Articles filed under Health
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Ask the doctors: ‘Instrumented’ mouthguard indicates dangerous hits to the headOct 17, 2025 8:25 am - An international women's rugby tournament will be introducing the use of an "instrumented" mouthguard that can calibrate the force with which a player is tackled. If that force is powerful enough to cause a head injury, it will trigger a flashing red light within the mouthguard to alert the coaching staff that the player should be medically evaluated.
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Patient advocate: Don’t throw away your shotOct 17, 2025 8:25 am - Americans’ trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been tested in the past. While some applaud the current CDC leadership for cutting back on vaccine recommendations, the medical community is expressing alarm that we may see a resurgence of diseases thought defeated, like measles.
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Children’s health: Get ahead of seasonal ‘fall back’ to keep kids healthyOct 17, 2025 8:23 am - Daylight Saving Time will soon end for 2025, sparking the unofficial start of fall and winter and making it more difficult to drag ourselves out of bed. This can be even more difficult for children.
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Downers Grove Township residents seek referendum to fund mental health, disability servicesOct 16, 2025 7:32 pm - The 708 for Downers Grove Township team has kicked off a petition drive to establish a 708 Mental Health Board in the township. To kick off the petition drive, they are hosting a pizza party on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the First Congregational UCC in Downers Grove.
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Humana hosting pickleball pop-up at Woodfield Mall SaturdayOct 14, 2025 8:15 am - Humana is taking America’s fastest growing sport, pickleball, to the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Saturday.
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Naperville Rotary hosts free Resilience Workshop for veteran and first responder familiesOct 14, 2025 12:06 am - The Rotary Club of Naperville is offering a free Resilience Tactics Workshop to assist the families and supporters of veterans and first responders experiencing mental health issues due to trauma and stress from their service.
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Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda and Ethiopian Hawi Feysa win the men's and women's Chicago MarathonOct 12, 2025 1:10 pm - CHICAGO — Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda and Ethiopian Hawi Feysa won the men's and women's races at the Chicago Marathon by comfortable margins on Sunday. Kiplimo crossed the l...
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Different motivations: Why runners are competing in the Chicago MarathonOct 10, 2025 3:43 pm - Area runners bring their own backgrounds and reasons for why they’re running in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. Here is a look at the stories behind a few of them.
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Cold-water immersion offers both health benefits — and risksOct 10, 2025 8:49 am - Claims about the benefits of cold-water immersion date back centuries. While evidence is building around the positive health effects of swimming in chilly water, bathing in ice or taking cold showers, scientific confirmation is still lacking. But there are strong signs that people can derive mental health benefits from the activity.
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Hip pain as a teen leads to life-threatening diagnosisOct 10, 2025 8:44 am - Lauren Casey lived with crippling neck and back pain for over 8 years - until doctors at Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights discovered a bone was impaling her brain stem.