Articles filed under Health
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Nurse practitioners fill critical health care gapsMay 03, 2024 5:32 am - Nurse practitioners are playing an important and growing role in providing health care.
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Ask the doctors: Rapid weight loss can lead to loss of muscle massMay 03, 2024 5:19 am - How can someone using Ozempic help prevent muscle loss when losing weight?
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Ask the doctors: GLP-1 medications may slow progression of Parkinson’s symptomsMay 03, 2024 5:18 am - It’s not clear why, but some older diabetes medicines slow the progression of Parkinson’s symptoms.
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‘A resource that we count on’: Legislation inspired by 2023 water crisis in Lake County clears HouseApr 30, 2024 12:27 pm - Nearly a year after a system failure left hundreds of homes and businesses in southern Lake County without drinkable water for days, legislation that would require utilit...
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This chef wants to help you cook ‘misunderstood’ vegetablesApr 30, 2024 9:15 am - Chef Becky Selengut wants people to get to know and love some misunderstood vegetables. “I can learn to appreciate something culinarily when I learn something historically. Things taste better when I get the context,” Selengut said.
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Grief & healing: Don’t forget to play; it can help rebuild your identityApr 27, 2024 6:00 am - A survivor may believe joining in some merriment may feel like a betrayal of the one who died. Why should we be happy when he or she can’t be here?
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Are physician assistants taking over health care?Apr 26, 2024 2:57 am - What does it mean when a physician assistant, not your doctor, walks through the door at your medical appointment?
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Helping your child with nighttime bed-wettingApr 26, 2024 1:04 am - Neither child nor parent is to blame for bedwetting accidents, but there are a few things parents should know if their child is among those having nighttime accidents at age 5.
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Ask the doctors: Flu shot may help prevent heart attacksApr 25, 2024 11:25 pm - Studies show getting the flu increases the likelihood of a heart attack, bolstering the case for getting a flu shot.
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Drug deaths down in DuPage County, coroner saysApr 24, 2024 4:12 pm - Deaths due to drug overdoses dropped 24% in 2023 compared to the year before, DuPage County Coroner Dr. Richard Jorgensen announced Wednesday. Jorgensen said in his repor...