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Biking smarter: Statewide quiz educates 70,000 Illinois students

By Ralph Banasiak, Along for the Ride
Nov 19, 2025 4:00 am - If the past is any predictor, more than 70,000 Illinois students will learn bicycling safety this school year through the Bike Safety Quiz developed by Ride Illinois, the statewide nonprofit bike advocacy organization.
3 types of hair loss and the treatments that help

By Teddy Amenabar
Nov 14, 2025 8:14 am - In a clinic north of Baltimore, Myriam Lucia Vega Gonzalez meets patients every day of the week who have all types of hair loss. The good news is: “It’s the golden age of hair,” said Shari Lipner, an associate professor of clinical dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Wash your water bottles to avoid germs

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
Nov 14, 2025 8:13 am - You keep your trusty reusable bottle filled with only clear, delicious water. Do you still need to wash it? Experts say reusable bottles get grubby no matter what liquid they're filled with, and it's important to clean them regularly.
Going rogue: There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases, and they mostly strike women.

By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Nov 14, 2025 8:09 am - Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people.
Children’s health: Pediatric diabetes is on the rise. What can parents do?

By Ascension Illinois
Nov 14, 2025 8:04 am - According to the CDC, over 350,000 Americans younger than 20 have diabetes, with a majority of them having type 1. The agency also found that young people were 2% to 5% more likely to be diagnosed with a form of diabetes in 2018 compared to 2002.
GDF-15 and the link to hyperemesis gravidarum

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Nov 14, 2025 8:03 am - Most women experience morning sickness during pregnancy. In some cases, the condition can become severe, which is known as hyperemesis gravidarum, frequent and intense vomiting that can lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and dangerous weight loss.
Plan now to pay for long-term care

By Brian Gordon
Nov 14, 2025 8:01 am - Many people are surprised to learn that Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care. Once they recover from that surprise, they learn how expensive long-term care is and wonder how they’re going to pay for it.
Here’s how many daily steps may help delay Alzheimer’s symptoms

By Teddy Amenabar
Nov 11, 2025 6:51 pm - People at heightened risk of Alzheimer’s disease may be able to slow their cognitive decline by taking more daily steps, a new study suggests. For those who are sedentary, even a modest increase in daily steps is beneficial, the lead author of the study says.
I’m 101 years old. Here are 7 things I think are ‘longevity secrets.’

By Si Liberman
Nov 11, 2025 6:35 pm - A retired newspaper editor reflects on living past age 100 and offers up 7 tips that he believes leads to longevity.
Don’t lose sleep over study linking melatonin use and heart failure

By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Nov 11, 2025 1:59 pm - Don’t lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. That’s the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement. It raised questions about the safety of long term use of melatonin for insomnia.

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