Dr. FAQ

Dr. FAQ: When Baby, Mom and Doctor Should Wait

February 10, 2012

By Dianna Douglas A pregnancy is considered at “term” after 37 weeks. But there are critical growth stages that come next–a baby’s lungs, brain, and liver develop in the last few weeks in the womb. Women in the United States [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Cold Weather, Cold Hands, Not Necessarily Related

January 3, 2012

As the weather finally starts to get seriously cold, we thought this would be a good time to revisit our conversation with Dr. Ginard Henry on Cold Hands Syndrome. While it seems like your frozen fingertips could be fixed by simply wearing a good [Read more]

The New Landscape of Hepatitis C

July 5, 2011

The hepatitis C virus has always been an unusual disease. Largely symptom-free in its early stages, many people are unaware for many years that they have contracted the virus. But if left untreated, hepatitis C can eventually cause severe liver [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Kyle Hogarth on Lung Disease & Bronchoscopy

September 14, 2010

Endoscopy and colonoscopy are well-known tools of the physician, minimally invasive devices that navigate the channels of the digestive system to spot cancers, ulcers, and other defects once difficult to spot without major surgery. In the shadow of [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Ezra Cohen on HPV-Positive Head & Neck Cancer

July 21, 2010

The concept of viral cancer has only recently begun to take root in public awareness, predominantly through the disease of cervical cancer. Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are now known to be caused by the human papilloma virus, HPV, which is [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Gary Steinberg on Bladder Cancer

July 15, 2010

On the grim top 10 list of the most common cancers in the United States, familiar faces sit at the top of the charts. Prostate cancer for men, breast cancer for women, lung and colon cancer for both sexes – all are diseases that have inspired [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Ginard Henry on Cold Hands Syndrome

June 10, 2010

As the weather warms in the Chicago area, it might seem like a strange time to be talking about cold hands. But for some people, uncomfortably cold hands is not just an artifact of the long Midwestern winter, but a medical syndrome that may require [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Maria Tsoukas on Skin Cancer

April 20, 2010

Here in the Upper Midwest, the first sustained period of spring sunshine draws everyone outdoors to stare at that big orange circle in the sky we haven’t seen in months. But as good as it feels to bask in the sun after a long winter of cold [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Lucy Godley on Stem Cell Transplants

April 6, 2010

There are probably few medical topics more plagued by online misinformation than stem cell transplants. Part of this confusion is down to people mixing up embryonic stem cells, which have yet to be adapted to clinical use, with hematopoietic stem [Read more]

Dr. FAQ: Daniel Le Grange on Eating Disorders

March 24, 2010

When we chatted with University of Chicago psychiatrists about the proposed changes to the DSM-V – the diagnostic manual for mental disorders – there was one much talked-about piece missing: eating disorders. Many media outlets writing [Read more]