Health and Fitness
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Gail Borden offers programs on a healthier lifestyleMar 28, 2021 11:00 pm - From meditation to memory challenges, Gail Borden Public Library is offering a variety of adult programs this spring to support good mental and physical health. Register...
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Here's your prescription to improve medication savvyMar 28, 2021 7:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first column in a series that will continue next week in Health & Fitness. You're standing at the pharmacy counter with a new prescription in ...
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Coach helps sister battle leukemia, seeks more Black donorsMar 28, 2021 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - Dawn Staley's passion is evident when she's on a basketball court. When she was a player it was there and now her fiery demeanor can be seen on the sid...
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Diet can make a difference in age-related thinning hairMar 28, 2021 7:00 am - Q: My hair has been thin since I was young, and now that I'm growing older, it's getting worse. Why is that happening? Is there anything I can add to my diet to make my ...
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Are these symptoms a result of the pandemic?Mar 27, 2021 7:00 am - Mood changes. Abdominal pain. Headaches. All symptoms of a variety of larger health issues. As pediatricians, we are seeing children and teenagers experiencing these ver...
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Vivid memories help us in sad timesMar 27, 2021 6:00 am - Memory is a blessing. I remember lovely scenes way back to my childhood. They play like mini-movies in my head, as needed. When I first started this column three years a...
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Editorial: Some portion of Route 53 right-of-way should be home to a bike pathMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - For 50 years, the Route 53 debate tilted on the yin and the yang between how to build the highway's north extension through Lake County and how to kill it. The project ...
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How pandemic could change future of long-term careMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - Denise Hays hopes she will be able to hold her mother's hand this week for the first time since last summer. Although the Geneva woman lives only a few miles from her mo...
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Sign up for Lazarus House Great Western FreedomMar 26, 2021 11:00 pm - Lazarus House has opened early bird registration for the annual Great Western Freedom 4 Run/Walk on July 4 at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles. In 2019, nearly...
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COD Cares hosts 'Roll Up Your Sleeves' blood drive and Organ Donation Awareness Campaign April 12-30Mar 26, 2021 1:00 am - With many area hospitals having less than a two-day supply of blood available, COD Cares and Versiti Blood Centers of Illinois are teaming up to offer multiple drives th...