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Summer safety: Enjoy the warmer weather, but protect yourself

It’s that time of year — pool parties, outdoor games, flipping hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. Here are six tips on how you can avoid sunburns, bug bites and other health risks.

Kristina Saldarelli, seen testifying before the Buffalo Grove Planning and Zoning Commission, plans to open a dance studio in The Corporate Grove in Buffalo Grove.

Buffalo Grove dance studio plan puts best foot forward

A new dance studio aims to continue the legacy of a previous studio in the same location.

The half-somersault maneuver can help alleviate vertigo symptoms.

The most common cause of vertigo — and how to treat it at home

While there are a number of causes of vertigo, the most common is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). The estimates vary greatly, but about 2% of people will develop BPPV at some point, and it’s about twice as common in women as men.

The Obama Presidential Center is scheduled to open to the public on June 19.

The Obama Center opens as a time warp to an old political order

One end of the regulation-size basketball court that anchors the south tip of the Obama Presidential Center campus is emblazoned with the words “Yes We Can,” and at the other end, “Fired Up, Ready to Go.” The facility’s main tower, which houses a museum documenting the 44th president’s life and career, features a “Hope and Change Lobby,” and outside there is a playground (with a child-safe poured-in-place rubber surface), a women’s garden, barbecue grills, and a green roof with wheelchair-accessible raised beds for vegetables. The Obama Foundation’s 19.3-acre complex opens June 19.

Jenna Carberg was diagnosed with postpartum depression after giving birth to Elsie, seen here in 2017.

Most new moms get the baby blues. But it could be postpartum depression

Moments after Jenna Carberg gave birth to her daughter, doctors put the baby on her chest. “I felt a disconnect right away,” she recalled. At home, the Orlando, Florida, mom was exhausted and anxious and cried every day. She was eventually diagnosed with postpartum depression.

Lightly prune back any unshapely growth on your early-blooming shrubs, such as this Syringa vulgaris (lilac), to improve their appearance and encourage the development of a fuller plant.

Spring pruning tips: When and how to shape your garden shrubs

It’s a good time to prune back shrubs that bloomed early in spring. However, I’d avoid pruning summer-flowering shrubs like hydrangeas.

Make sure you are applying the right amount of sunscreen. Otherwise, you are not getting its full protection.

Patient advocate: Is a new sunscreen on the way?

Sunscreen is an important part of planning outdoor activities any time of the year, but especially summer when more of our skin is exposed to the sun. One problem, though, is that most people don’t use enough sunscreen and don’t reapply it often enough.