Articles filed under Health
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How to prepare your child for surgeryOct 31, 2024 9:37 pm - If your child or teen needs surgery, the best thing you can do is take things one day at a time. Thinking about everything at once can be overwhelming, and time is an essential part of the recovery process. A pediatric neurosurgeon offers more tips for parents to support their child through the process.
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St. Charles Public Library offers Alzheimer’s workshop for caregiversOct 30, 2024 5:58 pm - If you or someone you know is affected by Alzheimer's disease or dementia, learn more at an “Alzheimer’s Workshop: Lunch and Learn” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the St. Charles Public Library.
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‘Somebody dropped the ball’: McHenry County sales tax for mental health falls shortOct 30, 2024 1:55 pm - Revenue from a voter-approved sales tax increase to fund mental health services in McHenry County fell well short of estimates in its first month, leading to finger-pointing among some county officials.
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Aurora church launches monthly caregivers' support groupOct 30, 2024 1:07 pm - New Hope Advent Christian Church of Aurora has launched a monthly caregivers' support group.
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Kane County plans satellite offices for health department, clerk in ElginOct 29, 2024 4:00 pm - Residents of northern Kane County soon will be spared drives to Aurora and Geneva to receive some services following the county’s acquisition of a building in Elgin for new satellite offices.
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Why your allergies are lasting longer and are more intense this fallOct 27, 2024 7:46 am - Temperatures in the Chicago area have been unusually mild this fall, giving ragweed and other allergen-producing plants more time to grow.
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Grief & healing: Halloween is almost hereOct 26, 2024 7:00 am - Halloween is approaching and amid the parties, costumes and treats is the question of how cultures treat death and the departed.
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‘Ghosting’ is a two-way street in the doctor-patient relationshipOct 25, 2024 12:12 am - There are times when a patient will ghost their doctor — maybe they don’t want to hear bad news, or don’t want to admit they didn’t follow the diet as prescribed. But doctors can ghost patients, too — sometimes from being overworked, but also because of how the patient acts.
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Sharing books with children is the best holiday gift of allOct 24, 2024 11:39 pm - Reading to your child every day — 20 to 30 minutes with devices turned off — helps children develop language and vocabulary, gets them ready to listen and learn in school and strengthens the nurturing relationship that children need.
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Ask the doctors: Understanding medication side effects and homeostasisOct 24, 2024 11:01 pm - Are side effects caused by additives in medicine, or is another process at work? The doctors break it down.