Health & Wellness

May is Lupus Awareness Month. And if you are not familiar with lupus, that is partly the point. Lupus is one of the most common chronic autoimmune diseases in the world, and one of the least understood. It affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans, causes the immune system to attack the body's own healthy tissue, and can damage virtually every organ system from the kidneys to the heart to the brain. It has no known cure. Its symptoms: fatigue, joint pain, inflammation, and o

There’s a surgeon in Chicago who has been performing Tommy John surgeries for decades. For most of his career, his patients were Major League pitchers, grown men with full big-league mileage on their arms. That changed. “Ten years ago, Tommy John surgery was a treatment for Major League Baseball players,” says Dr. Mark Cohen, hand, wrist, and elbow surgeon at Midwest Orthopedics at RUSH and an official physician for the Chicago White Sox. “I’m worried that the majority of pat

Baseball is a game of moments. Some moments define a career in the best way possible: a walk-off home run, a perfect game, a World Series ring. But some moments define a career for all the wrong reasons, and there is nothing a player can do to change it. For Ruben Tejada, that moment came in three seconds on an October night in 2015, and the effects lasted far longer than any box score will ever show. Game 2 of the NLDS, seventh inning. Chase Utley slides hard into second bas

High blood pressure affects young athletes and retired professionals alike. Learn why hypertension screening matters, which athletes are at risk, and how prevention protects heart health.

Learn why heart health screenings matter for athletes and active individuals. Explore blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose testing, and AHA screening guidelines to stay healthy and in the game for life.