Diagnostics & Testing

Today’s podi­a­trists are spe­cial­ists, med­ical­ly and sur­gi­cal­ly trained to treat the foot and ankle. From sports injuries and dia­betes com­pli­ca­tions to pedi­atric defor­mi­ties and heel pain, podi­a­trists are able to tack­le all of your foot care needs. Licensed in all 50 states, the Dis­trict of Colum­bia and Puer­to Rico, there are approx­i­mate­ly 15,000 podi­a­trists prac­tic­ing in the Unit­ed States. Here are answers to fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions (FAQs) about today’s podiatrists.

Each year when spring and sum­mer roll around do you fear wear­ing shorts or your bathing suit due to your vari­cose veins? You don’t have to feel this way any­more! A min­i­mal­ly inva­sive treat­ment exists that can help get you the legs you want. Endove­nous laser treat­ment elim­i­nates unsight­ly vari­cose veins with an in-office pro­ce­dure, min­i­mal-to-no scar­ring or side effects and with a quick recov­ery. The endove­nous laser treat­ment pro­ce­dure is safe, fast, and effec­tive, per­formed by our high­ly trained, board-cer­ti­fied vas­cu­lar sur­geons. In less than an hour, you can be free from bulging, twist­ed vari­cose veins and back to enjoy­ing your every­day activities.

There are a few dif­fer­ent stan­dard blood tests gen­er­al­ly ordered by your physi­cian. Many blood tests don’t require any spe­cial prepa­ra­tion and take only a few min­utes. Oth­er tests may require fast­ing (not eat­ing any food) for 8 to 12 hours before the test.

The Amer­i­can Thy­roid Asso­ci­a­tion reports that while thy­roid lumps (nod­ules) are com­mon, few­er than 1 in 10 is can­cer­ous. If a physi­cian feels a lump in your neck/​thyroid, a fine nee­dle aspi­ra­tion may be rec­om­mend­ed to diag­nose if it is cancer.

Did you know that there are many dif­fer­ent types of mag­net­ic res­o­nance imag­ing (MRI) scan­ners? At DuPage Med­ical Group (DMG), wide bore MRI sys­tems are uti­lized to achieve the high­est qual­i­ty image while also keep­ing the patien­t’s expe­ri­ence in mind.

Referred to by many as robot­ic surgery for prostate can­cer, or robot­ic prosta­te­c­to­my, da Vin­ci Prosta­te­c­to­my is more accu­rate­ly a robot-assist­ed, min­i­mal­ly inva­sive surgery that is quick­ly becom­ing the pre­ferred treat­ment for removal of the prostate fol­low­ing ear­ly diag­no­sis of prostate can­cer. In fact, stud­ies sug­gest that da Vin­ci Prosta­te­c­to­my may be the most effec­tive, least inva­sive prostate surgery per­formed today.

Duly Health and Care is offer­ing Coro­nary Cal­ci­um Score CT Scans for $75.

Most Der­ma­tol­o­gists prac­tic­ing in the Unit­ed States are mem­bers of the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Der­ma­tol­ogy. Der­ma­tol­o­gists indi­cate this by plac­ing FAAD after their names. FAAD stands for ​“Fel­low of the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Dermatology.”

The main pur­pose of the 20-week preg­nan­cy ultra­sound is to ensure that your baby is devel­op­ing nor­mal­ly, not to reveal the gen­der of your baby. It eval­u­ates your baby’s growth, devel­op­ment and deter­mines how your preg­nan­cy is pro­gress­ing through the use of sound waves.