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Everyone has experienced the pain of a headache, which can range from mild and annoying to debilitating (they don’t call them “splitting headaches” for nothing). Different types of headaches are…

Physicians at Endeavor Health are working to ensure patients have an easier time with spine surgeries. “Over the last 25 years, we’ve particularly been looking for less invasive ways of doing the same…

Watch this video as William Ares, MD, a neurosurgeon with Endeavor Health, talks about stroke, BEFAST and how the experts at Endeavor Health’s Comprehensive Stroke Center partnered with EMTs to help save a 911 stroke patient.

“My mother always told me, ‘Health is everything!’ and I took her excellent advice.” For more than 25 years, Stephen Steinhaus of Highland Park followed that wise guidance. The industrial psychologist…

For patients like Ashley Wilson, 34, of Sandwich, Illinois, artificial disc replacement can address serious and debilitating cervical spine issues with a quick recovery and without limiting mobility…

For Isaac Maman, the simple pleasure of cycling is something he will never again take for granted. He credits the care he received from a team of Endeavor Health neurology experts who surrounded him…

For over two decades, Greg Rockingham, 64, of Lake County, balanced a busy life as an educator and a musician while struggling to get a restful night’s sleep due to sleep apnea. “My sleep wasn't good…

In the past, if a person got a concussion, they were advised to lie low — just rest with minimal distractions. Parents knew what a fight it was to get injured children to comply with those…

According to the American Stroke Association, nearly 240,000 people a year in the United States experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA). About one in three people who have a TIA will eventually…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 800,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year. Although there are some factors you can’t control, such as having a…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds and every 3.5 minutes a person dies of stroke. Better outcomes are possible – it…

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million. Chances are, you or a…