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Hot weather can make these 9 health conditions worse

By Erica Sloan
Jul 03, 2026 6:00 am - Super hot, sticky days can be unpleasant for anyone. But people with chronic diseases — for instance, cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic and neurological conditions — are more likely to visit the emergency department or die during a heat wave.
Love coffee? Have the last cup at this time for a better night’s sleep.

By Trisha Pasricha, MD
Jul 01, 2026 1:22 pm - A 2023 randomized trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who drank one or more cups of coffee each day lost, on average, 36 minutes of sleep compared with those who didn’t over a two-week period.
Women taking weight-loss drugs more likely to land a job, study finds

By Matthew Boyle
Jul 01, 2026 11:13 am - Women taking obesity drugs aren’t just lowering their weight — they’re boosting their chances of landing a job. That’s the key finding of new study by Harvard University economics professor Rebecca Diamond, who told Bloomberg News the research was inspired by an offhand comment from a female friend about how people treated her differently after she went on a GLP-1.
Advocate Health Care’s first teaching kitchen opens

Daily Herald report
Jun 29, 2026 1:30 pm - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is supporting healthier living with the launch of a teaching kitchen focused on nutrition education and wellness.
Europe’s record heat has overwhelmed Paris mortuaries and left families in distress

By JOHN LEICESTER and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
Jun 29, 2026 8:28 am - Every few minutes, the mortuary owner's phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond, the funeral directors and mourning families calling him mostly have the same question: Do you have room for one more?
Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Lake County

Daily Herald report
Jun 26, 2026 6:26 pm - A batch of mosquitoes sampled June 16 in Buffalo Grove by the village’s trap has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first confirmed indicator this year of the presence of the virus in Lake County.
Daily habits that can keep your teeth in tip-top shape

By Sarah Klein
Jun 26, 2026 10:46 am - Taking care of your oral health is important because it’s connected to other health issues, and doing so doesn’t always require a trip to the dentist. It could mean simply drinking more water or adding other small habits to your routine.
Bedtime exhaustion: Sleep doctor zeroes in on signs you have a real problem

By Sarah Silverman, PsyD
Jun 26, 2026 10:28 am - For millions of people, poor sleep has become so normalized that they no longer recognize it as a potential medical issue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and sleep researchers estimate that between 50 million and 70 million Americans have an active sleep disorder, and most people don’t know they do.
How to keep your pelvic floor strong as you age

By Kiera Carter
Jun 26, 2026 10:25 am - The pelvic floor, an oft-ignored muscle group that does the humble work of supporting the bladder, bowels, uterus, prostate and other organs in the pelvis, weakens as you age. And anyone can have issues: men, women, people who have given birth and those who haven’t.
Patient advocate: Keep your liver alive for a lifetime

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Jun 26, 2026 10:22 am - Tucked under your ribs, next to your stomach on the right side, your liver may not be a body part you think about every day, but this three-pound powerhouse performs a lot of important functions our bodies rely on.

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