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Teens in isolation finding ways to 'be social with each other'
Apr 6, 2020 6:03 PM - Teens missing their friends may be feeling particularly isolated during the coronavirus pandemic but there are resources to help maintain connections and mental health. -
Structure is key to maintaining mental health amid pandemic, experts say
Apr 6, 2020 5:30 AM - Setting a new structure for an unusual phase of life can help quell mental health struggles during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, suburban psychiatrists and psychologists say. -
Robust support systems keep Fittest Loser contestants going strong
Apr 5, 2020 10:39 AM - A strong support system is integral to Fittest Loser success. With the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, Push Fitness trainers are providing virtual support to the four contestants. -
Cyberbullying: What can parents do if your child is victimized?
Apr 5, 2020 10:39 AM - With schools closed due to COVID-19, children and teens are spending more time at home and likely having more access to digital devices -- opening them to more possibility of experiencing cyberbullying. -
Help isolated seniors feel less alone during the stay-at-home order
Apr 5, 2020 10:38 AM - Illinois' shelter-in-place order is needed to slow the spread of COVID-19, but it's not easy, especially for our already isolated seniors. -
2020 Fittest Loser team challenge captains steady the boats in choppy waters
Apr 5, 2020 6:00 AM - Spring is here and Fittest Loser teams are eager to spend more time outside to break free of the added stress of COVID-19. -
Fittest Loser writer's advice: Don't be a pandemic couch potato
Apr 5, 2020 6:00 AM - It is really easy to allow the news of COVID-19 get us down. Stress and boredom are two of the main reasons I used to overeat. -
Ask the Doctors: What are viruses, and how do they work?
Apr 6, 2020 11:23 AM - You're far from alone in your struggle to understand viruses. They are simultaneously simple and quite complex, and so small that it wasn't until the invention of the electron microscope almost 90 years ago that we were even able to see them. -
Celebrating Easter brings us closer to those no longer here
Apr 4, 2020 1:30 PM - Traditions, such as Easter dinner, are worth doing. They are important for the bereaved. They tend to bring those who have died closer to us, which is important for those enduring grief.
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Constable: Treating COVID-19 'like nothing I've ever seen,' Hinsdale doctor says
Apr 4, 2020 11:51 AM - As the senior anesthesiologist at Chicago's Rush Medical Center, Dr. Christopher O'Connor of Hinsdale is on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working 12-hour shifts and wearing personal protective equipment, O'Connor says worries about getting sick or infecting his loved ones yield to his job of taking care of patients.
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