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This weekend’s US clock change is a problem, and there’s a deep divide on how to fix it

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Mar 06, 2026 10:02 am - Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the U.S., creating a 23-hour day that throws off sleep schedules, plunges early-mornin...
Are expensive shampoos worth it?

By ISABELLA O'MALLEY
Mar 06, 2026 8:39 am - Ornate packaging paired with enticing advertisements that claim expensive shampoos are elixirs to all hair woes can leave one wondering: Are the higher prices really worth it? Should I abandon my $8 drugstore mainstay for a $42 premium brand?
Study finds cancer risk is lower for vegetarians, but not vegans

By Ashleigh Furlong
Mar 06, 2026 8:37 am - Vegetarian diets are linked with a lower risk of several cancers, including pancreatic, breast and prostate, according to a study that found no similar benefit — and even a higher chance of colon cancer — among vegans.
Ask the doctors: The reason for yawning still being researched

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Mar 06, 2026 8:36 am - Researchers in Australia have found that yawning can affect the movement of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, a clear liquid produced helps to cushion and protect this critical organ. CSF also carries nutrients and removes waste.
Children’s health: Innovative types of therapy options for children

By Ascension Illinois
Mar 06, 2026 8:35 am - If you've never experienced behavioral therapy for yourself or your family, your concepts of it might center on what you’ve seen in the media, for better or worse. But behavioral therapy can take many forms for some of our youngest patients.
Patient advocate: Simon says, work on improving balance

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Mar 06, 2026 8:33 am - A recent article posted by the BBC detailed the positive health effects of being able to balance on one leg. It can improve and maintain balance, mobility and even memory. The thing is, our ability to do it peaks at around age 10 and then slowly declines with age.
Accessible walks bring joys of birding to people with mobility, other limitations

By ANITA SNOW
Mar 06, 2026 8:32 am - Wearing an oxygen pack on her back for her COPD, Marcia OBara is leading a group of nature enthusiasts on a mission to see birds. They carry walking sticks on the flat trails, moving at their own pace. This is Birding for Every BODY, one of numerous such excursions offered each month by the nonprofit Tucson Bird Alliance.
America may run on Dunkin’, but RFK Jr. isn’t so sure

By Matt Viser, Rachel Roubein
Mar 05, 2026 8:58 am - “We’re going to ask Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks, ‘Show us the safety data that show that it’s okay for a teenage girl to drink an iced coffee with 115 grams of sugar in it,’” the health secretary said recently.
JETSET Pilates opening 18 studios in Chicago, the suburbs

By Mick Zawislak
Mar 03, 2026 1:29 pm - JETSET Pilates offering premium full-body workouts is expanding across the Chicago area with 18 confirmed locations in various stages of development. Focus areas include multiple sites in downtown Chicago, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, Oak Brook, Downers Grove, St. Charles/Geneva, Schaumburg, Arlington Heights, Mundelein and Barrington.
Can chilling your carbs help you lose weight?

By J.M. HIRSCH
Feb 27, 2026 9:02 am - Online influencers claim the secret to low-calorie rice, pasta and potatoes may be as simple as chilling out. Are they right? Not quite. But a small yet solid body of science does suggest that chilling these carbohydrate-rich foods after cooking them still could help people slim down.

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