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What you need to know about annuities

By Christine Benz & Margaret Giles of Morningstar
Oct 18, 2025 12:44 pm - Retirement researchers are often enthusiastic about annuities, but many consumers are reasonably skeptical.
Should you brush your teeth before or after breakfast?

By Lindsey Bever
Oct 17, 2025 8:30 am - Brushing before or after breakfast is a personal choice. And while there are advantages to doing both, in general, brushing after any meal is a good idea.
What happens when you roll your shoulders?

By Teddy Amenabar
Oct 17, 2025 8:28 am - We roll our shoulders and stretch our backs because it feels relaxing, maybe even rejuvenating. In healthy adults, the stretch leads to a quick drop in blood pressure, researchers have found. And the body’s reaction to the movement may explain why we feel calmer after we stretch.
In an age of vaccine skepticism, parents trust pediatricians most

By Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein, Scott Clement
Oct 17, 2025 8:27 am - As one of the few pediatricians in town, Dr. Nola Jean Ernest was used to fielding questions about vaccine ingredients. But even this was a new one: Could heavy metals in a hepatitis B shot give a 2-month-old boy autism? His parents saw videos on TikTok falsely claiming they could.
Ask the doctors: ‘Instrumented’ mouthguard indicates dangerous hits to the head

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Oct 17, 2025 8:25 am - An international women's rugby tournament will be introducing the use of an "instrumented" mouthguard that can calibrate the force with which a player is tackled. If that force is powerful enough to cause a head injury, it will trigger a flashing red light within the mouthguard to alert the coaching staff that the player should be medically evaluated.
Patient advocate: Don’t throw away your shot

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Oct 17, 2025 8:25 am - Americans’ trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been tested in the past. While some applaud the current CDC leadership for cutting back on vaccine recommendations, the medical community is expressing alarm that we may see a resurgence of diseases thought defeated, like measles.
Children’s health: Get ahead of seasonal ‘fall back’ to keep kids healthy

By Ascension Illinois
Oct 17, 2025 8:23 am - Daylight Saving Time will soon end for 2025, sparking the unofficial start of fall and winter and making it more difficult to drag ourselves out of bed. This can be even more difficult for children.
Michelle Obama to promote new book ‘The Look’ with podcast series

Oct 16, 2025 8:12 am - Former first lady Michelle Obama will be promoting her upcoming book on fashion, “The Look,” through a special, six-part companion series to the podcast “IMO” that she hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson.
Algonquin Garden Club supports local environmental initiatives with grants

Submitted by Algonquin Garden Club
Oct 16, 2025 12:39 am - The Algonquin Garden Club has an annual spring plant sale in May. The proceeds from that sale go directly to environmental causes, because “Nature's beauty is our duty.”
How conservation volunteers provide extra eyes, ears to deter crime in parks

By Janelle Walker
Oct 15, 2025 5:45 pm - Volunteers with the McHenry County Conservation District’s S.W.E.E.P. program assist in deterring crime and reporting issues like vandalism, off-leash dogs, and suspicious activities in the parks and trails.

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