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Kane County Health Department asks your help in assessing health needs

Submitted by Kane County Health Department
Oct 23, 2023 11:00 pm - The Kane County Health Department is asking for the community's assistance in identifying the health care needs of its residents and organizations. The feedback through...
'We want to do our part': Local health care workers prepare to deploy to Gaza

By Barbara Vitello
Oct 23, 2023 5:00 am - When humanitarian aid workers return to Gaza, suburban physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad will be with them, even though it means stepping into the middle of a war. "If there's ...
A study of mammograms could help close the racial gap

By CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Medical Writer
Oct 22, 2023 6:00 am - Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including a large number of Bla...
Patient Advocate: Patients need to be partners in their care

By Teri Dreher Patient Advocate
Oct 22, 2023 6:00 am - A few weeks ago, the World Health Organization observed “World Patient Safety Day 2023” with this theme: “Elevate the voice of patients!” Only by engaging patients, fami...
Backyard 'zoo' offers joy, if we just stop and look

By Susan Anderson-Khleif
Oct 21, 2023 6:00 am - Watching backyard birds and chipmunks and squirrels is entertaining. And since Baheej died, it is an especially welcome diversion. A very positive one. And, of course, f...
Pediatrician group says toddler milks are unnecessary

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer
Oct 21, 2023 6:00 am - Powdered drink mixes that are widely promoted as "toddler milks" for older babies and children up to age 3 are unregulated, unnecessary and "nutritionally incomplete," t...
FDA considers ban on hair-straightening chemicals

By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer
Oct 21, 2023 1:00 am - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on certain hair-straightening chemicals that have been used by Black women for years and that research shows m...
Advisory panel to oversee new Wheeling District 21 community clinic

By Christopher Placek
Oct 21, 2023 1:00 am - Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 will seek prospective appointees to an advisory board tasked with providing feedback and recommendations for the district's new ...
Where can a stroke occur other than the brain? An Advocate neurosurgeon explains

Submitted by Advocate Health Care
Oct 19, 2023 11:00 pm - You may be familiar with strokes affecting the brain due to a blocked or ruptured artery. But did you know strokes can also occur in other parts of the body, such as the...
Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer
Oct 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions ...

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