Health & Fitness
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Constable: Wheaton woman's cancer coloring book finds the humor in chemo
Jun 13, 2021 7:17 AM - Inspirational sentiments weren't helping Wheaton's Jeri Davis deal with her cancer treatment. So the 65-year-old wrote an irreverent coloring book that brings laughs to patients at Northwestern Medicine's LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva.
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Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita won't progress after birth
Jun 13, 2021 7:16 AM - Q: Our granddaughter's pediatrician says she has something called arthrogryposis. It's not something anyone in our family has ever heard of before. What is this condition, and what does it do? How is it treated? -
After world travels, home has become my favorite place
Jun 12, 2021 8:35 AM - Travel can really enrich our lives and provide new ideas and many fond memories to sustain ourselves. But I don't really miss travel. My favorite place now is home.
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American Academy of Pediatrics: Get kids outdoors but protect them from insects, sunburn
Jun 12, 2021 8:33 AM - It's great for kids and families to head outside to play and take hikes, but remember to protect your children from insect bites and too much sun. -
Many COVID-19 survivors will develop depression
Jun 12, 2021 10:00 AM - Q: My husband was in the hospital for three weeks with COVID-19. He's home again and seems OK physically, but he's not the same person. He's withdrawn and angry, and I think he's depressed. He won't talk about it to me or our kids. What can we do? -
Added sugars in diet can cause fat accumulation in liver
Jun 12, 2021 9:00 AM - One recent study showed that added sugar increases the fat accumulation in the liver, which can cause damage over time. The takeaway is that added sugars may be adversely affecting us, often in ways we can't see or feel, and causing harm. -
Why do some people get side effects after COVID-19 vaccines?
Jun 12, 2021 7:30 AM - Temporary side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine, including headache, fatigue and fever, are signs the immune system is revving up -- a normal response to vaccines. And they're common.
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Parasites blamed for swimmers' rashes at Wauconda lake
Jun 13, 2021 7:14 AM - Microscopic parasites are blamed for a rash that recently affected some people who had frolicked in Wauconda's Bangs Lake. -
As Illinois reopens, what do families with children too young for vaccines do?
Jun 11, 2021 9:45 AM - For the first time in 15 months of COVID-19, most people can navigate their lives without restrictions and in relative safety. That's if you're 12 and older and eligible for vaccines. What about the 11-and-younger crowd? -
Q&A: Dr. Ezike on dealing with the health crisis of a century and what reopening means
Jun 10, 2021 4:41 PM - When Dr. Ngozi Ezike accepted the offer to lead the Illinois Department of Public Health, she never envisioned her time would be marked by the greatest global public health crisis in more than a century.
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