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Mind Games: Brain Boosters for Older Adults

A Beginner’s Guide to Running

A Beginner’s Guide to Running

Cancer-Fighting Pantry

Cancer-Fighting Pantry

Liquid Biopsies May Help Identify Lung Cancer

Liquid Biopsies May Help Identify Lung Cancer

Celebrating 10 Years: Top Chicago Health Stories of Each Year

Celebrating 10 Years: Top Chicago Health Stories of Each Year

Demand for Covid Vaccines Expected to Get Heated

Demand for Covid Vaccines Expected to Get Heated

Op-Ed: On Thanksgiving, Let’s Cherish the Holiday, and Each Other, at a Distance

Op-Ed: On Thanksgiving, Let’s Cherish the Holiday, and Each Other, at a Distance

Health Disinformation Abounds Online, with Content Created to Deceive

Health Disinformation Abounds Online, with Content Created to Deceive

Telemedicine or In-Person Visit? Pros and Cons

Telemedicine or In-Person Visit? Pros and Cons

Musicians Improvise Masks for Wind Instruments to Keep the Band Together

Musicians Improvise Masks for Wind Instruments to Keep the Band Together

This year’s benefits open enrollment period is an opportunity you don’t want to miss

This year’s benefits open enrollment period is an opportunity you don’t want to miss

Hands or Feet Asleep? What to Do About Peripheral Neuropathy

Hands or Feet Asleep? What to Do About Peripheral Neuropathy

Easier-to-Use Coronavirus Saliva Tests Start to Catch on

Easier-to-Use Coronavirus Saliva Tests Start to Catch on

Good News for Those with Type 2 Diabetes: Healthy Lifestyle Matters

Good News for Those with Type 2 Diabetes: Healthy Lifestyle Matters

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Is an Annual Checkup Really Necessary?

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Is an Annual Checkup Really Necessary?

When Is a Heavy Period Too Heavy?

When Is a Heavy Period Too Heavy?

Vulnerable Adults

Vulnerable Adults

Beware Crooked Contact Tracers, Covid-19 Fraud

Beware Crooked Contact Tracers, Covid-19 Fraud

Mental Health Hero: Kim Nowak

Mental Health Hero: Kim Nowak

Skilled Nursing Hero: Apsara Rosario

Skilled Nursing Hero: Apsara Rosario

Patient Hero: Paul Richard

Patient Hero: Paul Richard

Emergency Room Hero: Scott Samlan, MD

Emergency Room Hero: Scott Samlan, MD

Research Hero: Richard Novak, MD

Research Hero: Richard Novak, MD

Nurse Heroes: Linda Michna, RN, and the Old Dolls

Nurse Heroes: Linda Michna, RN, and the Old Dolls

Testing Hero: Greg Bowman, RN

Testing Hero: Greg Bowman, RN

Mask Hero: Evelyn Figueroa, MD

Mask Hero: Evelyn Figueroa, MD

Home Care Hero: BreAnna Kruyer

Home Care Hero: BreAnna Kruyer

Public Health Hero: Allison Arwady, MD, MPH

Public Health Hero: Allison Arwady, MD, MPH

Food Hero: Kellie O’Connell

Food Hero: Kellie O’Connell

Infectious Disease Hero: Emily Landon, MD

Infectious Disease Hero: Emily Landon, MD

State Hero: Ngozi Ezike, MD

State Hero: Ngozi Ezike, MD

Community Hero: Pastor Chris Harris

Community Hero: Pastor Chris Harris

Paramedic Hero: Norah Power

Paramedic Hero: Norah Power

Another Covid Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, but Linger in Coma

Another Covid Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, but Linger in Coma

In Covid-19 Long-Haul Syndrome, Symptoms Continue for Months

In Covid-19 Long-Haul Syndrome, Symptoms Continue for Months

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Bee Sting Allergies Can Occur at Any Stage in Life

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Bee Sting Allergies Can Occur at Any Stage in Life

What Seniors Can Expect as Their New Normal in a Post-Vaccine World

What Seniors Can Expect as Their New Normal in a Post-Vaccine World

Amid Surge, Hospitals Hesitate to Cancel Nonemergency Surgeries

Amid Surge, Hospitals Hesitate to Cancel Nonemergency Surgeries

Curcumin for Arthritis: Does it Really Work?

Curcumin for Arthritis: Does it Really Work?

‘More Than Physical Health’: Gym Helps 91-Year-Old Battle Isolation

‘More Than Physical Health’: Gym Helps 91-Year-Old Battle Isolation

Misinformation Campaigns Hamper Coronavirus Response

Misinformation Campaigns Hamper Coronavirus Response

How Those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Angst of COVID

How Those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Angst of COVID

COVID-19 Meat Shortage? Try Plant Proteins

COVID-19 Meat Shortage? Try Plant Proteins

Reacting to Unwritten Rules Black People Learn to Navigate Racism

Reacting to Unwritten Rules Black People Learn to Navigate Racism

Eliminating the Pandemic of Racism

Eliminating the Pandemic of Racism

Society Is Reopening, Prepare to Hunker Down at Home Again

Society Is Reopening, Prepare to Hunker Down at Home Again

Rapid Changes to Healthcare Spurred By COVID Might Be Here to Stay

Rapid Changes to Healthcare Spurred By COVID Might Be Here to Stay

Hiring a Diverse Army to Track COVID-19

Hiring a Diverse Army to Track COVID-19

Chicago Health Writers and Designers Win 8 Prestigious Awards and Nominations

Chicago Health Writers and Designers Win 8 Prestigious Awards and Nominations

Living with Eco-Anxiety in Age of the Coronavirus

Living with Eco-Anxiety in Age of the Coronavirus