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What cognitive tests measure and could tell us about Biden and Trump

By Lizette Ortega, Fenit Nirappil
Jul 11, 2024 6:38 am - Doubts about the mental fitness of President Biden and Donald Trump to hold the White House in their 80s have highlighted tests that could reveal whether an older adult is experiencing cognitive decline.
Let’s put cataracts in focus

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Jul 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.
Signature Fitness Club closes locations in Schaumburg, Naperville, Yorkville

By Eric Peterson
Jul 09, 2024 12:59 pm - Despite a sign on the door blaming a legal dispute with its Schaumburg landlord, all three locations of Signature Fitness Club across the region are permanently closed this week.
Planet Fitness franchisee acquires eight Chicago-area locations

Daily Herald report
Jul 09, 2024 12:46 pm - EPIC Fitness Group, a Northville, Michigan-based Planet Fitness franchisee, has acquired eight Chicago-area Planet Fitness locations in a transaction completed in April. ...
‘It’s way past just bingo’: Adult day retreat opens in Fox River Grove

By Michelle Meyer
Jul 08, 2024 10:19 am - Inside the Second Season Adult Day Retreat in Fox River Grove are colorful activity rooms for puzzles and art activities, a miniature movie theater and a casino. The ret...
Ask the pediatrician: Food safety tips for your next outdoor family meal

By Dr. Robert W. Frenck Jr.
Jul 07, 2024 8:46 am - It’s prime time for a cookout with friends or family, but make sure to handle the food properly so no one goes home with food poisoning.
Kids spend a lot of time outside in the summer. Here’s how to deal with their common injuries

By DEVNA BOSE
Jul 07, 2024 8:45 am - Summer is a fun time for kids to have fun playing outside, but parents should stay vigilant to keep their child safe in the heat, around water, at the playground and when riding bikes.
Trying to catch up on lost sleep? It may not help with sleep deprivation.

By Richard Sima
Jul 07, 2024 8:43 am - The sleep-deprived brain is not a smart brain. When we are short on shut-eye, our ability to process information, remember or sustain attention on tasks takes a hit, research consistently shows. Catching up on sleep over the weekend isn’t enough.
FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Jul 07, 2024 8:43 am - U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.
The U.S. will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine

By The Associated Press
Jul 05, 2024 5:23 pm - The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people.

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