Health and Fitness
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Work friends can be hard to find. How to combat loneliness in the workplace
Jul 14, 2024 9:24 am - Twice each month, executives at the dating app company Hinge gather for a team meeting. But rather than dive into discussions about metrics or revenue, they begin by simply talking. During that time, these co-workers reveal hopes and anxieties — what they worry about, what they’re grateful for, what they’re feeling.
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Ask the doctors: Super-agers retain cognition through lifestyle, geneticsJul 14, 2024 9:23 am - Super-agers have helped us learn what we could have guessed: The pathway to retaining memory and cognition as we age is rooted in genetics, biology and lifestyle choices, such as a healthy diet, staying active and exercising your brain.
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
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Grief & healing: The light was pink and magicalJul 13, 2024 7:00 am - Memories of magical times together are the basis of the long-term grief Susan Anderson-Khleif feels after her husband died 12 years ago.
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COVID numbers are climbing, but not as rapidly as in other statesJul 12, 2024 9:31 pm - COVID numbers are on the rise again, but public health experts said Illinois isn’t yet seeing the spikes other states are reporting.
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Reflections and lessons learned on anniversary of cyclist’s deathJul 12, 2024 7:10 am - July 10 marked the second anniversary of a crash that is hard not to memorialize. Nancy Nozicka, pedaling the St. Mary’s Road shoulder near Libertyville, a frequent route for her — not even a mile from her home — was killed by a motorist drifting right.
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Cancer deaths are down, so why does cancer scare us so much?
Jul 11, 2024 3:11 pm - The good news is cancer deaths have declined by almost a third in the past three decades. The not so good news is that the fear of cancer is as strong as ever. That fear can cause bad outcomes for patients.
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When should a kid start riding a bike? If it’s a balance bike, you might be surprised how youngJul 11, 2024 3:02 pm - An increasing number of kids are learning to ride bikes younger and younger, and experts say that’s a good thing. The reason for the shift is a style of bike called a balance bike, on which kids glide and propel forward without the use of pedals.
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What cognitive tests measure and could tell us about Biden and Trump
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Let’s put cataracts in focusJul 11, 2024 4:49 am - Cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure and one of the safest, with a 99% success rate, yet cataracts remain the most common cause of vision loss, and the most treatable.