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While it is always important to stress ways your children can combat peer pressure, the start of a new ... new school year is the perfect time for a refresher. While your child’s peers can serve as role ... peer pressure can also have a negative influence in a child’s life. These negative influences can

AIDS Day, ACCESS is hosting a celebration and health fair. We’ve invited the public to join others ... advocates in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about what the ... learn the facts to protect you, and the ones you love. We also want to join the fight to end the negative

drama, or the state of the world. You feel wound up, hot, tense and close to snapping. This is what happens ... we are drowning, and our bodies react as if the danger is real and must be dealt with immediately. There ... like a good solution in the moment. But stop. Take a breath. This is the moment is where practicing mindfulness

questions. ACCESS' Maternal and Child Health team is here to provide answers to some of your commonly ... ACCESS believes that breast milk is the best for babies because it has all the nutritional components that ...   The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that mothers’ breast milk is the best form

or 1 in every 3 Americans, have high blood pressure, also called hypertension. Minorities living in the ... unique challenges when it comes to the condition. The Journal of the American Heart Association found that ... also tend to develop high blood pressure earlier in life. Hispanics are just as likely as white Americans

does not discriminate. Although some communities in the past have had fewer incidences of suicide, African-American ... communities are experiencing an increase in suicide rates. In this article, we are taking a look at both ... African-American youth and young adults who live in extremely impoverished neighborhoods have a nearly

COVID-19 at the same time as flu season, we must do all that we can to reduce the spread of infection ... reduce the spread of illness. If you are feeling under the weather and not sure whether it is flu or ... there are some key differences in the symptoms, how quickly it spreads and what you can do to prevent illness

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, and each year millions of Americans live with ... issues of health coverage and stigma, to living with the disease itself, mental health problems would be challenging ... stigma, mental health issues are even more daunting. In honor of this month, ACCESS takes an inside look

Universidad del Valle in Cali, Columbia and completed his residency at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois ... Illinois. Dr. Mafla is a member of the American College of Physicians and has been an internal medicine ...  Regional Medical Director and is Chair of the Chronic Disease Committee.  For the past three years, Dr. Mafla

Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) is pleased to announce that it has received a Healthy Kids ... support ACCESS’ Food for Health program. The purpose of the project is to screen ACCESS’ patients for food ... “BCBSIL’s investment in ACCESS’ Food for Health initiative is helping ACCESS better integrate the medical and

health care that is based on what matters most to them as individuals and delivered reliably in every setting ... barriers to care and meet the needs of our older adult population, ACCESS is proud to announce that 34 ... System participant and to be the first federally qualified health center network in Chicago to implement age-friendly

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and ACCESS Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jairo Mejia is ... Mejia is here to answer some questions about diabetes and some helpful tips for monitoring your glucose ... glucose levels. 1. What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s ability to produce

live with mental health issues. Thankfully, the conversation is shifting from taboo to a more public and ... and healthy approach. Mental health is defined as your psychological and emotional well-being. According ... health problems. The National Alliance of Mental Health reports that one in five adults in America experiences

you suffer from asthma, but only when you are on the clock? Do your symptoms seem to go away when you ... Like regular asthma, this disorder causes the airways of the lungs to swell and narrow because of outside ... occupational asthma occurs when substances found in the workplace cause the attack to happen. These triggers can

Flu season has officially hit the Chicago area and according to the CDC, it will continue to spread.  All ... either with the flu themselves, or helping others that have come down with the virus. The good news: it’s ... Everyone is at risk for the flu – even healthy people with great handwashing habits. Getting the vaccine