Articles filed under Health
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Advocate Lutheran General’s cancer center zoning gets OK in Park RidgeJul 03, 2026 8:51 am - The Park Ridge Zoning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals in June approved a series of items that will allow Advocate Lutheran General Hospital to expand its cancer treatment center and develop it into a so-called “comprehensive cancer center.”
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Ask the doctors: Sense of smell can be distorted by two olfactory disordersJul 03, 2026 6:30 am - A distortion in the sense of smell can be caused by two olfactory disorders: parosmia and phantosmia. Each of these can cause you to perceive scents and odors in unexpected ways.
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Children’s health: How to set curfews to keep your teen safeJul 03, 2026 6:30 am - As teens grow more independent and begin to spend more time away from home, questions about curfews often come up. Adolescents are programmed to hate curfews because they think they’re about control. But a curfew is a reflection of your concern for your child’s safety, so it’s important to present it that way.
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Stay cool: How to manage threat of dangerous heatJul 03, 2026 6:15 am - Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat.
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Hot weather can make these 9 health conditions worseJul 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.
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Patient advocate: Patient advocates specialize, tooJul 03, 2026 6:00 am - Did you know that patient advocates can specialize in different areas? Depending on what kind of advocacy you feel you or a loved one needs, there may be a patient advocate who offers just that.
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Funding error closes AID Living Room: Aurora’s 24/7 mental health haven goes darkJul 01, 2026 9:39 pm - The Association for Individual Development has closed its 24/7 Living Room crisis respite program in Aurora, after losing state funding due to a technical glitch. The program, which opened in January 2024, served over 1,200 individuals experiencing mental health crises and achieved a 99% success rate in avoiding hospitalizations.
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Love coffee? Have the last cup at this time for a better night’s sleep.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.
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Daily habits that can keep your teeth in tip-top shapeJun 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.
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Bedtime exhaustion: Sleep doctor zeroes in on signs you have a real problemJun 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.
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