Health and Fitness
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Children’s health: Is your child ready for a regular seat belt?Jul 10, 2026 8:47 am - When it comes to child passenger safety, there are so many things to understand in order to keep your child safe. Many parents aren’t sure when their child is ready to graduate from a booster seat to a regular seat belt.
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Patient advocate: What is the AQI, and why should you care?Jul 10, 2026 8:46 am - The stubborn “heat dome” that blanketed a good chunk of the U.S. in June held on to make July 4th miserable for a lot of people. Dealing with the heat is tough enough, especially for children and those over 65, but with the heat come warnings about the AQI, or air quality index.
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Ask the doctors: Temporary edema is often harmlessJul 10, 2026 8:44 am - Edema occurs when excess fluid gets trapped in the tissues. Edema can occur almost anywhere in the body. But thanks to the pull of gravity, it is most common in the ankles, feet and calves. Symptoms include the visible swelling you noticed. It can also cause skin to feel tight and look shiny.
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Cancer cases worldwide are expected to soar in the coming decades, a report finds. Here’s why.
Jul 08, 2026 6:29 pm - Annual cancer cases are projected to rise considerably worldwide by 2050, according to a World Health Organization report on cancer published Wednesday. With its assessment, the United Nations body tempered optimism about improvements in cancer surveillance and treatment and warned that global health care inequities are driving further cases and deaths.
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A child can drown in seconds. Doctors want more families to be prepared
Jul 04, 2026 3:37 pm - Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years. “When drowning occurs, seconds matter,” said Dr. Rohit Shenoi, the lead author of a recent American Academy of Pediatrics warning.
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Ticks on the rise in Illinois due to milder winters, scientists sayJul 04, 2026 12:33 pm - Illinois’ tick season may be starting earlier, lasting longer and creeping into new corners of the state, scientists and researchers say.
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Ask the doctors: Sense of smell can be distorted by two olfactory disordersJul 03, 2026 6:30 am - A distortion in the sense of smell can be caused by two olfactory disorders: parosmia and phantosmia. Each of these can cause you to perceive scents and odors in unexpected ways.
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Children’s health: How to set curfews to keep your teen safeJul 03, 2026 6:30 am - As teens grow more independent and begin to spend more time away from home, questions about curfews often come up. Adolescents are programmed to hate curfews because they think they’re about control. But a curfew is a reflection of your concern for your child’s safety, so it’s important to present it that way.
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Stay cool: How to manage threat of dangerous heat
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Patient advocate: Patient advocates specialize, tooJul 03, 2026 6:00 am - Did you know that patient advocates can specialize in different areas? Depending on what kind of advocacy you feel you or a loved one needs, there may be a patient advocate who offers just that.