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There is a long list of drugs to treat Parkinson’s disease, and many people take a mix of medications to…
Parkinson’s disease — a progressive movement disorder — has no cure, but better treatments are giving more hope If you…
While people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia gradually lose the ability to speak and to remember, the…
Lessons Lynn Roberts learned while caring for her mother When interacting with someone with Alzheimer’s disease, it can be helpful…
The losses of Alzheimer’s disease mount for patients and their families Lynn Roberts first noticed her mother’s memory issues in…
Chicago resident Tom Doyle shares with us what living with dementia is like for him. Here are his words, as…
While growing older can bring maturity and wisdom, it can also bring a decline in our cognitive abilities, like memory,…
Restituto Miranda Sr. occasionally reminisced about driving a taxicab, working in an office supplies store and riding his motorcycle. But…
Types of memory loss vary, but the effects can be profound Rosemary Pagura of Elk Grove Village and her friends…
Testicular cancer’s high cure rates turn panic into promise Testicular cancer rarely makes the headlines. Because so few men are…
Polycystic ovary syndrome’s far-ranging impacts on women’s health Back in 2013, Danni Allen, a native of Mundelein, shed 121 pounds…
Treatments for scoliosis help adolescents at a tender time A diagnosis of scoliosis can throw a child a curveball. Typically,…
By Katie Scarlett BrandtErin O’Donnell is a freelance health and science writer, parent, and graduate of Northwestern’s Medill School of…
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If music heals the soul, then patients at some Chicago hospitals are in luck. Award-winning nonprofit Sharing Notes organizes volunteer…
Physical exercise is a great stress-reliever, and teens these days are under a lot of stress. So when two Evanston…
One in 13 people globally suffers from anxiety, the World Health Organization reports. While some video games and apps can…
A progressive and fatal neurological disease, Huntington’s disease affects the entire brain. It’s “a constellation of three types of issues:…
