Health and Fitness
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Get better sleep with these 5 tips from experts
May 03, 2024 6:29 am - Don’t fall for online fads or unproven methods to fall asleep and stay asleep. Instead, try these simple tricks recommended by sleep experts.
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Anger’s role in heart attack risk may start in the arteriesMay 03, 2024 6:53 am - Anger impairs the function of your arteries, which is linked to future heart attack risk.
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A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
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Nurse practitioners fill critical health care gapsMay 05, 2024 1:46 pm - 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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Game on, Carol Stream: Pickleball courts coming to Armstrong ParkMay 02, 2024 7:50 pm - The pickleball craze is coming to the largest park in the Carol Stream Park District. Six outdoor pickleball courts are set to be installed on the existing in-line skatin...
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Kane County Health Department offers free ‘Stop the Bleed’ trainingApr 30, 2024 11:32 pm - As part of National Stop the Bleed Month this May, the Kane County Health Department is announcing a series of free community training sessions aimed at empowering citize...
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Children's Advocacy Center to host the Hope Restored Symposium on May 16Apr 30, 2024 8:28 am - Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County (CAC) invites Chicago area social service colleagues to a one-day symposium on May 16 designed to “help the helpers.”
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EPA rule bans toxic chemical that’s commonly used as paint stripper but known to cause liver cancerApr 30, 2024 8:21 am - WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint str...