Articles filed under Health
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‘A rare breed’: At 90, this Arlington Heights runner is an ultramarathon manNov 23, 2025 8:58 am - Gene Bruckert, a 90-year-old Arlington Heights resident, has completed some 300 marathons and 300 ultramarathons since taking up long-distance running in retirement.
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Perimenopause: How to tell the facts from the mythsNov 23, 2025 8:58 am - Perimenopause seems to be having a moment. About a third of women in their 40s and 50s say they hear about the natural physiological process marking the end of a woman’s reproductive years extremely or very often. Whether it’s in the news or on social media, information on hormone therapies, night sweats and treatments for relief is flooding conversations.
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Children’s health: When to take your child to the emergency departmentNov 23, 2025 8:56 am - If your child breaks a bone, struggles to breathe or suffers frightening thoughts that tell them life isn't worth living, will you know how to help them? Injuries are the number one cause of death among kids in the U.S., so families need to prepare themselves to act when seconds count.
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‘Eating disorder’ and ‘disordered eating’ are not the sameNov 23, 2025 8:55 am - During the holidays, many families will gather for festive meals. If you pay attention to how and what a tween, teen or young adult is eating, you may detect a pattern that could indicate something is “off” about their approach to food. So that makes this an appropriate time to discuss what constitutes an eating disorder.
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JFK's granddaughter reveals terminal cancer diagnosis, criticizes cousin RFK Jr.Nov 22, 2025 5:00 pm - John F. Kennedy's granddaughter disclosed Saturday that she has terminal cancer, writing in an essay in “The New Yorker” that one of her doctors said she might live for a...
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Babies who drank ByHeart formula got sick months before botulism outbreak, parents sayNov 22, 2025 4:57 pm - As health officials investigate more than 30 cases of infant botulism linked to ByHeart baby formula since August, parents who say their children were sickened with the same illness months before the current outbreak are demanding answers, too.
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Washington state resident believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird fluNov 22, 2025 4:45 pm - GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash.— A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday t...
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Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has tips if you’re returning to the poolNov 21, 2025 11:27 am - Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has swimming tips if you're an older swimmer, or returning to the pool after years away.
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‘There’s always a solution’: Can't take hormone therapy for menopause? There are optionsNov 21, 2025 8:59 am - Shilpa Gajarawala struggled with hot flashes, night sweats, sleep problems and brain fog. But given her history of breast cancer, treating these menopausal symptoms with hormone therapy wasn’t an option. But doctors say women like Gajarawala don’t need to suffer.
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Ask the doctors: Treatment for osteonecrosis prioritizes restoring blood flowNov 21, 2025 8:58 am - Hip pain could be a sign of osteonecrosis, a degenerative condition in which bone tissue begins to die.