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Children’s health: How to keep young athletes and active kids safe in hot weather

By Samuel Schimelpfenig, MD, FAAP, FACSM | American Academy of Pediatrics
Jul 31, 2026 5:45 am - Whether your child plays organized sports or just loves being active outdoors, hot weather can pose serious health concerns. As temperatures in all parts of the U.S. trend upward, kids face a rising risk of weather-related illness, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Patient advocate: Driving while aging

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg | Patient Advocate
Jul 31, 2026 5:45 am - Many of the articles I see about older drivers focus on how families can have The Talk: “Mom/Dad, it’s time for you to stop driving.” Instead, I think senior drivers themselves (and I am one!) should be assessing their own fitness to drive and take that onus away from their kids.
Between prices and a diarrhea-causing parasite, lettuce is causing hard times at some restaurants

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Jul 30, 2026 3:44 pm - Lettuce prices rose sharply in the first half of 2026 due to hot weather in Arizona, where about one-third of America’s lettuce is grown. Now, restaurants are dealing with the fallout from a cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded lettuce that has sickened thousands of Americans.
For cutting boards, is wood or plastic healthier? We asked experts.

By Erica Sloan
Jul 30, 2026 3:03 pm - Wood and plastic cutting boards differ in how they need to be cleaned and their longevity, which can affect how practical they are and, ultimately, which one is healthiest in your house. Experts break down the key considerations.
‘I was unable to speak’: Autism advocates laud statewide Blue Envelope Program for traffic stops

By Marni Pyke
Jul 27, 2026 6:28 pm - Popular with drivers with autism and police, a Blue Envelope Program designed to de-stress encounters goes live across Illinois in 2027.
Largest known US cyclospora outbreak has now spread to nine states, including Illinois

By Lena H. Sun and Jenny Ye
Jul 25, 2026 2:01 pm - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked four additional states to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.
There’s a new way to treat sprains. Hint: Ice is out.

By Gretchen Reynolds
Jul 24, 2026 8:25 am - For decades, at-home treatments for common, non-traumatic sports or similar injuries, such as sprains, centered on rest, ice, compression and elevation. But there’s growing evidence that the full RICE approach may, in fact, impede recovery, not speed it.
What a podiatrist really thinks about flip-flops

By Paul Langer, DPM
Jul 24, 2026 8:19 am - A podiatrist says that having a variety of comfortable footwear options is a good strategy to maintain foot health — and for many people, that strategy can include flip-flops.
7 things a morning headache can reveal about your health

By Kathleen Felton
Jul 24, 2026 8:17 am - Waking up to a throbbing headache is never a pleasant way to start the day. Around one in 13 people experience recurring morning headaches, research suggests, with women and those between the ages of 45 and 64 more likely to have them.
Ask the doctors: Waking with numb limbs often the result of sleep position

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Jul 24, 2026 8:15 am - Temporary nerve compression due to your sleeping position can cause numbness when you first wake up.

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