Articles filed under Health
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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.
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Children’s health: Simple steps to prevent kids from chokingOct 10, 2025 8:33 am - For many parents, the thought of their child choking is a quiet but constant fear. Pediatricians say that infants and toddlers are especially vulnerable because they are still learning how to chew and swallow safely.
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Ask the doctors: Floaters in the eye are normal part of agingOct 10, 2025 8:31 am - The term "floaters" refers to the bits of cellular debris that can accumulate in a certain part of the eye. Eye floaters can develop at any age. However, they typically begin around age 40 and become more common as we grow older.
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‘It’s never too late’: How to improve your health at any ageOct 08, 2025 5:47 pm - When Florene Shuber was around 82 years old, she noticed that sometimes she’d trip and fall. There was a small gym near where she lived, so she met with a trainer and started working out regularly. Shuber is 91 now and said she feels younger and stronger than she did 10 years ago.