Articles filed under Health
-
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.
-
‘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.
-
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.
-
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don’t cause autismNov 20, 2025 11:51 am - NEW YORK — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurr...
-
Trump tells Congress don’t ‘waste’ time on Obamacare creditsNov 18, 2025 7:41 pm - President Donald Trump said he will not support legislation to extend expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies even as senators are preparing to tee up a vote on the issue, complicating his party’s efforts to address health care costs.
-
State board approves closing of Alexian Brothers obstetric unit, with a less than ringing endorsementNov 18, 2025 3:14 pm - The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Tuesday voted 6-3 in favor of Ascension Health closing the 28-bed obstetric unit at Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elk Grove Village.
-
3 types of hair loss and the treatments that helpNov 14, 2025 8:14 am - In a clinic north of Baltimore, Myriam Lucia Vega Gonzalez meets patients every day of the week who have all types of hair loss. The good news is: “It’s the golden age of hair,” said Shari Lipner, an associate professor of clinical dermatology at Weill Cornell Medicine.
-
Wash your water bottles to avoid germsNov 14, 2025 8:13 am - You keep your trusty reusable bottle filled with only clear, delicious water. Do you still need to wash it? Experts say reusable bottles get grubby no matter what liquid they're filled with, and it's important to clean them regularly.
-
Going rogue: There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases, and they mostly strike women.Nov 14, 2025 8:09 am - Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people.
-
Children’s health: Pediatric diabetes is on the rise. What can parents do?Nov 14, 2025 8:04 am - According to the CDC, over 350,000 Americans younger than 20 have diabetes, with a majority of them having type 1. The agency also found that young people were 2% to 5% more likely to be diagnosed with a form of diabetes in 2018 compared to 2002.