Articles filed under Health
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Patient advocate: New website is a medical library at your fingertipsNov 28, 2025 8:02 am - There’s a lot of medical misinformation out there, much of it promulgated by nonmedical individuals based on nothing more than assumptions and unwarranted conclusions. But what if you could find published, peer-reviewed answers to your medical questions, written in everyday language? Good news. You can!
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Trump administration says lower prices for 15 Medicare drugs will save taxpayers billionsNov 26, 2025 8:10 pm - Pharmaceutical companies have agreed to slash the Medicare prices for 15 prescription drugs after months of negotiations, reductions that are expected to produce billions in savings for taxpayers and older adults, the Trump administration said.
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Hoffman Estates presents panel discussion on memory loss at Schaumburg Library Dec. 10Nov 26, 2025 11:53 am - The Hoffman Estates Dementia Friendly Community Committee will present “Alice’s Journey Through Memory Loss” panel discussion from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the Rasumussen Room of the Schaumburg Township Central Library at 130 S. Roselle Road in Schaumburg.
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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...