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Study links preteen physical activity with better mental health later

By Ian McMahan
Jun 06, 2025 3:01 am - At age 11, daily physical activity was associated with a 12% lower risk of a psychiatric diagnosis at age 18 for every hour of activity recorded, according to research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Age is a factor in diminished lung capacity

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Jun 06, 2025 2:50 am - Use it or lose it can also apply to your lung health, as changes that cause damage to your lung capacity often cannot be reversed. But you can help yourself by exercising in general, adding in deep breathing exercises and, you guessed it, not smoking.
Summer structure is important for adolescents

By Bonnie Lane
Jun 06, 2025 2:26 am - Isolation and depression can be unintended consequences of a long break without enough structure. Here are some tips to help your adolescent survive and thrive over summer break.
Understanding the signs and symptoms of anxiety and OCD

By Ascension Illinois
Jun 06, 2025 1:41 am - As parents, we want our children to thrive, but what happens when we don’t understand or recognize symptoms that may signal they’re struggling? Here are four common signs and symptoms that are observed among children with various anxiety disorders.
5 myths about food expiration dates and best-by labels

By Rachael Jackson
Jun 03, 2025 5:31 am - “Many people interpret food dates to be about the safety of food,” said ReFED President Dana Gunders. “But for the vast majority of foods, those dates are really just about quality.” So what happens after the printed date?
RFK Jr. says autism ‘destroys’ families. Here’s what those families want you to know.

By AMANDA SEITZ
Jun 02, 2025 2:58 pm - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s comments and his plan to swiftly study its causes, have splintered a community of millions of people living with autism.
Illinois bill aims to lower cost of prescriptions, rein in pharmacy benefit managers

By Peter Hancock
May 31, 2025 5:30 pm - A bill that seeks to control the rising cost of prescription drugs while also offering financial help for many small, independent pharmacies in Illinois cleared the General Assembly on Saturday and will soon be sent to Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature.
Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come

By LAURA UNGAR and MICHELLE R. SMITH
May 31, 2025 3:14 pm - Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee.
Confused by fluid federal COVID-19 shot policies? Experts offer guidance

By Marni Pyke
May 31, 2025 12:45 pm - As federal COVID vaccine guidance shifts, experts encourage talking to doctors and making personal medical decisions based on risks and benefits.
CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots

By MIKE STOBBE
May 30, 2025 6:17 pm - The nation’s top public health agency posted new recommendations that say healthy children and pregnant women may get COVID-19 vaccinations, removing stronger language that those groups should get the shots.

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