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Protecting your young football player from concussions

By Dr. Daphne Li
Aug 10, 2025 8:38 am - Football season is upon us. Unfortunately, sports – especially tackle football – are one of the most common causes of head injuries among children and adolescents.
Continuous glucose monitors are in vogue. But do you really need to track your blood sugar?

By JONEL ALECCIA
Aug 10, 2025 8:38 am - A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology.
Ask the doctors: CPR training courses available in many formats

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Aug 08, 2025 9:55 am - More than 350,000 people in the United States suffer from sudden cardiac arrest each year, but only some people know CPR. There are plenty of classes available for adults, kids and teens.
How storytelling can improve health care

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Aug 08, 2025 9:53 am - Narrative medicine usually refers to an approach to medical practice that focuses on the stories of patients as a way to improve care. The idea that writing and storytelling can be a powerful ally in health care arose about two decades ago at Columbia University, which now has a Division of Narrative Medicine.
You’re becoming a parent? Prepare to get injured.

By Dan Diamond
Aug 08, 2025 9:50 am - Before you become a parent, you receive lots of well-meaning warnings. “You’ll be tired” or “you’ll be busy.” The warning they forget: You’ll get injured.
New studies tie unrecognized deaths and health problems to Maui and LA wildfires

By MIKE STOBBE
Aug 06, 2025 7:08 pm - The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burned, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and flames. But three studies published Wednesday suggest the cost to human health from the Maui and Los Angeles wildfires was substantially higher.
Research on reversing Alzheimer’s reveals lithium as potential key

By Mark Johnson
Aug 06, 2025 3:49 pm - Seven years of investigation by scientists at Harvard Medical School have revealed that the loss of the metal lithium plays a powerful role in Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that could lead to earlier detection, new treatments and a broader understanding of how the brain ages.
New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens

By MATT O'BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY
Aug 06, 2025 10:44 am - ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.
The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback

By MARIA CHENG and RIAZAT BUTT
Aug 05, 2025 8:00 am - The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. As workers focus the vaccination campaign there, WHO and partners have been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine.
Easterseals ride, festival mark 10 years of supporting adaptive cycling for kids

By Ralph Banasiak, Along for the Ride
Aug 04, 2025 10:20 am - Easterseals DuPage and Fox Valley marks the 10th anniversary of Bike for the Kids, a community festival where riders, teams, and advocates support adaptive biking experiences and pediatric therapies for children with disabilities.

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