Health and Fitness
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Perimenopause: How to tell the facts from the myths
Nov 23, 2025 8:58 am - Perimenopause seems to be having a moment. About a third of women in their 40s and 50s say they hear about the natural physiological process marking the end of a woman’s reproductive years extremely or very often. Whether it’s in the news or on social media, information on hormone therapies, night sweats and treatments for relief is flooding conversations.
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Children’s health: When to take your child to the emergency departmentNov 23, 2025 8:56 am - If your child breaks a bone, struggles to breathe or suffers frightening thoughts that tell them life isn't worth living, will you know how to help them? Injuries are the number one cause of death among kids in the U.S., so families need to prepare themselves to act when seconds count.
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‘Eating disorder’ and ‘disordered eating’ are not the sameNov 23, 2025 8:55 am - During the holidays, many families will gather for festive meals. If you pay attention to how and what a tween, teen or young adult is eating, you may detect a pattern that could indicate something is “off” about their approach to food. So that makes this an appropriate time to discuss what constitutes an eating disorder.
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Babies who drank ByHeart formula got sick months before botulism outbreak, parents say
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Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has tips if you’re returning to the pool
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‘There’s always a solution’: Can't take hormone therapy for menopause? There are options
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Ask the doctors: Treatment for osteonecrosis prioritizes restoring blood flowNov 21, 2025 8:58 am - Hip pain could be a sign of osteonecrosis, a degenerative condition in which bone tissue begins to die.
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Biking smarter: Statewide quiz educates 70,000 Illinois studentsNov 19, 2025 4:00 am - If the past is any predictor, more than 70,000 Illinois students will learn bicycling safety this school year through the Bike Safety Quiz developed by Ride Illinois, the statewide nonprofit bike advocacy organization.
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3 types of hair loss and the treatments that help
Nov 14, 2025 8:14 am - In a clinic north of Baltimore, Myriam Lucia Vega Gonzalez meets patients every day of the week who have all types of hair loss. The good news is: “It’s the golden age of hair,” said Shari Lipner, an associate professor of clinical dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine.
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Wash your water bottles to avoid germs