive Medicine

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Preventive Medicine

We believe prevention is always better than a cure.

Preventive medicine is a medical specialty recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), which focuses on the health of individuals and communities. The goal of preventive medicine is to promote health and well-being and prevent disease, disability and death.

At WholeHealth Chicago we offer a variety of preventive testing and treatments as well as annual or biannual physical exams.

  • Men’s & Woman’s Health Panels
  • Physical Exams
  • Brain Health
  • Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Health Tips

Chronic Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease: Real or All in Your Head?

Spring! And time for a Health Tip on Lyme Disease and other tick borne illnesses. All in preparation for your summer vacation to those large northern suburbs Wisconsin and Michigan because each exports so many cases of Lyme Disease to our WholeHealth Chicago Centers.   The weather is warming and with warm weather, the tick population […]

MMR & Shingles Vaccines
MEASLES AND SHINGLES VACCINATIONS: IMPORTANT STUFF

Last month, our occasionally misguided Director of Health and Human Services stated something factually incorrect, namely that immunity from MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine wanes at 4.5% a year (it does not) and that “older people are essentially unvaccinated.” They are not. “Older people” (whatever that means) are usually very well protected from measles.  If a person […]

Delay aging and Monitor Your Progress
Delay Aging and Monitor Your Progress

Most people figure they must be getting older based on how they feel and look. We wince at our first grey hair, deepening wrinkles, and shifting body fat. We huff and puff climbing the stairs, forget names, and occasionally leak fluids. We relate to the line from a Leonard Cohen song, “I ache in the […]

Babesia
FIRST IT WAS LYME DISEASE, NOW IT’S BABESIA

Oh, these tick borne illnesses! Since we saw three new cases this week of one you may not have heard of, Babesia, I thought I’d share some information. You know, forewarned is forearmed and so forth. It’s estimated that half the ticks in that summer suburb of Chicago the locals call, “Wisconsin” are currently carrying […]

WELLNESS PATH TO CANCER PREVENTION 2024
WELLNESS PATH TO CANCER PREVENTION 2024

 Okay, so this Health Tip seems pretty important. After a certain age, every person fears getting cancer (and believe me, doctors are just as fearful as everyone else!). Being told by a health care professional, “I’m sorry but the biopsy confirmed it. You have cancer,” or “We need to find you a good oncologist.”, that […]

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