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Monopoly, anyone?: Playing a board game may reduce your risk of dementia

By Meeri Kim
Sep 26, 2025 11:23 am - Board games have made a massive comeback in the past decade. And researchers are discovering that board games are not only fun, they may also benefit our brains, especially as we age.
Don’t hesitate to be screened for depression

By Bonnie Lane
Sep 26, 2025 11:22 am - Depression is more than feeling sad or having a bad day. It can be a symptom of an undiagnosed mental illness or even a physical disorder. October is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month, a good time to understand what it means to be screened for depression or another emerging mental illness.
Vernon Hills girl’s fight with cancer inspires Lilley’s Beanies of Bravery

By Jami Kunzer
Sep 26, 2025 10:08 am - When 7-year-old Lilley Sloniker lost her hair during leukemia treatment, hats became her armor. Her goal is to collect 700 hats for children dealing with cancer during a fundraiser Sunday at Deerpath Park in Vernon Hills.
Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma, has a vital message for caregivers

By Steven Petrow
Sep 26, 2025 7:55 am - Emma Heming Willis’ book, “The Unexpected Journey,” offers a deeply moving, personal perspective on dementia. Her husband, actor Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTP), one of the most insidious and rare forms of the disease, in 2022, at age 67.
Why Illinois is issuing separate COVID-19 vaccine guidelines for fall

By Marni Pyke
Sep 24, 2025 5:32 pm - Illinois widens approvals for COVID-19 shots, says CDC foments “confusion and uncertainty.”
‘Nightmare bacteria’ cases are increasing in the US

By MIKE STOBBE
Sep 24, 2025 3:45 pm - Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.
Former Illinois public health director among speakers scheduled for TEDx in Arlington Heights

By Christopher Placek
Sep 23, 2025 6:33 pm - Dr. Ngozi Ezike, former director of the Illinois Department of Public Health during the pandemic, will be among the speakers at the TEDxArlington Heights conference on Oct. 4.
Army veteran finds comfort at new Fisher House during his wife’s stay at Lovell FHCC

By Jayna Legg, Lovell FHCC Public Affairs
Sep 23, 2025 6:11 pm - Army veteran Dean Biddle stayed at the new Fisher House in Lovell FHCC while his wife was hospitalized, experiencing the comfort and support the North Chicago facility provides for free for military families.
Trump’s unfounded claims heap new stress on household brand name Tylenol

By TOM MURPHY and MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Sep 23, 2025 3:47 pm - President Donald Trump blasted Tylenol this week, promoting unproven links between the pain reliever and autism and pushing the well-established treatment into another national image crisis.
Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say

Dan Diamond, Ariana Eunjung Cha
Sep 22, 2025 7:58 am - The Trump administration is expected to unveil new efforts on Monday exploring how one medication may be linked to autism and another one can treat it, according to four people with knowledge of the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet public.

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