Twins Jamil, left, and Idries Abdur-Rahman are contestants in this season's "The Amazing Race," which premieres at 7 tonight on CBS. The doctors, shown in the New Family Center at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, say they hope to dispel myths about African-Americans, Muslims and male OB-GYNs.

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Chatting in one of new delivery rooms at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, twin doctors Idries, left, and Jamil Abdur-Rahman say the rigors of med school and their background help them as contestants on TV's "The Amazing Race."

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Contestants on "The Amazing Race" face hunger and sleep-deprivation, but twin brothers Jamil, left, and Idries Abdur-Rahman say that the competition was physically less stressful than their medical residencies.

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Delivering babies in their jobs as doctors at Vista Health System's new facilities in Lindenhurst and Waukegan can be stressful, but they know what to do, say twins Idries, right, and Jamil Abdur-Rahman. As contestants on TV's "The Amazing Race," they had to improvise.

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Sitting on a beach in Bora Bora isn't relaxing for Lake County Dr. Idries Abdur-Rahman because he has to search hundreds of sand castles to find the clue as a contestant on TV's "The Amazing Race."

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