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Clean facts: A good shower is a simple shower

By KENYA HUNTER
Jul 17, 2025 4:18 pm - You may be seeing elaborate shower cleansing routines on social media: daily exfoliation, double cleansing, antibacterial soap, loads of scented body scrubs and shower oils. Dermatologists say it's all mostly unnecessary.
Climate change taking an emotional toll on young people

By LEANNE ITALIE
Jul 17, 2025 4:16 pm - Anxiety, grief, anger, fear, helplessness. The emotional toll of climate change is broad-ranging, especially for young people. Many worry about what the future holds, and a daily grind of climate anxiety and distress can lead to sleeplessness, an inability to focus and worse.
Patient advocate: Radon: odorless, colorless, dangerous

By Teri (Dreher) Frykenberg
Jul 17, 2025 4:13 pm - It’s been well established that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. The second leading cause may surprise you. It’s radon. And if you haven’t tested your home for radon recently, or have never tested it, get on it.
Children’s health: Keep your kids safe from ticks this summer

By Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Jul 17, 2025 4:11 pm - As summertime family activities are in full swing, simultaneously, so is tick season. And while most tick bites are harmless, some ticks can spread diseases like Lyme disease. Knowing how to protect your kids, check for ticks and respond to bites can help keep your family safe.
Ask the doctors: Heat exhaustion, heat stroke require medical intervention

By Drs. Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko
Jul 17, 2025 4:10 pm - Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are dangerous illnesses. Know the symptoms like dizziness and high body temperature, and seek emergency care if symptoms persist.
Her mom died of breast cancer. She made a tool to help detect it.

By Sydney Page
Jul 17, 2025 4:08 pm - Twenty years ago, Leslie Holton was a graduate student studying virtual reality in medicine when her mother died of metastatic breast cancer. “My mom and grandmother both died of breast cancer,” said Holton. Losing them made her want to find a way for other women to detect breast cancer before it was too late.
TOPS honors Elmhurst man for weight loss success

Submitted by TOPS
Jul 17, 2025 11:42 am - Richard Hails of Elmhurst lost 57.4 pounds through TOPS, a nonprofit weight loss, education, and support organization. He was named the 2024 TOPS Illinois King, meaning he lost more weight than any other male TOPS member in the entire state and reached his goal weight.
First 2025 human case of West Nile virus reported in Lake County

By Mick Zawislak
Jul 16, 2025 12:57 pm - The first human case of West Nile virus this season has been reported in Lake County.
New Geneva fitness studio is ‘owned by women, for women’

By Dave Oberhelman
Jul 16, 2025 10:26 am - Having successfully operated LadyStrong Fitness in Schaumburg since 2016, partners Marciea Allen and Brittany Welk-Allen are opening a second facility this summer in Geneva.
Aurora finds unacceptable amounts of lead in water sample tests

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jul 15, 2025 12:47 pm - Aurora has found unacceptable amounts of lead in drinking water in at least 10 homes out of 100 it tested earlier this year.

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