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What is ‘Ozempic personality,’ and why does it make life feel ‘meh’?May 01, 2026 3:11 pm - Doctors say they’ve begun hearing accounts about GLP-1 medication: a kind of emotional flattening, a dulled response not just to food but to other sources of joy such as reading, listening to music, dancing, gardening — or even sex. Online, the phenomenon has taken on a name — anhedonia — and, more colloquially, “Ozempic personality.”
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Hanover Township Mental Health Board approves annual funding to agenciesMay 01, 2026 1:44 pm - The Hanover Township Mental Health Board approved $48,789 in funding at their April 28 meeting at the Senior Center in Bartlett.
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Why the workouts of Formula 1 drivers might help computer users with 'tech neck'May 01, 2026 12:49 pm - Adults with “tech neck” don’t work in extreme conditions like an F1 drivers, but the training techniques of professional race car drivers highlight an often-overlooked muscle group.
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Free yard signs available to promote 988 Suicide Crisis Lifeline in Kane CountyMay 01, 2026 11:44 am - The Kane County Health Department launches awareness campaign for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by distributing free yard signs from May through September, following research showing 11% decline in youth suicide deaths since the hotline's launch.
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6 decades, 75,000 miles: Naperville man celebrates daily habit of running and walkingMay 01, 2026 11:23 am - On Saturday, Naperville resident Charles Wilcox will celebrate an exercise habit that has seen him either run or walk several miles nearly every day since May 2, 1966.
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Ask the doctors: Moms need support during ‘fourth trimester’May 01, 2026 10:51 am - With the birth of a baby, a pregnancy has technically ended, but significant changes to the mother’s body continue for several months. This postpartum period for the mother often goes unaddressed, which has given rise to the idea of the fourth trimester.
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Go with your gut: Gastroenterologist offers IBS treatments that actually workMay 01, 2026 10:48 am - The biggest misconception I see about irritable bowel syndrome as a gastroenterologist is that people think we don’t know what the actual underlying problem is. The second biggest misconception is that we don’t have effective ways to treat it.
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Patient advocate: Spring clean your medicine cabinetMay 01, 2026 10:46 am - Research has found that 80% of households have unused or expired medications on a shelf somewhere, probably in the medicine cabinet. Now that spring is here, you can do your part to reduce that percentage.
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Children’s health: Issue with your child’s speech development might be their earsMay 01, 2026 10:45 am - When it comes to understanding speech and language development, it’s easy to feel alone in determining if your child is behind. There are ways that parents can ensure children develop speech at a healthy pace, but an element that often goes understated is your child’s ability to hear.
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$15 million center for ‘complex’ GI care opens at Central DuPage HospitalApr 30, 2026 10:39 am - A $15 million advanced endoscopy center has opened at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Nationwide, there are only a handful of standalone centers like it.
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