When it comes to your body, mind and spirit you are the ultimate expert. So we want to know what you're thinking, what you're feeling and what your expectations are. After all, we're in this together.
Everyone at Elmhurst Memorial Primary Care Associates wants to provide you the best care possible, and we can only do that if you take the journey with us. When we combine your personal wisdom with our medical expertise, we can create a personalized care plan that's far more effective than one that's purely clinical.
Many people are confused at times between an intern and an internist. An intern is the first year of training out of medical school and every doctor goes through this. An internist is a physician who specializes in internal medicine, also called 'doctors for adults' by the American College of Physicians.
Although skin cancer- the abnormal growth of skin cells- can be diagnosed at any time of the year, summer is the one season out of every year where the risk factors go up instantly. Lounging at the beach, reading a book by the pool, or hiking and biking along the trails are all great ways to spend some of the best days outdoors.
Should I get that heart scan? You’ve heard the ads on the radio and many of you are wondering, should I get that heart scan? The heart scan is an ultrafast CT which looks for calcium in the arteries to your heart.