Dr. Jeremy Silver, MD, Medical Director of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, joins Dean Richards for this week’s health update. This week, Dr. Silver discusses the connection between drinking alcohol outdoors in the cold and getting sick. Then Dr. Silver answers your questions.

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