Health and Fitness
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Hey, dads: You play a big and important role in your kids' healthJun 18, 2023 8:00 am - Dads get plenty of attention on Father's Day, but they've sometimes been overlooked in research about how they affect their children's health. But from the start, father...
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Nine summertime must-dos from a pediatric urgent care physicianJun 18, 2023 7:00 am - With the first official day of summer just around the corner and children of all ages spending more time outdoors, it's important to keep safety top of mind. I've witnes...
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What if you can't afford long-term care? Here are some options
Jun 18, 2023 6:00 am - As many as 8 in 10 older Americans couldn't afford more than four years in an assisted living facility or two years in a nursing home, according to a 2023 analysis by th...
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How to advocate for a loved one in ICUJun 18, 2023 6:00 am - As a critical care nurse for decades, I know few places in a hospital are as scary for families as the intensive care unit, or ICU, where the sickest patients receive ...
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Painful endometriosis has no known causeJun 17, 2023 7:00 am - Q: I've always had very painful periods, but my doctors said that was normal. When I saw a new gynecologist, she diagnosed me with endometriosis. I had surgery, and it c...
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Learning about grief from personal experienceJun 17, 2023 6:00 am - It seems to me the great contemporary books on grief are by writers who have learned from their own experience. Then they realized what they learned resonated with other...
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Going the extra 3,100 miles: Dad, son in cross-country cycling race for causes about fathersJun 17, 2023 1:00 am - This Father's Day promises to be a special one for Barrington-area resident David Hirsch. Hirsch, 62, is a member of a four-man cycling team pedaling 3,100 miles from Oc...
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FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain
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Join SHARE's annual Wings of Hope Angel Garden Blessing June 20 at Edward HospitalJun 14, 2023 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, June 20, SHARE will hold its annual Wings of Hope Angel Garden Blessing & Butterfly Release on the campus of Edward Hospital, 801 S. Washington St. in Naperv...
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Advocate fights food insecurity with farmJun 14, 2023 11:00 pm - BARRINGTON — Advocate Health Care launched a new cross-county initiative to reduce food insecurity — and thereby improve health outcomes — for patients in-need across it...