Lifestyle
-
No, putting a potato in your sock will not cure a cold
Dec 05, 2025 9:58 am - Under-the-weather TikTokers are slicing raw potatoes and placing them in their socks before bed. The theory is that pressing a cut potato against the skin can draw out toxins and help with recovery. But there is no scientific evidence that this folk remedy can draw out impurities from the body.
-
New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids
Dec 05, 2025 9:56 am - For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor. But what if those lenses could actually help preserve the child’s vision and reduce the chances for more serious eye problems in adulthood?
-
Ask the doctors: Stroke likely not caused by blood thinner, but worth reportingDec 05, 2025 9:54 am - Mother’s stroke after taking a prescribed blood thinner was probably caused by an underlying condition and not the medication. But it is OK to report the event to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration through its MedWatch program.
-
How to up your Christmas shopping game with AI tools
-
Home & garden calendar, Dec. 7-13Dec 04, 2025 4:30 am - Upcoming events for various garden clubs in the Chicago suburbs, as well as workshops and classes offered at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Morton Arboretum.
-
Embrace the purity of snowDec 03, 2025 3:47 pm - Annettee Budzban says that snow can represent God’s forgiveness.
-
Contracts for common element repairs must be approved by board majorityDec 03, 2025 1:40 pm - One of our condo board officers directs the manager to sign agreements with contractors to perform repairs to the common elements without prior notification to the other board members or a formal board approval.
-
Geneva’s Christmas Walk, Aurora Christkindlmarket among local holiday traditionsDec 03, 2025 1:15 pm - Tradition fuels the joy of the holiday season, whether it is within our homes, churches, or community festivals and holiday parades.
-
Hanover Township to host Cookies & Cocoa with Santa Dec. 12Dec 03, 2025 12:01 pm - The community is invited to attend Hanover Township’s Cookies and Cocoa with Santa from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 at the Izaak Walton Youth Center, 899 Jay St. in Elgin.
-
Neighbors helping neighbors: Des Plaines area volunteers cook, deliver 700 Thanksgiving dinnersDec 03, 2025 12:00 pm - The Des Plaines Community Foundation, Sysco Chicago and Sunrise Grill all worked together to provide and deliver Thanksgiving Day dinners. As a result, more than 700 recipients, including homebound seniors and people with disabilities, had a very happy Thanksgiving.