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I thought life after breast cancer would go back to normal. I was wrong.

By Lia Romeo
Oct 25, 2024 3:41 am - When I was first diagnosed, I talked to a lot of survivors, and again and again they told me that the most difficult part would actually come after treatment was over. I didn’t believe them.
How long can you stand on one foot? The answer may predict your fall risk.

By Teddy Amenabar
Oct 25, 2024 2:58 am - How long you can stand on one leg — specifically, your nondominant leg — is a telltale sign of age-related decline, according to a study led by researchers at Mayo Clinic.
People 50 and older should get pneumococcal vaccine, U.S. health officials recommend

By MIKE STOBBE
Oct 25, 2024 2:11 am - U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and other dangerous illnesses.
‘Ghosting’ is a two-way street in the doctor-patient relationship

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Oct 25, 2024 12:12 am - There are times when a patient will ghost their doctor — maybe they don’t want to hear bad news, or don’t want to admit they didn’t follow the diet as prescribed. But doctors can ghost patients, too — sometimes from being overworked, but also because of how the patient acts.
Sharing books with children is the best holiday gift of all

By Dr. Dipesh Navsaria | American Academy of Pediatrics
Oct 24, 2024 11:39 pm - Reading to your child every day — 20 to 30 minutes with devices turned off — helps children develop language and vocabulary, gets them ready to listen and learn in school and strengthens the nurturing relationship that children need.
Ask the doctors: Understanding medication side effects and homeostasis

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Oct 24, 2024 11:01 pm - Are side effects caused by additives in medicine, or is another process at work? The doctors break it down.
Delnor Hospital’s drone delivery program saves time transferring specimens, medical supplies

By Dave Oberhelman
Oct 24, 2024 6:05 pm - Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital is teaming up with a Lombard-based drone company to increase the speed of deliveries on its Geneva campus.
McDonald’s and Boar’s Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safe

By JONEL ALECCIA
Oct 24, 2024 11:24 am - From Boar’s Head deli meat and waffles to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, this year’s illness outbreaks — some deadly — and food recalls may have Americans wondering whether there are new risks in the U.S. food supply.
Hospitals’ IV fluid shortage may impact surgeries for weeks

By TOM MURPHY
Oct 22, 2024 2:07 pm - Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage.
Where health care is going: Ascension Alexian Brothers opens neurosciences unit to meet demands of aging population

By Christopher Placek
Oct 22, 2024 12:39 pm - Patients will be on the move Wednesday at Ascension Alexian Brothers hospital in Elk Grove Village, where a new 36-bed neurosciences unit opens.

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